Romance between Christian right, Jewish establishment seems to be cooling off.(Israel andJudaism): An article from: Washington Report on Middle East Affairs
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Title: Romance between Christian right, Jewish establishment seems to be cooling off.(Israel andJudaism)
Author: Allan C. Brownfeld
Publication: Washington Report on Middle East Affairs (Magazine/Journal)
Date: March 1, 2006
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 25 Issue: 2 Page: 60(2)
Distributed by Thomson Gale
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"A penetrating analysis of the Christian Right's antigay agenda and of how that agenda is derived from the Christian Right's peculiar vision of American history and the Christian faith."--Rev. Peter J. Gomes, Boston Book Review
"Public intellectualism at its best. . . . A comprehensive summary of the conservative Protestant worldview."--Michael Joseph Gross, Boston Phoenix Literary Section
"Presents considerable information not previously part of the nation's political discourse. . . . [Herman] dissects the Christian Right's antigay stance dispassionately giving, as it were, the devil his due. For anyone on either side of this passionate and important conflict, that is an impressive accomplishment."--Hastings Wyman, Jr., Washington Post Book World
Customer Review: Excellent exposé of the radical theocratic right
Thank you, Ms. Herman for writing this excellent book. The anti-gay agenda pursued by many religious conservatives deserves to be exposed for what it is: a campaign of hate, lies and deceit.
The truth is that while there is no "homosexual agenda to destroy the American family", there is indeed a theocratic, anti-gay agenda to destroy gay and lesbian families. The organized effort by groups such as those mentioned in this work are a true threat not only to gay and lesbian civil rights but the civil rights of all Americans, as these same groups also strongly fight against reproductive choice, birth control, sex education, etc.
While I can appreciate that some people base their anti-gay hate on scriptural sources, we must all understand that no one has the right to force their religion onto others or to demand that others conform to one religion's ideas of morality.
If homosexuality makes you uncomfortable, or if you are taught to see it as a "sin" then there is a simple solution: don't have sex or become romantically involved with someone of your own sex! Otherwise shut up and leave the rest of us alone for a change, eh?
Customer Review: Stupid.
Rather than reading this book, suggest you read the Bible. There is no 'anti-gay plot'--but there are a few of us out there who believe that the Bible on the subject means exactly what it says--homosexual activity is sinful (and harmful to the person practicing it). I don't know why you would call this 'hate'. Which is truly love--letting someone dance in the street in the path of incoming cars, or warning them that they could get killed like this and that there is another way? See 1st Corinthians chapter 6. The Corinthians, as many in the Roman empire had many homosexuals in society very mainstreamed and instead of demanding they be stoned to death, as per Mosaic law, or other 'hate' Paul showed how they could get out of the harmful behaviour (as could the adulterers, fornicators and other sinners)and have a 'new life in Christ.'
As another reviewer has stated, not just narrow-minded white Southern Protestant males who voted for Bush read the Bible this way--there is unanimous agreement on this in all churches who are not re-defining the Bible, that is Catholics, Greek and Russian Orthodox, black American churches, African Episcopalians..
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