[Dialogue] Top 10 Articles on the Christian Right for 2006

[Harry Wainwright]

AlterNet

Top 10 Articles on the Christian Right for 2006

By , AlterNet
Posted on January 1, 2007, Printed on January 1, 2007
http://www.alternet.org/story/46001/

AlterNet works to cover all aspect of the Christian Right -- here are our 10
most popular articles from 2006.

10. How <http://www.alternet.org/module/printversion/>  Jesus Endorsed
Bush's Invasion of Iraq
By Damon Linker, Doubleday
In the lead up to the invasion of Iraq, Bush needed the approval of
religious leaders to shore up his religious base and a group of Catholic
theoconservatives were happy to help him do just that.

9. Using Children as 'God's Army'
By Kirsten A. Powers, The American Prospect
A new documentary chronicles a summer camp where children, as young as six,
are trained to become devout Christian soldiers.

8. Foley, <http://www.alternet.org/module/printversion/>  Gays and the
Religious Right: Is This the Nail in the GOP Coffin?
By Evan Derkacz, AlterNet
It's become clear that the Republican leadership protected a predator. Will
it cost them the conservative Christian votes they so desperately need?

7. The <http://www.alternet.org/module/printversion/>  Growing Threat of
Right-Wing Christians
By Onnesha Roychoudhuri, AlterNet
Michelle Goldberg says progressives need to wake up and pay attention to the
enormous -- and growing -- influence of the radical Christian right.

6. Public Stoning: Not Just for the Taliban Anymore
By John Sugg, Creative Loafing (Atlanta)
Christian reconstructionists believe democracy is heresy and public school
is satanic -- and they've got more influence than you think.

5. Why the Religious Right Fights Cancer Prevention
By Gene Gerard, Truthdig
Conservative groups have caused an uproar by opposing a vaccine for the
second-deadliest cancer for women.

4. The Top 10 Power Brokers of the Religious Right
By Rob Boston, Church and State
Who they are, what they want, and why these American ayatollahs must be
stopped.

3. 'Arrows for the War'
By Kathryn Joyce, The Nation
The Christian 'Quiverfull' movement measures a mother's spiritual resolve by
the number of children she raises, each one an arrow in the quiver of God's
army.

2. Lobbying for Armageddon
By Sarah Posner, AlterNet
Some influential evangelical leaders are lobbying for an attack on Iran. But
it's not about geopolitics -- it's about bringing about the End Times.

1. Tyranny of the Christian Right
By Michelle Goldberg, AlterNet
The largest and most powerful mass movement in the nation -- evangelical
Christianity -- has set out to destroy secular society. 

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