Just so people here have a chance to share in some of the research I've subjected myself to in order to form an opinion on how "dangerous" the threat of aggressive action by Fundimental bigots against any who are not one of their "saved", I submit the results of a mere days research in the Berkekly Public Library. This is in response to J.S. Pereira's question of my "credentials" to comment on this issue.
Keep in mind that yesterday another doctor was shot dead in Florida by a former Fundie Xtian minister who was doing "the work of God" outside an abortion clinic in Pensicola. How long before Pagans, WIccans and other occultists are in their gunsights...?
New York Times 6/3/93 "Censorship efforts by Religious Right Disrupt Education" by Richard Burke 6/27/94 "Advances Made by Religious Right in Several States" by Richard Burke Time 6/27/94 "Onû Heaven's Ticket" - Robert Layco Newsweek 6/20/94 "Hard Right Turns for America"- Harold Fineman 11/8/93 "God and the Grassroots" - Harold Fineman "When Fundimentalists Run The Schools"-S.Mcguireû New Statesman 6/26/93 "Choking on Holy Smoke" - Gore Vidal Unte Reader May-Jun93 "Among The Believers" - Richard Swift Mother Jones Mar-Apr94 "Holy War-The Right Fight" - Liz Galst Nov-Dec93 "Christian Reich" - (various) Playboy Oct 93 "The Myth Of Church And State" - Bob HowellsThere's LOTS more, but these are the most recent. Read 'em and wake up, people...