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Posted on 12/06/2004 11:23:26 AM PST by crushkerry

The latest venture from Freeper Pat Hynes (freep name Kerry Crusher), who also is proprietor of crushkerry.com, and a GOP Campaign Consultant who Campaigns and Elections Magazine has named a "Rising Star".

Frequent readers of this website know that proprietor Patrick Hynes has a particular interest in the culture war that rages in America. We saw this culture war play out in the recent campaign for president. 22% of all voters (more than one in every five) came out to vote because they were concerned about “Moral Values.” Exit polls show “Moral Values” was the number one issue on a plurality of voters’ minds. And in eleven states where voters had the opportunity to protect the institution of marriage, voters overwhelmingly said, “yes, yes indeed.”

Some have attempted to minimize the impact of “Moral Values” voters. Still others have sought to paint “Moral Values” voters as pre-literate thugs, barely having lumbered out from the caves. To be sure, the culture war is far from won.

In fact, another symbolic battle is just on the horizon. It’s almost Oscar time and many Hollywood insiders think this year could be a major showdown between Mel Gibson and his powerful film The Passion of The Christ versus Michael Moore and his offensive, factually corrupt Bush-bashing mock-umentary Fahrenheit 911.

There is little reason to think Mel Gibson and Jesus can win this battle as it will be fought on enemy soil. When The Passion was first released the Hollywood elite and entertainment opinion leaders scalded it as an anti-Semitic snuff film. Gibson himself suffered personal calumny. Even Jesus Himself didn’t come out looking too good when the talking heads were done picking through the bones.

Contrast this with the orgasmic acclaim the Hollywood establishment ladled on Michael Moore and his low-budget production.

The contrast is so stark, the hostility to Gibson so omnipresent, I have come to believe the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will not even nominate Mel Gibson, The Passion or its actors for their respective awards. So …

I decided to launch an organization and a website to allow mainstream Americans like you and me to impose our values on Hollywood for a change, instead of the other way around. I named it Passion for Fairness. There, we invite mainstream Americans to sign a petition which I will present to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences insisting on fairness for The Passion when nominations are handed down on January 25th, 2005. Of course, our work won’t end there. We will have to hustle to combat Hollywood’s well-known hostility to Christianity and mainstream values and ensure fairness again when the Oscars are awarded on February 26th, 2005.

Therefore, we also invite folks to contribute in other ways to our effort. At Passion for Fairness, you can vote to ensure The Passion wins a People’s Choice Award. You can read the hostile reviews that lead me to believe Hollywood has no intention of honoring this film, if they can get away with it. And you can contribute monetarily, if you are in a position to do so. We plan to run ads in Hollywood trade journals (like Variety) reminding the Left coast elites just how powerful The Passion of The Christ is in the lives of millions of mainstream Americans.

This will be a highly symbolic battle in America’s culture war. Don’t sit it out. Visit Passion for Fairness today!

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