There is an article just released in the New York Times (link
here) that really makes me angry as an Ohioan.
Read more after the jump.
Christian conservative leaders from scores of Ohio's fastest growing churches are mounting a campaign to win control of local government posts and Republican organizations, starting with the 2006 governor's race.
In a manifesto that is being circulated among church leaders and on the Internet, the group, which is called the Ohio Restoration Project, is planning to mobilize 2,000 evangelical, Baptist, Pentecostal and Roman Catholic leaders in a network of so-called Patriot Pastors to register half a million new voters, enlist activists, train candidates and endorse conservative causes in the next year.
The initial goal is to elect Secretary of State J. Kenneth Blackwell, a conservative Republican, governor in 2006. The group hopes to build grass-roots organizations in Ohio's 88 counties and take control of local Republican organizations.
And that's just the beginning of the article. I won't post the whole thing here, but everyone here needs to read every word.
It's Saturday ... I've been at my desk at home for at least 8 hours now working on things for 2 different campaigns that I am (so far) involved in here in Ohio. There was a time before supper when I was feeling discouraged and wondering why I'm spending all of my non-work time on this.
And after supper, this article pops up in my RSS feed and I'm reminded.
I've posted it on my wall to remember.
The point is that we here in Ohio have to pull together to defeat this madness. I don't want to live in a theocracy, and I'm a preacher's kid. I know full well that my father, the retired minister, doesn't want to live in a theocracy either.
We are outnumbered, are behind on money, are lacking in foot soldiers and certainly are lacking in organization as compared to this group and the others that want to imprint their moral imperitive on our lives.
What are we going to do about it?
This isn't a begging diary for hits to the website ... that's meaningless and we all know it.
We need action.
And I need to get back to work.
Paul
Bring Ohio Home