The Religious Right's Anti-Union Crusade

[L. Coyote]

The Religious Right's Anti-Union Crusade
— By Josh Harkinson
Mon Apr. 4, 2011 3:17 AM PDT
http://motherjones.com/mojo/2011/03/religious-rights-crusade-against-unions


Wisconsin's ongoing labor battle has officially become a holy war. The Family Research Council, the evangelical advocacy organization founded by James Dobson, has been dipping into its war chest to defend Republican Governor Scott Walker's efforts to curtail collective bargaining for public-sector unions. FRC president Tony Perkins interviewed backers of Walker's anti-union bill on his weekly radio program and has tweeted his support for the bill, directly linking social conservatism with an anti-union, pro-business agenda: "Pro-family voters should celebrate WI victory b/c public & private sector union bosses have marched lock-step w/liberal social agenda."

The FRC's new political action committee, the Faith, Family, Freedom Fund, is airing ads on 34 Wisconsin radio stations in an effort to influence the April 5 judicial election that could ultimately decide the fate of the law. The ads target Wisconsin Assistant Attorney General JoAnne Kloppenburg, who's running against a conservative incumbent, David Prosser, for a seat on the state Supreme Court. If elected, Kloppenburg would alter the balance on the court in favor of Democrats, giving them the ability to invalidate the recently enacted ban on public-employee collective bargaining. "Liberals see her as their best hope to advance their political agenda and strike down laws passed by a legislature and governor elected by the people," say the ads. "A vote for Prosser is a vote to keep politics out of the Supreme Court."

The FRC's anti-labor campaign in Wisconsin is part of its larger agenda to meld fiscal conservatism with its family-values message. Its recent priorities have included fighting health care reform, new taxes on the wealthy, and President Obama's budget proposals. .....

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[ladjf]

1. If true, the question is, why does the religious right want to destroy

the unions?

[L. Coyote]

3. Unions finance Dems campaigns. Very simple!!

[tpsbmam]

4. The article suggests reasons....since only 3 paragraphs were posted, here's

one explaining the reasons. There are more at the article link:

Of course, exegetical disputes with liberal Christians aren't the only reasons why FRC opposes labor unions. Not only do unions' economic principles put them at odds with evangelicals, so do their social values. A recent press release <15> from Dobson's Focus On The Family, which was once conjoined with the FRC, complains that most political donations from labor unions go to Democrats and liberal social causes. "Over the past several election cycles, unions and their members contributed millions to fight against core American values—especially on issues of life, religious freedom and marriage." Still, explains a spokeswoman, "There are many good, hard-working Americans who are union members, but they would do well to consider whether union support of same-sex marriage and the taxpayer funding of abortion in government health care represents their interests."

[MatthewStLouis]

2. Anything to help out the money changers...

James Dobson is just dripping with evil. I never could figure out what was so pro "family values" about always siding with big corporations and Wall Street over the little guy. Greed is a powerful thing.

[tpsbmam]

5. How very Christian of them....

maintaining their allegiance with the oligarchs and fucking the 99% of Americans, Christian and otherwise, who aren't among the uber-wealthy. Pretty much SOP for the FRC. :puke:

K&R