The Billion-Dollars-a-year rightwing fundraiser you never heard of

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Source: Daily Beast

Have you heard of "The Gathering," a conference of extreme hard right Christian funders, which starts Thursday in Orlando FL?

"The Gathering," an event put on by Washington's shadowy hard rightwing "Church" known only as "THE FAMILY"/"THE FELLOWSHIP" ("THE FAMILY" also puts on the Presidents Prayer Breakfast every February in Washington DC); "THE FAMILY" brings together big names in Evangelical circles to advance a hard-right agenda:

destroy gay rights, destroy women's right to reproductive decision-making, privatize public schools, Evangelize the world, attack opposing religions, and destroy public opinion about climate change

Attendees include the Green family from Hobby Lobby, the Cathy family from Chick-Fil-A, the Coors family, and David Brooks from the New York Times, among many others.

"The Gathering" espouses 7 Mountains Dominionism, aka New Apostolic Reformation theology, and funnels Billions of dollars every year into extreme hard right political candidates and "FAMILY"-friendly organizations to help infiltrate secular media...



Read more: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/09/25/the-1-billion-a-year-right-wing-conspiracy-you-haven-t-heard-of.html

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Much, much more at the link.

[shenmue]

1. Oh no

I almost wish I could go, because I live only a couple hours away, but that shit is crazy.

[pennylane100]

2. One of MSNBC talk show hosts, I think it was Rachael Maddow

did a lot of reporting on The Family when one of their members had to resign. They have a large house in DC where politicians who are "Family" can rent rooms. They are a scary bunch. They also lie cheat and steal for themselves and each other.

[VanillaRhapsody]

4. because lying, cheating, stealing and even fornicating "for the Lord" is allowed...

And lets not forget.....this bunch also believe in the Prosperity Gospels. They think they are rich because they are holier than everyone else.....and those that are suffering....are less so....

This is also the real reason they want education privatized....they want a piece of that action!

[Fred Sanders]

3. So, a gathering of religious extremists, fascists and media....what did Obama say about extremism?

[radhika]

5. I've wondered what they were up to since the C Street house closed...

The Family had a flurry of unwanted attention years ago when family-connected politicos like John Ensign and Mark Sanford were caught up in sexual scandals. Apparently the C Street residence was a veritable pray-boy mansion for conservative males seeking to undermine democracy.

Journalist Jeff Sharlett had a fascinating book out about this fellowship - and its long history of manipulating from within.

http://jeffsharlet.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fellowship_%28Christian_organization%29

[stupidicus]

6. http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2007/09/hillarys-prayer-hillary-clintons-religion-and-politics

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[pangaia]

7. Yup.

[1dogleft]

8. there is a group even scarier than

Christians. They are known as the Boogey Man Society. They want to take the fluoride out of toothpaste, fill your weed with stems and seeds. They even want to hide the expiration date on Twinkies just messing around

[RufusTFirefly]

9. Hillary Clinton member of "cell church" run by "The Family"

Hillary Clinton member of "cell church" run by "The Family"

[annabanana]

10. Our own All-American taliban

I will join Obama's coalition against religious extremists if they'll include THIS crowd!

It makes me very very nervous that they are so far dug into our power centers.

[father founding]

11. RW extremists - terrorists

Just anther group of redneck terrorists.

[ScreamingMeemie]

12. Locking.

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