Washington Post:
Christian Coalition Shrinks as Debt Grows
By Alan Cooperman and Thomas B. Edsall
Washington Post Staff Writers
Monday, April 10, 2006; A01
In an era when conservative Christians enjoy access and influence throughout the federal government, the organization that fueled their rise has fallen on hard times.
The once-mighty Christian Coalition, founded 17 years ago by the Rev. Pat Robertson as the political fundraising and lobbying engine of the Christian right, is more than $2 million in debt, beset by creditors’ lawsuits and struggling to hold on to some of its state chapters.
In March, one of its most effective chapters, the Christian Coalition of Iowa, cut ties with the national organization and reincorporated itself as the Iowa Christian Alliance, saying it “found it impossible to continue to carry a name that in any way associated us with this national organization.”
“The credibility is just not there like it once was,” said Stephen L. Scheffler, president of the Iowa affiliate since 2000. “The budget has shrunk from $26 million to $1 million. There’s a trail of debt. . . . We believe, our board believes, any Christian organization has an obligation to pay its debts in a timely fashion.”
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By R. A. Earl, April 11, 2006 at 8:32 pm Link to this comment
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Oh, Shag, I disagree. I DO wish their “comeuppance” on them… I hope until it hurts that Robertson, Falwell and the rest of these scum-bag, homophobic, half-witted hypocrits have the bottom fall completely out of their scams, and be sued into oblivion in the courts. It can’t happen soon enough to suit me.
Report thisBy Shag, April 10, 2006 at 1:43 pm Link to this comment
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You just hope that you live long enough to see evil people get their comeuppance. You don’t wish it on them, but you know Karma is going talk it’s toll at some point. Sure enough, this evil hate-mongering asshole, Christofascists, is finally getting some, and I repeat, some, of what’s coming to him.
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