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Walter Cronkite endorses Campaign to Force Christianity out of U.S. Public Life
LifeSiteNews ^
| 2/28/07
| Gudrun Schultz
Posted on 02/28/2007 3:58:50 PM PST by wagglebee
SAN JOSE, California, February 28, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) - A new campaign to force Christian influence out of the public sphere was launched last week in San Jose, California, in response to what is seen as a returning strength of religious organizations in American society.
Led by members of the Interfaith Alliance, an organization dedicated to countering the influence of the conservative Christian Coalition on federal politics, the new campaign is designed to promote policies that would silence the political voice of the religious right.
Called First Amendment First, the campaign has been billed as a defense of the separation of church and state, which organizers claim is threatened by religious organizations involvement in political lobbying and endorsement of candidates.
Recommendations promoted by the campaign would see sweeping bans imposed on church activities affecting public policy, including a prohibition on church endorsement of political candidates. Research and health policies should not be founded on religious doctrine, the campaign states and a ban should be imposed on schools promoting a particular religion.
As well, campaign petitions include an end to state funding of any charitable organization that discriminates in its hiring or requires people hold a particular faith to receive services.
American news personality Walter Cronkite, a veteran of US media, endorsed the campaign, as did the Rev. Welton Gaddy, president of the Interfaith Alliance.
Cronkite, now 90, served as anchor for CBS Evening News from 1962 to 1981. He is the spokesman and honorary chairman of the Alliance, which includes multi-faith and atheistic members. In addition to opposing religious influence on politics, the organization is dedicated to promoting public acceptance of homosexuality, calling for an end to discrimination based on sexual orientation.
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http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/1999/nov/99112404.html
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: christianity; cronkite; duncanhunter; firstamendmentfirst; gaddy; giuliani; homosexualagenda; interfaithalliance; moralabsolutes; oldanduseless; rudy; waltercronkite; weltongaddy
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To: loboinok
To me they're one in the same.
61
posted on
02/28/2007 4:48:04 PM PST
by
BigSkyFreeper
(There is no alternative to the GOP except varying degrees of insanity)
To: magslinger; wagglebee
Well as they say: Liberalsim is a mental disorder. And Cronkite proves that point.
But still; Cronkite is a doddering old fool.
62
posted on
02/28/2007 4:49:15 PM PST
by
Responsibility2nd
(Warning. If your tagline is funny... I may steal it.)
To: wagglebee
Nice try Mr. Cronkite, however, let me tell you how those awful Christians believe the ending of the story happens....EVERY knee shall bow and EVERY tongue confess, that JESUS CHRIST is Lord, including yours!
Real Christians don't just have Jesus on a chain around their necks, we carry his message, his power and strength inside of us and you will never be able to remove that.
I pray that someday Mr. Cronkite will come to regret the words he has spoken against Christians. May he become so broken and shattered about HIS sin, and I pray that God will clearly open his eyes to the truth. Why is it that he only wants to remove Christianity???? Could it be because of the POWER the Jesus Christ clearly has, even after his death??
63
posted on
02/28/2007 4:51:04 PM PST
by
CANBFORGIVEN
(! Corinthians 2:14)
To: wagglebee
Walter Cronkite is still alive?!! Apparently he is no less senile than Jimmy Carter.
64
posted on
02/28/2007 4:55:48 PM PST
by
rod1
To: NormsRevenge
The Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori LOL
65
posted on
02/28/2007 5:19:01 PM PST
by
B-Chan
(Catholic. Monarchist. Texan. Any questions?)
To: Ping-Pong
I'll second that.See if there's room on the bus for Teddy too.
66
posted on
02/28/2007 5:21:18 PM PST
by
Farmer Dean
(Every time a toilet flushes,another liberal gets his brains.)
To: Farmer Dean
Walter has spent too much time watching the blades at the wind farm go round and round.
67
posted on
02/28/2007 5:30:59 PM PST
by
TYVets
(God so loved the world he didn't send a committee)
To: wagglebee; All
68
posted on
02/28/2007 5:33:09 PM PST
by
Paperdoll
((on the cutting edge ))
To: Paperdoll; wagglebee; All
If another page comes on, click "In God We Trust".
69
posted on
02/28/2007 5:36:51 PM PST
by
Paperdoll
((on the cutting edge ))
To: Kermit the Frog Does theWatusi
At 90, he should find out who's in charge and what it's all about soon enough. He'll have plenty of time to plead his case for secular humanism to his heart's content.
To: wagglebee
I want to know the size of Walter Cronkite's carbon footprint!
Eyebrow rides 5 cents
To: Liberty Valance
Man he's starting to look an awful lot like Col.Saunders of KFC fame.
72
posted on
02/28/2007 5:42:01 PM PST
by
Farmer Dean
(Every time a toilet flushes,another liberal gets his brains.)
To: wagglebee
Hello Idiot Walter . . . .
God happens to disagree. Guess who's bigger.
Your hat size seems to have grown to the size of your yacht--at least in your own eyes.
The real people are not impressed.
You've been clueless a long time regardless of how many clueless people used to think you were the most trusted man in America.
The most patriotic thing you could do is to remove your mouth and your writings from public life.
Crawl in a hole somewhere and contemplate your many obvious sins and treasons. Consider whether perhaps the God you seem so averse to might just know more than you do. Besides that, that He might just be gearing up to call you to a very stern account.
73
posted on
02/28/2007 5:44:57 PM PST
by
Quix
(GOD ALONE IS WORTHY; GOD ALONE PAID THE PRICE; GOD ALONE IS ABLE; LOVE GOD WHOLLY)
To: wagglebee
Why doesn't Cronkite just move to Cuba?
.>>>>>.
He may be considering an even warmer location.
74
posted on
02/28/2007 5:44:59 PM PST
by
altura
To: rbg81
Many of the same people who want Christianity out of public life have no problem inviting Islam in. They call Christians right wing and fanatic and in the next breath respectfully refer to Muslims as devout. They promote gay rights and say Islamic sensibilities must be protected. They accuse Christians of trying to censor free speech, but they self-sensor any reference to the prophet Mohammad. I believe that Christ said something about this happening. If you are a christian you can expect more of the same. We must stay true to our faith and (sorry Lord) not let the bastards get us down.
75
posted on
02/28/2007 5:45:53 PM PST
by
mc5cents
(Show me just what Mohammd brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman)
To: wagglebee
Tell the old poop to go home.
To: wagglebee
A sign of things to come.
See you in the catacombs brother.
77
posted on
02/28/2007 6:03:57 PM PST
by
redgolum
("God is dead" -- Nietzsche. "Nietzsche is dead" -- God.)
To: wagglebee; Old_Mil
And from what I've been told here lately, the remaining 87% of us should be ashamed of ourselves for not adopting the same attitude.Makes you wonder doesn't it.
78
posted on
02/28/2007 6:08:22 PM PST
by
redgolum
("God is dead" -- Nietzsche. "Nietzsche is dead" -- God.)
To: Farmer Dean
"Man he's starting to look an awful lot like Col.Saunders of KFC fame."
Except the Colonel dealt in chickens, not chickensh__.
79
posted on
02/28/2007 6:30:37 PM PST
by
popdonnelly
([Democrats] are jubilant at our disasters and are cast down when the rebels are defeated -Sept. 1862)
To: wagglebee
Won't be long, I s'pose, before the old coot is out of his misery.
80
posted on
02/28/2007 6:35:36 PM PST
by
zook
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