Original source URL: http://www.pfaw.org/pfaw/general/default.aspx?oid=21688 The Patriot Pastors¹ Electoral War Against the ŒHordes of Hell¹ Burgeoning ŒRestoration¹ Projects Hope to Elect Ohio Governor in 2006, Spread Model Nationwide Click here to download this report as a pdf: http://media.pfaw.org/PDF/RW/PatriotPastorsReport.pdf The new report by People For the American Way Foundation, the NAACP, and the African American Ministers Leadership Council documents how a new generation of Religious Right leaders is turning conservative churches into political machines for far-right Republican candidates with rhetoric that might make Pat Robertson blush. Christians may hold the most powerful political offices in the country, but to these pastors, Christians are on the verge of being thrown into jail for professing their faith. Political opponents aren¹t just wrong, they are the ³hordes of hell² and the ³forces of darkness.² Notably, high-level Republican officials aren¹t trying to distance themselves from such rhetoric. Far from it. They¹re embracing the self-proclaimed ³Christocrats² and counting on a new wave of aggressive politics-from-the-pulpit to win elections. In Texas, a group is giving the governor organized support from pastors motivated to help his re-election campaign. In Pennsylvania, a nascent group seeks to do the same for their embattled senator. And in Ohio, the candidate anointed by the ³Patriot Pastors² Secretary of State Ken Blackwell is the Republican gubernatorial nominee. [links below in original...] Introduction A ³Spiritual Invasion² Waging Holy War in Ohio An Ohio Political Machine Texas: ³Patriot Pastors² for Perry Pennsylvania, Florida and Missouri Manipulating the Persecuted Majority Syndrome Conclusion -- -------------------------------------------------------- Escaping the Matrix website http://escapingthematrix.org/ cyberjournal website http://cyberjournal.org subscribe cyberjournal list mailto:•••@••.••• Posting archives http://cyberjournal.org/show_archives/ Blogs: cyberjournal forum http://cyberjournal-rkm.blogspot.com/ Achieving real democracy http://harmonization.blogspot.com/ for readers of ETM http://matrixreaders.blogspot.com/ Community Empowerment http://empowermentinitiatives.blogspot.com/ Blogger made easy http://quaylargo.com/help/ezblogger.html
