Wednesday, October 14, 2009

The "Christian" Right

From an interesting article in The Raw Story:

Larisa Alexandrovna: What is it that is driving the Christian right to such extremes? Is it fear? If so, fear of what? Is it something else?

Frank Schaeffer: It is fear of facts. Look, if you believe in the earth being 6000 years old, that gays chose to be gay and can "change," that Jesus will come back soon, that war in the Middle East is good... what you fear is the real world, the reality-based Americans who know you are dumb, crazy or both. It is resentment that drives the right.