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Are_grits_groceries Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-13-09 09:30 AM
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Exposed: Prop. 8 part of 'Christian Taliban's' move to make Bible the law
The Protect Marriage Coalition, which led the fight to pass an anti-gay marriage initiative in California, is now suing to shield its financial records from public scrutiny.
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Howard Ahmanson and Wayne C. Johnson
The man who more than any other has been associated with this kind of semi-covert activity over the past 25 years is reclusive billionaire Howard Ahmanson.

Ahmanson is a Christian Reconstructionist, a devout follower of the late R.J. Rushdoony, who advocated the replacement of the U.S. Constitution with the most extreme precepts of the Old Testament, including the execution -- preferably by stoning -- of homosexuals, adulterers, witches, blasphemers, and disobedient children.

Ahmanson himself has stated, "My goal is the total integration of biblical law into our lives."
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Ahmanson's role in promoting Proposition 8 has drawn a lot of attention, but he appears to serve primarily as the money man, leaving his associates to carry out the practical details. One name in particular stands out as Ahmanson's chief lieutenant: political consultant Wayne C. Johnson, whose Johnson Clark Associates (formerly Johnson & Associates) coordinated the Proposition 8 campaign.
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The Ahmanson-Johnson Strategy
The partnership between Ahmanson and Johnson, however, did not begin in 2003 or even in 2000. It goes back to at least 1983, if not earlier, and has been a continuing factor in California politics for the last 25 years.

In a 1994 article on Christian Reconstructionism, Public Eye described Johnson's central role in an Ahmanson-financed attempt by the Christian Right to take control of the California state legislation. The strategy involved first pushing through a term limits initiative, which was accomplished in 1990, and then promoting its own candidates for the seats this opened up.
http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Prop._8_and_longterm_agenda_of_0111.html

There's lots more in this article. Skulking around they are and up to no good.
Wonder how many current officeholders have ties to them??
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Veritas_et_Aequitas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-13-09 09:34 AM
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1. Probably just enough on the local level to make things interesting.
I'm glad someone's finally picking up on this. Thanks for the post.
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deaniac21 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-13-09 09:37 AM
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2. Like unto Sharia?
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Hugabear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-13-09 09:40 AM
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3. How exactly is this a "Christian" organization?
I'm not a very big fan of Christianity, but I do seem to remember a story about Jesus stopping an execution. Sounds like these fascists want to throw out the New Testament.
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Are_grits_groceries Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-13-09 09:49 AM
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4. They just pick and choose what they want.
Then they interpret it to mean what they want.
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