"whatsoever I have commanded"

The New Blacklist
13 June 2005, Doug Ireland: LA Weekly

excerpt:

All across the country, the Christian right and its allies in the culture wars are mobilizing-- sometimes spurred on from the top by the AFA, Focus on the Family, the Family Research Council and similar national groups, but with increasing frequency local pressure campaigns and boycott threats are self-starters. They target everything from local broadcast outlets and local cable operators to libraries, bookstores, playhouses, cinemas and magazine outlets. "The Christian right is incredibly mobilized," says Joan Bertin, executive director of the National Coalition Against Censorship, a 30-year-old alliance of 50 nonprofit groups. Bertin says, "There's been an explosion of local book and arts censorship-- a lot of activity by an emboldened grassroots, who think they won the last election on moral grounds. They barely need to threaten a boycott to get those they target to back down-- hey, nobody had to threaten to boycott PBS to get them to back off Postcards From Buster." Bertin affirms that "This new threat from below as well as above has already achieved a widespread chill" on creative and entertainment arts throughout the country.

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"Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you . . ."

ADDENDUM: and if they refuse to obey, boycott them:

Procter & Gamble -- Safeway-- Tyson Foods-- Liberty Mutual-- Kohl's-- Alberto Culver-- Leapfrog-- Lowe's-- McCormick-- Lenscrafters-- Radio Shack-- Papa John's International-- Chattem-- Sharpie-- Foot Locker-- Geico-- Finish Line-- Best Buy-- Harris Bank-- PBS-- Microsoft Corp.-- The New York Times

- or perhaps contact them and ask why they have been so willing to appease hate groups

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