From the outset of the Religious Right having a place at the table of politics, and it's been less than thirty years, there's been a lot of whining from the non-religious who would really like the RR to leave the GOP--or at least stay very, very quiet and never remind the urban libertarians that JoeSixpack is in the room.
The snobs sob, but the Religious Right still expects a share in the pie and also expects to help with the baking. And we're the only real energy the GOP has.
This is just another essay that expresses a feeling--distaste. Not our kind, dearie. Too bad.
You `tub-thumpers' are out of the closet all right.
http://www.watchman.net/articles/pray.html
So, Jimmy Swaggart, Oral Roberts and that really weird looking guy (RWLG) in that `Crystal Cathedral' whose-name-escapes-me, they were all meeting to `chew the fat', but specifically, to talk about a sensitive subject: `tithing'.
The RWLG said, "I figure half goes to our operating expenses, including my salary, of course. The residue goes to God."
Oral said, "The Lord will call me home if I don't use 3/4 for His purposes--overhead, `walking around money', rentals, etc.--you've gotta `feed the bulldog' you know! And He gets the rest: orphans, the RNC ... things like that, you know."
And Jimmy chimed in: "We just put all the offerings in a big peach basket, then toss it all in the air. Whatever the Lord catches, He can keep!"
The Religious Right, as you call it, has owned the table of politics for all but the last couple of centuries.
We'll have no whining from the sky-pilots, thanks.
Oh, puh-leeze. There are those who do the work, and those who talk about doing the work. The two sets rarely intersect.