A number of folks active on Talk2Action are on the LJ community
dark_christian , if anyone is looking for an LJ community along those
lines. (One of my friends is a mod there.)
Julia
Dave Land wrote:
> Folks,
>
> In an off-list discussion of this thread with Nick, ne mentioned that he
> resists the urge to state, as several have in this thread, that there is
> little or no difference between the parties. Upon reflection, I think he
> is spot on. Moreover, I think that it benefits those who favor the
> status quo for people to think so...
>
> This evening, I received an email from "Talk2Action", an anti Christian-
> dominionist web site that advocates separation of church and state with
> almost a vigor that would do some of our beloved Brin-L antitheists
> proud which reminded me that there are real and deep differences between
> the parties.
>
> In this case, it's the fact that one of the parties has allied itself
> all too closely with seriously dangerous and deluded people who are
> foisting a poisonous lie on the country and, through this country's
> insane "projection of force" in the Middle East, around the world:
>
> Help Fight Fake History That Powers The American Right
>
> http://www.talk2action.org/story/2007/6/26/1542/37782
>
> By Bruce Wilson, 2007-06-26 15:04:02
>
> In 2004, The Texas Republican Party platform declared the United
> States to be a "Christian nation". Christian nationalism is
> probably the driving ideology of the Christian right, and that
> ideology rests on a falsified version of history that tens of
> millions of Americans believe to be true. This post concerns
> that problem and introduces readers to one historian, Chris
> Rodda, who rightfully deserves to be called a hero for writing
> Liars For Jesus: The Religious Right's Alternate Version Of
> American History [http://www.liarsforjesus.com], and for her
> ongoing 15 part series at Talk To Action
> [http://www.talk2action.org/user/Chris%20Rodda/stories]
> debunking falsified American history from the Christian right.
> For free, so far. I've organized this fundraiser so she can keep
> her electricity and utilities on.
>
> Dave
>
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