I'm generally not given to conspiracy theories but apparently Hillary Clinton is a member of a rather secretive DC-based religious organization known as the Family (also known as The Fellowship, The Fellowship Foundation, or The International Foundation). The group was founded in 1935 by Abraham Vereide, a Norwegian immigrant and traveling preacher who had been working with the city's poor, and who feared that "socialist" politicians were about to take over Seattle's municipal government. Eventually the group changed its focus to working with the affluent and powerful and moved its headquarters to Washington D.C. The Family's politics tends to lean to the right, with a strong anti-Communist, anti-Union component. Over its history the group has included several Republican Congressmen and prominent businessmen in the oil and aerospace industries, and at the more extreme end, the group has included a number of Third World dictators, ex-Nazis, as well as some homegrown American fascists. (In some respects The Family makes me think of a version of Opus Dei which is American-based and Evangelical instead of Spanish-based and Catholic)
So one question I have is why a Christian organization would associate with such "unChristian" folks? Secondly, why would Hillary Clinton be involved in a group skewed THAT far to the right? Thirdly, is this story going to get as much attention as Obama's involvement with Wright?
Wikipedia: The Family (Christian political organization)
The Nation: Hillary's Nasty Pastorate
AlterNet: Meet "The Family"
The Atlantic: Hillary's Minister Problem
Mother Jones: Hillary's Prayer: Hillary Clinton's Religion and Politics
EXPOSÉ: THE “CHRISTIAN” MAFIA by Wayne Madsen
Harper's: Jesus plus nothing: Undercover among America's secret theocrats
So one question I have is why a Christian organization would associate with such "unChristian" folks? Secondly, why would Hillary Clinton be involved in a group skewed THAT far to the right? Thirdly, is this story going to get as much attention as Obama's involvement with Wright?
Wikipedia: The Family (Christian political organization)
The Nation: Hillary's Nasty Pastorate
AlterNet: Meet "The Family"
The Atlantic: Hillary's Minister Problem
Mother Jones: Hillary's Prayer: Hillary Clinton's Religion and Politics
EXPOSÉ: THE “CHRISTIAN” MAFIA by Wayne Madsen
Harper's: Jesus plus nothing: Undercover among America's secret theocrats
2 comments:
Not having read the links..
politically in America A black pastor "bad talking white people" is far more a liability than a white pastor bad mouthing communists by a long shot.
2) The US owes much to Nazi's and ex Nazis. connections to Nazis was not a liability for Bush so I wouldn't expect it to be a liability for Hillary.
3) That the "Family" leans right also isn't a liability in general because the Democratic party has been leaning right for some time now.
holy cow, i'm shocked to realize i'd never heard of this until now. (gotta admit, i started reading with a smirk, until i looked at your cited articles esp the Nation and the Atlantic). this may not be a "big deal" but it deserves to be publicly discussed.
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