Michael Daly wrote:
On 11-Feb-2005, Scott Weiser wrote:

No, I merely point out that there is no such thing as the
"Christian Right"
as an organization. It's a sound-bite label attached to
conservatives in
general that is used as a device of demonization by the left.

Well, sweety, there's no such thing as an organized left either. Yet
the right condemns that invisible group as well.

Mike

Well it is nice to see you two sweeties getting along so well together,
since it is almost Valentine's Day. Should we expect to see Valentine
cards and a box of chocolate, maybe some flowers!

Now I don't want to bring up any sore points, but I would point out
though that Scott did not say that there is no organized right, or that
there are not organized conservative Christians. What he said, was that
there is not one monolithic organization that represented the
conservatives right and all Christians, which is what the media is
implying when they refer to the Christian Right. They like the image of
David and Goliath, and they do not see the right as David, -Bible
scholars that they are (not!)

There are definitely conservative organizations, some of which are
Christian, and the primary directives of the different groups are
similar enough to allow for communication and a great deal of
cooperation. But not all conservative Christians, and certainly not all
Christians belong to one of these groups. There are many Christians
that would not identify with these groups at all.

An Example: the Anti-abortion issue. Many Christian are anti-abortion.
Not just Fundementalist, but Catholic, Protestants, Pentecostal. There
are some Liberal Christians that have no problem with abortion. And all
of the above would not support the extremist that shoot doctors and
blow up clinics. There is a spectrum here, and we are not all in the
conservative camp.

Now as to the left, they definitely appear unorganized, so you are
right, or should I say correct, on this one, and I agree with frtwz
that this was a knockout blow. Our reference to the left as a monolithe
is also not totally correct, since I am sure there are a few little
cells in NYC, LA, and SF, that are very organized. However by and large
they appear disorganized as a crowd at a family reunion. All the same
family, but who's in charge. I guess Howard Dean? This should get
interesting! TnT