An Army of Christian Right Lawyers Is Waging War on the Constitution

AlterNet, Washington Spectator by Sarah Posner | Apr. 6, 2007 (Special Report)
A look at the Christian Right's legal muscle leading the fight to end the separation of church and state.

If Bill O'Reilly had a hero other than himself, it would be ADF and its courtroom crusaders lined up to fight the ACLU, Nickelodeon's homosexual agenda, and heathens who are hell-bent on censoring the words "Merry Christmas." ADF's president, Alan Sears, a former Reagan administration prosecutor who, according to the ADF's website, "God uniquely prepared" for his lead role in the organization, admits to being inspired by the right-wing commentator ... Full Story »

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 by Allan Edwards - Oct. 1, 2008

This piece offers the reader the essential "who, what, where, when, why" of good journalism without stepping over the line into polemic pap. The statements are verifiable, accurately reported, and lacking in either vitrol or sensationalism. The content of the piece alerts the serious reader to the profound problem of keeping our Constitution unstained by the will of ideologues and fanatics, who seem to be gaining widespread recognition because of the shrill and midget-minded rant radio and television "news" commentators using the public airways and press as their private bully pulpits from which to spew their most un-Christian bigotry and hatered.

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