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To lump "every evangelical Christian in this country with the power-grabbing movement" would strain my basic ethic of "do no harm to others if they do no harm to you." But I have to admit my "shields" are up with regard to all evangelical Christians.

My nephew's wife Michelle admits in her book that she was generally impressed with how friendly and open various fundamentalistic leaders were when they were speaking to her. And yet when she questioned them about some of their past "mean-spirited statements" about gays and lesbians, abortion supporters, or even liberals they were unrepentant. And it's not just their statements that such behavior is "immoral," which can be in my view a legitimate position within their group, but their focused effort to make their view "the law of the land."

Charley Noble