ADL Breaks With Pack On Church-State (Against Fundie Influence Govt)

http://www.thejewishweek.com/news/newscontent.php3?artid=11659

Warning that the Evangelical right has made alarming gains in social and political influence, a leading Jewish church-state watchdog is calling for a tougher and more unified Jewish response.

Abraham Foxman, national director of the Anti-Defamation League, speaking to the group’s national leadership here last week, signaled a sharp shift in ADL policy by directly attacking several prominent religious right groups and challenging their motives, which he said include nothing less than “Christianizing America.”

Among the groups he cited were the powerful Focus on the Family ministry and the Family Research Council.

Foxman said as these groups seek to use the government to further their missionizing goal, Democrats and Republicans alike are “pandering” to the religious conservatives.

ADL Not Anti-Religion, But Against Religious Coercion
(JTA, November 15, 2005)
http://www.adl.org/ADL_Opinions/Religious_Freedom/20051115-OP-ED+JTA.htm

ADL Urges Joint Effort Against Right
(The Forward, November 11, 2005)
http://www.forward.com/articles/6856

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