Religious Left

A recent post on GayPatriot.net by Average Gay Joe investigates an email by Peter LaBarbera. According to the article LaBarbera's total revenue (as last reported tothe IRS) was $194 million. Some other numbers from the article include the American Family Association ($16.9 million), Concerned Women for America ($10 million), Exodus International North American ($1.1 million), Family Research Council ($10.8 million), Focus on the Family ($142 million). full article

For years, Religious Right groups like the Family Research Council (FRC) have complained that the Democrats are too secular. One candidate, U.S. Sen. Barack Obama, is especially known for highlighting religious themes during his speeches. He often talks about his involvement in the church and how his faith pulled him through tough times. So the Religious Right is happy, right? Of course not. Religiosity apparently doesn’t count when Democrats do it. Tony Perkins and the gang at FRC Action were kind enough to send out a fund-raising letter recently explaining why “God talk” only matters when it’s delivered by a Religious Right-style Republican. Asserts Perkins in the letter, “It seems there is no end to left-wing hypocrisy – speaking freely of the ‘biblical call to feed the hungry and clothe the naked’ while opposing protections for babies born alive after late-term abortions…or calling oneself a friend of America’s families while approving of early prison release for convicted sex offe...