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George W. Bush and the Christian Right
New Press
November 2005
On Sale: November 1, 2005
336 pages ISBN: 159558031X EAN: 9781595580313 Trade Size
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Non-Fiction Political
The book Amy Goodman hailed as "classic muckraking at its
best."
When asked which single issue most
affected their vote in the last presidential election, more
than one in five Americans said "moral values"—and 78
percent of these voters chose to reelect President Bush.
Indeed, Christian fundamentalists made up close to 40
percent of the president's electorate in 2004, and their
turnout increased by some four million voters over
2000.
As Esther Kaplan shows in her richly detailed
investigation, it's no wonder the Christian right voted for
Bush in droves—their loyal support in 2000 produced
fantastic results. While organizations that offer abortion
counseling and services or help to prevent HIV see their
funds cut, church groups receive millions in federal dollars
to promote sexual abstinence and marriage (provided, of
course, it is heterosexual). Bush has appointed a Christian
right dream team to the federal courts, dedicated to tearing
down what one such judge calls "the so-called separation of
church and state." Religious zeal even shapes Bush's foreign
policy, as Christian belief in the end times spurs the
administration's support for hard-line policies in
Israel.
A prescient study of the Christian right's
growing political clout, With God on Their Side is
essential reading for anyone concerned about America's
direction.
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