Holy Hypocrite!: TV Preacher Pat Robertson Worries About Religious
Takeover Of U.S. Government

http://blog.au.org/2007/03/20/holy-hypocrite-tv-preacher-pat-robertson-worries-a\bout-religious-takeover-of-us-government/

March 20th 2007

Being lectured on the dangers of a religious takeover of government by
Pat Robertson is simply too much.

TV preacher Pat Robertson is worried about a Muslim takeover of the
United States.

Such a thing would seem remote,

Holy Hypocrite!: TV Preacher Pat Robertson Worries About Religious
Takeover Of U.S. Government

http://blog.au.org/2007/03/20/holy-hypocrite-tv-preacher-pat-robertson-worries-a\bout-religious-takeover-of-us-government/

March 20th 2007

Being lectured on the dangers of a religious takeover of government by
Pat Robertson is simply too much.

TV preacher Pat Robertson is worried about a Muslim takeover of the
United States.

Such a thing would seem remote, at best. While hard numbers are
difficult to come by, most demographers say there are about 3 million
Muslims in America. In a country of 300 million, they haven't made a
huge dent.

But last year, the first Muslim was elected to Congress, and Muslims
have been elected to a few state and local offices as well. Recently,
a Muslim group announced plans to register more Muslims to vote and
encourage civic activity. All of this has Robertson worried.

"Well, ladies and gentlemen, there you've got it," Robertson said on
his "700 Club" today. "It's interesting, isn't it? You know, the
Protestant churches, there's no doctrine of faith that I know in any
Protestant denomination that calls for the takeover of the government
and making other people second-class citizens. I don't know of one
denomination, Protestant or Catholic, that has that agenda. But yet,
Islam has just that agenda, that they want to take over the government
and that everybody else is a second-class citizen. That is the primary
doctrine of Islam."

Being lectured on the dangers of a religious takeover of government by
Pat Robertson is simply too much. The man's hypocrisy is staggering.
Taking over the government, implementing a "moral" agenda according to
his interpretation of the Bible and relegating millions to
second-class citizenship has been Robertson's goal from day one.

In a 1997 speech to the Christian Coalition, Robertson outlined a
secret plan to secure control of Congress by conservative Republicans
and put a "born-again" president in the White House in 2000. He made
it clear he would then insist that they toe the line.

"We just tell these guys, `Look, we put you in power in 1994, and we
want you to deliver,'" Robertson told the crowd. "`We're tired of
temporizing. Don't give us all this stuff about you've got a different
agenda. This is what you're going to do this year. And we're going to
hold your feet to the fire while you do it.'"

What was that agenda? Robertson outlined it: No more legal abortion, a
rollback of gay rights and passage of a constitutional amendment to
put coercive forms of prayer in public schools, foster tax funding of
Christian projects and merge fundamentalist Christianity and
government in other ways.

Hmmm. That sounds like a takeover of government! It's important to
remember that Robertson was not aware he was being recorded at the
time and thus spoke with extreme frankness. (Americans United later
released a tape of the closed-door session, and news media outlets
across the country reported the information.) He put his goals right
out there before a friendly crowd. It sure sounded like a theocratic
platform to many.

Of course we don't want a merger of mosque and state in America. But
we don't want a merger of Robertson's brand of Christianity and state
either. We need to protect religious liberty for all but with the
understanding that the power of government will back no particular
sectarian view. The best way to do that is to maintain a high and firm
wall of separation between church and state.

During today's rant, Robertson even found a way to take a shot at
Americans United. Speaking of conservative Christians, he carped,
"We've been harassed by People For the American Way, we have been
harassed by Americans United for Separation of Church and State, we
have been harassed by the federal court system."

Please. Pat, take a look at the studios of your multi-million dollar
televangelism empire (all tax free!). Ponder the political influence
you have. (U.S. Sen. John McCain was on the show today.) Consider your
daily TV audience. (It's just under 1 million.) No one is harassing you.

And, Pat, if you really are worried about a possible takeover of the
American government by a religious group, there is a way to prevent
that. It's called the First Amendment. Why don't you try supporting it
for a change?

By Rob Boston



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