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To: Little Joe who wrote (133563)	3/27/2001 12:07:24 AM
From: Kevin Rose	Respond to of 769667

I can happily think of few instances of abuse from religious organizations in America, unless you count the genocide of the 'heathen' Indians, slavery of the 'subhuman' black slaves, or poverty of the 'dirty' Catholics. However, these abuses were primarily secular greed-based, I believe, and religion played more of an afterthought justification than being the main power base. Of course, European history is strewn with such instances, but that may have been what the founding fathers were trying to avoid with the separation of church and state. So, I guess my 'fear' of the religious right should be a 'relative' fear. Relatively speaking, the religious right is as powerful a radical force as any, with the ability to sway Republican leaders away from reasonable compromises. As you fear the radical left as an influencing factor over Democratic leadership. I suppose we should be very thankful that our fears, at least in my opinion, are relative. There is little chance, for example, of either radical end successfully executing a coup. The strength of the Constitution in that all people and groups have equal representation and protection.