Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid...........

[babsbunny]

http://www.au.org/site/News2?abbr=pr&page=NewsArticle&id=9113&JServSessionIdr008=2lyef1rqw4.app13a

The Religious Right After Falwell: Less Visible But More Powerful Than Ever
Thursday, May 17, 2007

Fundamentalist Political Movement Today Is Savvy, Well Funded And Influential

Summary: Some political commentators say the Religious Right is a spent force. The recent death of the Rev. Jerry Falwell will hasten the demise of this movement, they say. Americans United for Separation of Church and State says a careful analysis of the facts suggests otherwise.

The May 15 death of Moral Majority founder Jerry Falwell marks a point of passage for the Religious Right, but it does not mean that politically active fundamentalist Christians are in decline or that their movement is waning. Here’s why.

Falwell was an important figure in the early days of the Religious Right, but his influence had waned considerably in recent years. The Lynchburg, Va., televangelist shut down his Moral Majority in 1989, after a decade of political activity, to spend more time on building his Liberty University. Although Falwell still frequently appeared in the media and worked through various religious and educational organizations, he never recovered his former prominence.

Lessons Learned From Falwell’s Failings

[youthere]

1. The RR scares me more than ANY AQ operative.

[aquart]

2. They aren't the majority of Americans.

Which means they CANNOT win if we get off our asses and work for the small off-year local elections, which is where they seize power...in the vacuum.

[damntexdem]

3. Yeah. we'll keep living in terror. They won't let us do anything else.

Just watched the last two episodes of the PBS series on the Inquisition. Just felt like I should keep up with current affairs. ;-)

[Joe for Clark]

4. The only thing they managed to do was awaken the rest of us.

There is a christian left man - and there are a lot of us - and maybe we are not so vocal - or political - maybe.

But there are so many of us.

Joe

[Arugula Latte]

5. The other thing is, these fundy freaks tend to breed like bunnies...

They are creating armies of little rightwingchristofascists. Case in point:

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

6. I am losing track of those things of which to be afraid. The RW fundies are

only one of, apparently, many. :shrug:

P.S. I remember Ralph Reed's ascencion to power, I'm rather enjoying watching his fall. MKJ