The Christian Family Council bought the KKK's mailing list ?

[Robbien]

Did anyone see the story on Americablog:

The Family Research Council's executive director, Tony Perkins, reportedly paid former KKK Grand Wizard David Duke over $80,000 for his who's-who-of-racist-America mailing list in 1996.

. . .

This was 1996, people. That is well beyond, years beyond, the date that the entire nation knew Duke to be a rabid KKK-loving racist. But our pinnacle of family values, Tony Perkins, had no problem enriching black-hater David Duke to the tune of $82,000. And what's more, Tony Perkins had no problem trying to woo David Duke's avowed racist following.

http://americablog.blogspot.com/2005/06/family-research-council-and-ku-klux.html

[FreedomAngel82]

1. And here they

get onto Senator Byrd. :eyes:

[4morewars]

2. Don't tell Howard Dean !!!!!!!!!!

Whatever ya do, don't tell Dean, he may repeat it and risk angering more repukes ! (and repuke wannabees)

[coloradodem2005]

3. I suppose that really means to tell Dean right.

;)

[etherealtruth]

4. At least "they" are consistent ...

... in their ignorance and hatred.

[defiant1]

5. Hmmm....

The KKK and the Republican Party. It's like PB & J.

[Don_1967]

6. I thought they were the same group?

[EFerrari]

13. Same thought. "You are the Brute Squad." n/t

[starroute]

7. The Family Research Council is bad news

I just did a quick search through my notes, and found a bunch of dubious items on them.

Here's something from a Miami Herald story that doesn't seem to be available any more without registration:

Gov. Jeb Bush's staff had seen a controversial 1988 essay written by Jerry Regier before Bush appointed Regier to be the state's new child-welfare chief.

On Aug. 15, the day Regier was appointed, The Herald discovered an essay from 1989, attributed to Regier, that condoned spanking even if it produces bruises or welts and said women should not work outside the home. Bush and his staff said they had not seen the article before.

<snip>

Regier -- former president of a Christian conservative Washington, D.C.-based think tank called the Family Research Council -- has denied writing the 1989 essay that bore his and another's name. He did acknowledge penning the 1988 essay in a now-defunct magazine called Pastoral Renewal.

And here's something from Salon on the private military contractor, Blackwater:
http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/05/11/private/print.html

Blackwater also works other angles. One of the firm's founders is Michigan native Erik Prince, a former Navy SEAL. His father, Edgar Prince, helped religious right leader Gary Bauer found the Family Research Council in 1988. Erik Prince's sister, Betsy DeVos, is the chairwoman of the Michigan Republican Party.

Oh, and here's something I found at Daily Kos on the Schiavo case:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/3/22/93155/7030

The Family Research Council, which uses its annual $10 million budget to lobby for prayer in public schools and against gay marriage, filed an amicus curiae brief in Bush v. Schiavo supporting Gov. Bush, at the same time its former president, attorney Kenneth Connor, was representing the governor in that litigation. Between 1992 and 2000, the council received $215,000 from the Bradley Foundation.

These are not nice people.

[ClintonTyree]

8. That's their target market....

bigots of all sorts. Ethnic, religious, sexual.....any bigot will do. They cater to the basest elements of society, they're "their people". Nothing new here, they've always pitted group against group to keep fear and ignorance in the forefront, right where they want it. All the better to control "the flock". :shrug: That's what it all boils down to, control. How best to appeal to people in order to control them and have them do their bidding. They're sharks, circling smaller fish, herding them into a tight group and then moving in for the kill.
Human scum.

[bloom]

9. I wonder if they are supporting Doug Giles also:

"For men, we embrace a masculine spirituality. We believe God created men to be men without apology. We believe that Biblical masculinity is necessary for the church to be the overcoming organism God intends for it to be. Therefore we avoid the feminization of men and the spiritual emasculation of God’s rowdy warriors that usually accompanies most evangelical churches.

Doug and his Church are overseen by local, national and international leaders within the greater body of Christ."

Posted @ http://blogs.salon.com/0003494/2004/10/30.html

Also:

"a Christian without a Pit Bull Attitude is a Poodle Christian"

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=3811461&mesg_id=3811461

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Seems likely to me.

[AuntiBush]

10. Membership drive, maybe? Or, a quick cover-up of sorts... !?!

[burythehatchet]

11. The Family Research Council is the KKK sans linen

Don't you see? Its how you label things.

[Daphne08]

12. Yes, it happened.

Here's a couple of links:

http://www.louisianaweekly.com/cgi-bin/weekly/news/articlegate.pl?20020805f


http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20050606&s=blumenthal


"Or a Rock Bottom Price on the Phone List of KKK Leader David Duke?"
http://www.democrats.org/news/200505180002.html

[mopinko]

14. .

[The Magistrate]

15. It Seems A Sound Enough Purchase, Ma'am

There is a tremendous overlap between membership in the two movements....