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Sperk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-04-05 09:34 AM
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So how much has Fawell and Robinson's org. given for Tsumani
relief? Or is it just the evil liberal in Hollywood dontating this disaster?

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Ezlivin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-04-05 09:39 AM
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1. They have offered BILLIONS
... in prayers.

That's right: They are going to use their mighty faith to overcome this tragedy.

Why send money or help when all it takes is a pair of bended knees and a few choice words with the Invisible Superbeing that can do anything you request?

That's a Faith-Based Initiative!
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GOPBasher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-04-05 09:40 AM
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2. Of course they haven't donated anything. They're Muslims over there.
You're right. It's just those evil liberal swine in Hollywood who are obeyed Christ's golden rule. The fundies are just sitting back doing "God's" work by trying to establish a theocracy here in the U.S. They can't go out and help non-Christian! What are you thinking? That would be just so .... compassionate, or something.
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Ganja Ninja Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-04-05 09:49 AM
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3. For that matter how much has ...
Nike and Reebok and all the other sweat shop operators given?
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pnorman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-04-05 10:21 AM
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4. Damn little (other than pious platitudes).
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Religious right Web sites ignore Tsunami relief, while liberal religious sites appeal for tsunami donations
by John in DC - 1/2/2005 05:03:10 PM

A review of the home pages of the religious right, inspired by a post to my comments, shows that America's "value voters" don't seem to have very good values. Most of the sites have taken the lead from their AWOL president and are far more concerned about gays and judges than about the human catastrophe in Asia. The chief Web sites of the "religious left" have all donated the top of their sites to appeals for money to help the tsunami victims.

A quick review of the home pages of the top sites of the religious right:

- American Family Association has one small news story up, not even something they themselves wrote, and no appeal for money. The only "action alert" is about the Ten Commandments. I guess AFA is only truly concerned about the American family: http://www.afa.net/

- The Family Research Council has nothing about the Tsunami. Their headline is about "activist judges." http://www.frc.org/

- Traditional Values Coalition has a very small link or two from WorldNetDaily about the Tsunami, but the link is BURIED on their page. No apparent appeal for money for the victims. But lots of news about the homosexual agenda, which apparently is a bigger calamity than 150,000 dead in Asia. http://www.traditionalvalues.org/

- Concerned Women for America, not a thing. Though they do have an essay about how the media has lost is sense of morality. Apparently the CWFA is only concerned about American women. http://www.cwfa.org/main.asp

- Pat Robertson's Web site. Nothing. www.patrobertson.com

- Jerry Falwell's Web site has nothing, even though he did post an updated letter from himself dated December 30, days after the Tsunami hit. http://www.falwell.com/?a=

- National Association of Evangelicals, nothing. http://www.nae.net/

- Focus on the Family to its credit does have a prominent link to give money. I wonder how long that's been up. http://www.family.org/

Just for yucks, I decided to check out the Web sites of the "religious left."

- The Interfaith Alliance, the coalition of progressive religious groups meant to serve as a counterforce to the religious right, has an appeal for money for tsunami victims at the top of their site. http://www.interfaithalliance.org

- Soulforce, the gay answer to the religious right, has a massive urgent appeal for Tsunami aid at the top of their page. http://www.soulforce.org/

- The Metropolitan Community Church, the largest gay church, has an urgent fundraising appeal at the top of their site. http://www.mccchurch.org/

- The United Church of Christ, which recently found itself in hot water over it's pro-gay pro-inclusion ad campaign, has an appeal for money to help the tsunami victims at the top of its site. http://www.ucc.org/index3.html

- The Religious Action Center for Reform Judaism (I'd call them the Jews' response to the religious right, though the RAC was around before the religious right) has a big appeal at the top of their site. http://rac.org/index.cfm?

I rest my case.
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http://americablog.blogspot.com/archives/2005_01_01_americablog_archive.html

pnorman
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jarab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-04-05 10:30 AM
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5. Likely - and sadly - nothing ...
They tell us how much to give (sorta proxy) naturally AFTER we give our ten percent to them or their ilk.
I have a major problem with this.
...O...
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