Secretive Religious Right Group's Electoral Plans for 2012
First there was Rick Perry's giant prayer rally, The Response, organized by Texas operatives who are leaders in the New Apostolic Reformation. (An international network of dominionist evangelicals.) This Christians Only event drew some 20,000 people -- unprecedented in the history of American presidential politics. Then The Los Angeles Times reported that Don Wildmon, founder of the American Family Foundation sent an email to people who had registered to attend The Response, promoting a project of United in Purpose.
United in Purpose is using sophisticated data-mining techniques to compile a database of every unregistered born-again and evangelical Christian and conservative Catholic in the country.
The Orlando Sentinel reported that United in Purpose organized a secretive private briefing for some 800 pastors who heard speeches by Newt Gingrich and Rick Perry. (United in Purpose may have paid their expenses as well.) In addition to hearing Perry and Gingrich, the pastors came to participate in "Champion the Vote," a nationwide campaign seeking to register an additional 5 million Christian-conservative voters this fall. The One Nation Under God project is already being promoted on the Champion the Vote web site. The house parties will be connected by a live televised seminar to prepare people for the 2012 elections. Speakers will include Gingrich, Christian historical revisionist David Barton, Focus on the Family founder James Dobson, anti-abortion activist Lila Rose, and New Apostolic Reformation figure, Samuel Rodriguez.
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Update [2011-10-24 10:0:46 by Frederick Clarkson]: This post originally stated that United in Purpose paid the expenses of the pastors to attend the Orlando event. This has been revised. While it is undisputed that someone paid their expenses, the text now states that it "may" have been United in Purpose.
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