Christian family coalition?

[yoMAMA]

Although I never subscribed to their wacky stuff...... :rolleyes:

I just received an e-mail of them bragging about the california supreme court's decision to halt all gay marriage immediately, and they used paragraphes such as

"we are glad the california supreme court has halted the ROUGE mayor newsome's decision to grant gay marriage licenses and allowing lawlessness and chaos......

and ended with stuff like "we are winning the culture war nationally, and stopped the gay extremist's attempt to redefine marriage......"

[whether the gays want to marry is their own business, certainly not the governments'....what happened to all those "small government" conservatives?]

Needless to say, I was pissed, and unsubscribed from it....... :mad:

[Faithless]

Spam, spam, spam, spam...

Monkey Files: The Christian Family Coalition (http://www.bullymag.com/1.15.04/monkey-011504.asp)
by Charles Westbrook
I hate spam emails. Really I do. The one's from losers trying to sell me Viagra and the like are annoying, but somehow I don't find them outrageous. I suppose it is because I realize the folks who peddle Viagra and smut via the web are weasels and, more than likely, hapless, lower class folks one generation out of the West Virginia hills. What more can one expect from such simians?

Now spam emails from do-gooder groups: those are the most vile and obnoxious of all. Consider the obvious: the groups claim the mantle of justness and yet violate the sanctity of my email box (to say nothing of good taste) and, as of January 1, 2004, would be in violation of federal anti-spam law. So it is that I offer to Bully Magazine readers an obscene example of this sort of email. It comes from the paleo-conservative Christian Family Coalition (CFC), a group of holy rollers in Florida who are convinced America is slouching toward Gomorrah.

A columnist for The Miami Herald has written of the CFC that it ought to consider the following for its slogan: "Bringing hate-mongering to South Florida since 2003." How freaky conservative are these folks? Well, put it this way: the CFC used to be the Miami-Dade chapter of the Christian Coalition (recall: Ralph Reed's organization). The Miami-Dade chapter led by the utterly terrifying Anthony Verdugo, seceded from the Christian Coalition. Apparently, the CC just wasn't supportive enough of the chapter's railing against fags and the many plots to destroy the American family (and, presumably, to replace it with some sort of communal-homosexual-cannibal orgy pack).

That said, you can now get a feel for the sort of loons who sent me this email, asking me to help them howl at the Supreme Court. Note the batty line about the federal court decision being "a violation of our freedom." While I thought the decision itself was wrong and ill reasoned, these folks are even more misguided in imagining that their freedom is curtailed by the decision. They remain free to say whatever nonsense comes to their heads, and we remain free to laugh at them. Feel free to drop these clowns...

[Sledge]

Nooo! Not the ROUGE mayor!!

[Emperor_Mike]

Nooo! Not the ROUGE mayor!!

Yes, I know. Why not some other make-up? This is blatant cosmetic favourtism, I tell you.

[Faithless]

Speaking of the Christian Coalition -- check out the family values of one Lou Beres: :frown:

Christian Coalition head to ‘withdraw from public life’ (http://www.dhonline.com/articles/2005/10/11/news/oregon/state03.txt)

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PORTLAND (AP) — The longtime head of the Christian Coalition of Oregon said Monday that he is “withdrawing from public life,’’ a day after news reports detailed accusations of sexual abuse against him by three female relatives.

“I am thankful for a family that loves and supports me, and intend to withdraw from public life until this is resolved,’’ Lou Beres wrote in a statement posted on the organization’s web site, at www.coalition.org.

Beres has denied any criminal misconduct and wrote that he will “pursue the Biblical response and do all within my power to reconcile with that person.’’

Multnomah County District Attorney Michael Schrunk told The Oregonian newspaper that officials are investigating the complaints against Beres.

The three women — now adults — allege they were abused by Beres as preteens. Their families called the child abuse hot line last month, after the three openly discussed the alleged abuse for the first time.

“I was molested,’’ one of the women, now in her 50s, told The Oregonian. “I was victimized and I’ve suffered all my life for it. I’m still afraid to be in the same room with him.’’

Beres, 70, has blamed “personal and political enemies’’ for the complaint.

Only one of the three cases appears to fall under Oregon’s statute of limitations on sex abuse, which expires after six years. Authorities said that case involves a young woman who was allegedly abused by Beres when she was in elementary school.

A nephew of Beres’ is standing up for the three women.

“My family has gone through hell,’’ said Richard Galat, 41, of Oakland, Calif., who told detectives that his uncle had molested “several’’ female relatives over the years.

“Lives have been ruined. Those of us who have come forward have been ostracized, verbally abused and the victims of character assassination...It must stop,’’ he said.

In response to Galat’s statements, Beres said on the Christian Coalition web site Monday, “I am grieved by the false allegations of my nephew, Richard Galat. I am attempting to determine the source of each claim.’’

Beres, who did not immediately return a phone message from The Associated Press, is the former head of the Republican Party in Multnomah County, the Democratic stronghold that includes Portland.

Jim Moore, who teaches political science at Pacific University in Forest Grove, said Monday that Beres has not been particularly influential in Oregon politics.

“In fact, under his leadership, the Christian Coalition in Oregon has gone downhill.’’

In state legislative races in 2004, for example, Moore said that, “we found that Christian Coalition candidates basically did not do as well as they did in the past.’’

Oregon Republican Chairman Vance Day said Beres hasn’t been much of a factor in state GOP politics since he stepped down as Multnomah County chairman about 10 years ago.

“I don’t view this as having any major impact on politics here in Oregon; I don’t think the Christian Coalition has a big footprint here at all,’’ he said.

The group did support a constitutional amendment against gay marriage that passed handily with voters in November of 2004, but support for that cause was rallied by another conservative-leaning group, the Defense of Marriage Coalition.

Tim Nashif, the political director of that group, said he has few details about the allegations, and added that his group is not associated with the Christian Coalition.

“Anytime any family goes through anything like this it’s a pretty grievous situation and our hearts go out to them,’’ he said. “The truth has a tendency to come out.’’

Associated Press Writer Brad Cain contributed to this report.