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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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Cheryl Dearborn, New York
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Tananda Kalitan, New Jersey
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Daniel Barker, Florida
As a conservative I live my life to practice what I preach. If I can't live it, I don't preach it.
As a conservative I live my life to practice what I preach. If I can't live it, I don't preach it.
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Ally Domaradzka, Poland
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Lois Frescura, Michigan
Ralph Reed, James Dobson, and Lou Sheldon...Practice what you preach!
Ralph Reed, James Dobson, and Lou Sheldon...Practice what you preach!
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Brent Bartholomew, California
as useal these holey men are crook and sex freaks how many heads of churcheds have been exposed as gay & drug addits.but they get up & condem us for it.how many childer have been raped by the pastor or revern,the church dose nothing but cover it up & alow these perverted men of god to rape other parishes,til finely after thousands of inocent kids are raped.they are caught.thius need to stop they al need to be jailed they can enjoy all the sexthey want there,& maybe after they are raped repetedly they willcome back to god.
as useal these holey men are crook and sex freaks how many heads of churcheds have been exposed as gay & drug addits.but they get up & condem us for it.how many childer have been raped by the pastor or revern,the church dose nothing but cover it up & alow these perverted men of god to rape other parishes,til finely after thousands of inocent kids are raped.they are caught.thius need to stop they al need to be jailed they can enjoy all the sexthey want there,& maybe after they are raped repetedly they willcome back to god.
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Jaqui Mundell-Wachowiak, Wisconsin
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Rev Dr Laurie Ann Kinard, Georgia
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Ivelisse Burgo, Illinois
It is completely rediculous for religious leaders and followers (as well as everyone else in the world) to treat women as less than equal. A person must be so oblivious to what being a human being is all about if they see women as less than human beings. I thought we were in the 21st Century?!?!
It is completely rediculous for religious leaders and followers (as well as everyone else in the world) to treat women as less than equal. A person must be so oblivious to what being a human being is all about if they see women as less than human beings. I thought we were in the 21st Century?!?!
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Marlene Vandyke, Arizona