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Stop the hypocrisy: tell leaders of the religious right to practice what they preach
Target: Ralph Reed, James Dobson, & Lou SheldonSponsored by: Care2
For years, the leaders of the
Religious Right have attacked the freedom of women to control their
own bodies, waged war on gay marriage, and fought to erode one of
the central tenets of our Constitution: the separation
between church and state. They claimed the
moral high ground, asserting the right to tell people how to live
and condemning millions of Americans for actions they deemed
immoral.
Now it turns out that leaders of the Religious Right are knee-deep in the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal. After years of condemning gambling as a social ill, they�ve been caught in pro-gambling campaigns hatched by the indicted lobbyist.
Their high ground has been washed away. Former Christian Coalition Director Ralph Reed made millions from Indian gambling interests, rallying religious conservatives to oppose competing casinos. James Dobson of Focus on the Family recorded anti-gambling ads that a casino-operating Indian tribe paid to air. And Lou Sheldon�s Traditional Values Coalition was paid $25,000 by online gambling outfit eLottery to lobby congress on its behalf.
It�s time to stop the hypocrisy. Millions of Americans have taken their moral cues from these men, only to find out now that they are in bed with the very interests they�ve earned their living condemning.
Send a letter to Ralph Reed, James Dobson, and Lou Sheldon and tell them to start practicing what they preach.
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We signed the “Stop the hypocrisy: tell leaders of the religious right to practice what they preach” petition!
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What can you possibly say to justify your actions?
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there should not be any segment of the population considered "second class".....equal rights for all
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To each his own!
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If the religious did practice what they preached, they would have a mental breakdown and die. One minute they're saying its wrong to judge others, the next they're condeming everyone. I wish they would become enlightened. I want them to see the world as it really is, every single soul. Then they can preach.
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Sad-I'll be sure to remember you in my prayers.
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You people make me sick! Preying on the elderly for their money and trying to push women back into the dark ages. Next you'll have all of our hard won rights taken away and we'll have to wear Burkhas!
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If gambling is a sin, then you've fostered sin.
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Your campaigns go against everything Christ stood for - you and your ilk are the antichrist in desquise. You preach intolerance, hate and civil conspiricy to enforce religious beiefs rather than trust the love of God, Christ and the Holy Spirit to convince individuals to seek the kingdom
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I'm signing this petition, but I don't agree with some of the wording. I don't want the religious right to practice what they preach because I think they preach hate.
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Joslyn Woodbury
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You people of the far right have made me ashamed to be Christian, by bastardizing my faith for you own personal, political, & financial gains
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No one can have it both ways.............
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Where in the Constitution does it say that all Americans have to be Christian?
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Judge not lest ye be judged.............
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From what I understand of James Dobson's testimony, he claims to have become a Christian at the age of two. I'm sorry, but I find it hard to believe that a child of the age of two could make a decision like that. At the age of two, you're just beginning to see new things in the world, not realizing the difference between right and wrong. I think he needs to go back and study that. Either he's lying to the world (which is the opinion that I'm inclined to believe), or the devil has thrown him a "counterfeit!"