Christianity is on the march in Ohio;Next stop:the governor's office

[Algorem]

http://www.freetimes.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=2508&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0

BASKING IN THE GLOW of the sweeping passage of Ohio's Issue 1 last fall, Citizens for Community Values (CCV) President Phil Burress boasted to The New York Times that his religious-based political movement was just starting.

“I'm building an army,” Burress told the paper in a November 26, 2004, story. “We can't just let people go back to the pews and go to sleep.”

The Times described Burress' plans to take his statewide grassroots movement to a new level “using a computer database of 1.5 million voters to build a network of Christian conservative officials, candidates and political advocates. He envisions holding town-hall-style meetings early next year in Ohio's 88 counties to identify issues, recruit organizers and train volunteers. With a cadre of 15 to 20 leaders in each county, he says he believes religious conservatives can be running school boards, town councils and county prosecutors' offices across the state within a few years.”

Today, wishful thinking is turning into political organizing for the religious right in Ohio. Check out the game plan at www.ohiorestorationproject.com:,,,,

[Selteri]

1. They're nto the only ones, but they're really scary. N/T

[Tux]

2. Sheesh

Don't these people have jobs? Do they really think that some ancient book has all the answers?

I can't wait till this madness passes.

[Bellamia]

4. You and me both.......

Geeze lueeze, it gets worser & worser!

[mongo]

3. Man, I can't stand Phil Burress

Long before we was the grand protector of marriage in Ohio, he was bullying local prosecutors to close adult stores, and pressuring local hotels to get rid of their pay-per-views.

He's an asshat with a purpose.

[rexcat]

5. I live in SW Ohio and he is still at it...

He is one major asshole. CCV is an intolerant group run by a religious fascist and they want cram there brand of morality down everyone's throat.

On edit: I used to get the CCV newsletter so I could keep tabs on them but they figured out that there were a fair number of people who did not donate to the group but were getting their newsletter. About 15 years ago they changed their policy. The only way to get their newsletter is to "donate" money to their organization. I just could not bring myself to give these assholes money so they stopped sending me the newsletter.