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Homophobia, the church and politics: How the religious right seized ... Jun 7th 2012, 12:39 By Stephanie Whiteside / current.com / @stephgwhiteside Editor's note: In recognition of LGBT Pride Month, The Underreported Story presents "Homophobia, the church and politics," a four-part look at the religious right's hijacking of political discourse, who's behind it, which religious voices are going unheard, and what it means for future generations. Please look forward to a new installment each Wednesday in June. It seems like every week a new video comes out featuring a pastor spouting outrageous rhetoric against the gay community. Religious groups throw enormous sums of money to push through initiatives like North Carolina's Amendment One, that restrict gay rights. The religious right has become an enormous influence on the American political system and the Republican party, in particular. Candidates on the campaign trail proclaim their faith and affirm their positions on the key moral issues that make up the corners of the religious right's platform. Fundamentalist and evangelical pastors encourage their congregations to vote according to these issues, mobilizing churchgoers behind issue campaigns. But it hasn't always been this way. The culture wars that, for several generations, have been a fixture in politics are not a historically traditional institution. added by: sgwhites   2 comments The Current.com Feed

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