Blog Entries (RSS)Gloves off: the truth about the Texas theocratic nexus
January 24th, 2012 by rkirsteinRev. Welton Gaddy, as a longtime Baptist minister and a champion of keeping religion out of politics (and politics out of religion), has a unique history with some of the techniques and leaders of the rapidly growing Evangelical/Catholic alliance that, most recently, gathered several weeks ago in the Lone Star State to attempt to anoint an acceptable Republican Presidential candidate. These alliances are too powerful to be considered “fringe” anymore; the testimony of Rev. Gaddy’s experiences make this abundantly clear.
A transcript of this commentary is available here.
Downloadable audio of this commentary is available here.
And be sure to tune in this weekend to State of Belief Radio, as Rev. Gaddy continues exposing these threats to our secular system of government with the Rev. Don Wilkey, a Baptist pastor in Texas who has a front-row seat for all the shenanigans emanating from that state during this election season, despite Governor Rick Perry’s dropping out of the race.
It’s potentially encouraging that the mainstream media is shining more of a spotlight on the way religion is being used and abused in the current electoral cycle. Of course, the old saying “a little knowledge is a dangerous thing” holds true when talking heads without much familiarity with the subject wade into the discussion. It’s easy to drift into speculation and assumption. That’s why it’s important who does the talking.
