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Religious voices which speak out in opposition to the Bush administration's policies, or who speak out against the collapse of the wall separating politics and religion, or who forward ideas/values contrary to those of the extreme right faith voices now so prevalent in America tend to get the same treatment from right wing media which any voice seen as 'out of step with the program' inevitably gain...'they aren't really American or patriots or even legitimate christians or faith-holders at all.

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Limbaugh's Religious Hate Talk Blasphemes Religion, Interfaith Alliance President Says

Washington, April 28 -Today, in response to Rush Limbaugh's statement that "the religious left in this country hates and despises the God of Christianity and Catholicism," the Rev. Dr. C. Welton Gaddy, president of The Interfaith Alliance, released the following statement:

"All people of faith in the most religiously diverse nation on earth should be insulted by the uninformed religious pronouncements of a vitriolic radio host," said Rev. Dr. C Welton Gaddy, President of the Interfaith Alliance. "Mr. Limbaugh has repeatedly demonstrated his ignorance and insensitivity to the religious communities in this nation.

"Mr. Limbaugh demeans the very spirit of Christianity as well as the faithful Jewish, Muslim, Buddhist, Sikh, Hindu, Baha'i, and other religious communities. Unfortunately Mr. Limbaugh's words echo the recent misuse of religion by politicians. We remain gravely concerned about the continuing manipulation of religion for partisan political purposes. The fusion of partisan politics and religion arrogantly blasphemes religion and aggressively threatens the vitality of democracy.

"The Interfaith Alliance remains committed to the healing role of religion in America and stands with all people of faith and good will who remain dedicated to common values that enhance our lives together."

According to Media Matters, on the April 27 edition of The Rush Limbaugh Show, Mr. Limbaugh said:

LIMBAUGH: "I would submit to you that people on the left are religious, too. Their God is just different. The left has a different God. There's a religious left in this country.

"And, the religious left in this country hates and despises the God of Christianity and Catholicism and whatever else. They despise it because they fear it, because it's a threat, because that God has moral absolutes. That God has right and wrong, that God doesn't deal in nuance, that God doesn't deal in gray area, that God says, 'This is right and that is wrong.'"

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So what? Evidently then the religious bit doesn't influence politicics much. Left & right wingers, both religious and secular oppose one another's political views more or less equally.

This rather emphatically demonstrates the inappropriateness of your frequently-used appelation of "religious right" .

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There is no accusation so looney that it falls beneath the horizon of vituperation of the likes of Rush-Where's my meds?-Limbaugh, Mr. Mountie. What is significant in that article, though, is this:

C. Welton Gaddy wrote:

All people of faith in the most religiously diverse nation on earth should be insulted by the uninformed religious pronouncements of a vitriolic radio host. Mr. Limbaugh has repeatedly demonstrated his ignorance and insensitivity to the religious communities in this nation.

Mr. Limbaugh demeans the very spirit of Christianity as well as the faithful Jewish, Muslim, Buddhist, Sikh, Hindu, Baha'i, and other religious communities. Unfortunately Mr. Limbaugh's words echo the recent misuse of religion by politicians. We remain gravely concerned about the continuing manipulation of religion for partisan political purposes. The fusion of partisan politics and religion arrogantly blasphemes religion and aggressively threatens the vitality of democracy.

The Interfaith Alliance remains committed to the healing role of religion in America and stands with all people of faith and good will who remain dedicated to common values that enhance our lives together.

This sort of statement is the evidence we have that the ranting religious hatemongers are the lunatic fringe, and not the mainstream of America. The squeaky wheel principle is not a mechanism of perpetual motion--this, too, shall pass.

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I was really hoping that Rush was going away when Clinton did. I can't understand why anyone would listen to him, much less take anything he said to be anything more than entertainment.

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Do statements of that character entertain you, McG? Nothing snide in the question, i just doubt the premise that his drivel consitutes entertainment.

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McG often fires from the hip with that old blunderbuss he straps crossdraw fashion to his one good hip. As a consequence, his target is no more likely than is his poor old Aunty Bessy to collapse, mortally wounded. But he does sometimes get that target, and this is such a case.

ps...adding that 'entertainment' is a very poor word to describe what are the consequences of Rush's voice (and that of others like him) on the public discourse and the public mind.

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georgeob1 wrote:

So what? Evidently then the religious bit doesn't influence politicics much. Left & right wingers, both religious and secular oppose one another's political views more or less equally.

This rather emphatically demonstrates the inappropriateness of your frequently-used appelation of "religious right" .

"Evidently"?! "More or less equally"?! Now there's some careful analysis.

Your thesis then would entail that 'liberalism' or 'secularism' is also undeserving of any particular attention or mention. You understand how that follows, do you my boy?

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The question is the extent of the community within the religious right who believes as Rush does. Consider how many times we have been bombarded with, believe as we do or you will burn in hell for eternity.

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