Cross Posted at:
UA Progressive Action and
Grow Ohio
The radical right-wing Christian group Ohio Restoration Project has announced a campaign against Reform Ohio Now.
"Their leader, the Rev. Russell Johnson, (along with televangelist Rod Parsley), is training thousands of "Patriot Pastors" to mobilize churchgoers all over Ohio to try to stop us from cleaning up Ohio corruption. At their kickoff meeting, the guest of honor was Secretary of State Kenneth Blackwell--the same man in charge of overseeing Ohio elections. Blackwell will be featured on 30-second radio ads promoting this group's agenda and supporting the "Ohio for Jesus" rally set for the spring of 2006. At the end of the document are the words, "America has a mission to share a living savior with a dying world."
This is not America's mission. This is frightening, diabolical stuff for non-Christians and Christians alike. It is blasphemous to claim that any earthly kingdom is God's kingdom. The theological foundations of this movement are vacuous. They are set on the sands of opportunism, self-righteousness and greed.
It is time for the citizens of Ohio to wake up. This group and those like it will stop at nothing in making America a theocracy shaped by one very limited interpretation of scripture." [
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Everyone has the right to their own religious expression, but public accountability is something we should all agree on.
Tell the Ohio Restoration Project to help restore trust, restore confidence, and restore faith in Ohio's government by supporting RON.