- TheocracyWatch
TheocracyWatch is a project run by the
Center for Religion, Ethics and Social Policy (CRESP), located atCornell University . It was founded by Joan Bokaer, anenvironmental activist because, she says, "After the 2000 election she realized that few people understood that the religious right had taken working control of the Republican Party..." [ [http://www.theocracywatch.org/speaker_bureau.htm TheocracyWatch Speaker's Bureau] ]TheocracyWatch's major area of interest is what it considers to be the influence of
dominionism in the U.S. government. [http://www.dvau.org/PDFs/TheocracyWatch.pdf TheocracyWatch.pdf at Delaware Valley Americans United for Separation of Church and State] ] TheocracyWatch has a "mission to spread the word about the complete restructuring of our government. We want to get the word out to as many people as possible because the agenda of the Christian right is to replace the Constitution with biblical law," said Kathleen Damiani, president of TheocracyWatch. [http://www.cornellsun.com/media/storage/paper866/news/2004/04/02/News/Joan-Bokaer.Discusses.The.Religious.Right-1323359.shtml?norewrite200604260711&sourcedomain=www.cornellsun.com "The Cornell Daily Sun"] "Joan Bokaer discusses the Religious Right" by Diana Lo]TheocracyWatch's method for gauging the influence of dominionism is by studying the voting patterns of members of Congress. Legislators whose voting pattern matches such organizations as Christian Coalition,
Family Research Council ,Eagle Forum , and theHeritage Foundation are said to "illustrate the strength of dominionists in Congress" even though none of these groups identifies themselves with the dominionist movement. [ [http://www.theocracywatch.org/#Theocracy The Rise of the Religious Right in the Republican Party] ]TheocracyWatch makes free videos available to the general public to distribute through Public Access television stations.
The Center for Religion, Ethics and Social Policy is an independent
not-for-profit agency and an affiliate of Cornell University with administrative offices in Cornell's Anabel Taylor Hall. TheocracyWatch is one of sixteen projects sponsored by CRESP. [http://www.cresp.cornell.edu/about/history.php CRESP history] ]ee also
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External links
* [http://www.theocracywatch.org/ Official Site of TheocracyWatch]
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