Christian right

Christian Right is a term collectively referring to a spectrum of conservative Christian political and social movements and organizations characterized by their strong support of traditional social values in the United States and other western countries. The terms Christian Right and Religious right are sometimes used interchangeably, although this is problematic (see discussion at Religious right).

Pro-Republican political activism

National organizations (including the Christian Coalition) and local churches have engaged in voter registration drives and get-out-the-vote efforts, targeting people likely to vote for Republican candidates and using materials that portray Republicans more favorably than Democrats. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2003/06/02/national1603EDT0649.DTL

Related Topics:
Christian Coalition - Get-out-the-vote - Democrats

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The Christian Right has also worked to promote expressly partisan Republican campaigning. For example, during the 2004 campaign, the Traditional Values Coalition website highlighted a voter registration drive by the Republican National Committee, with a link to the RNC website, and added, "The Democratic National Committee is also engaged in an aggressive campaign to register homosexual, bisexual, and transgendered individuals to defeat President Bush in the November election." http://www.traditionalvalues.org/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1433 Individual ministers also made political comments from the pulpit. The pastor of the East Waynesville Baptist Church in Waynesville, North Carolina "told the congregation that anyone who planned to vote for Democratic Sen. John Kerry should either leave the church or repent". http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2005-05-07-church-politics_x.htm The church later expelled nine members who had voted for Kerry and refused to repent.

Related Topics:
2004 campaign - Traditional Values Coalition - Republican National Committee - Democratic National Committee - Bisexual - Transgender - President - [George W.] Bush - Waynesville, North Carolina - Sen. - John Kerry - Repent

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