Evangelical Christians gather to press political agenda (Fl again)

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http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/news/nation/10938281.htm


With a mixed sense of triumph and urgency, some 900 evangelical Christians from more than 40 states gathered at Fort Lauderdale's Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church on Friday to hear prominent Christian conservatives opine on how to advance their political agenda.

``We used to be a minority, and now we've got to learn how to lead,'' said Dr. Gary Cass, the executive director of the Center for Reclaiming America, in urging the crowd to get involved in government by lobbying Congress and starting local political action centers. ``It's very ambitious, and we can't do it alone, and that's why you're here.''

During one of several grassroots training sessions Friday at the church's annual Reclaiming America for Christ conference, Cass outlined four new initiatives in his group's fight to ban gay marriage, outlaw abortion and promote religion in schools and public life.

They include:

_Opening a lobbying office in Washington, D.C.

_Launching a ``strategy institute'' to study the tactics of their political opponents.

_Expanding the center's media outreach.

_Recruiting one million grassroots activists around the country.

Also high on the agenda: influencing the appointment of Supreme Court judges, opening faith-based action centers in all 435 Congressional districts, and, naturally, raising enough cash to accomplish the above.
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Moore's 5,280 lb. Ten Commandments were outside the church for photo-ops.

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1. Some are Nietzsche's Ultimate(i.e. final, as in the dregs) Man.

Ripe for fascism.