1980 Norman Lear TV ad opposing the Religious Right

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  • really! someone should re-issue this commercial today ;-)

  • Love this! You could really air this ad now because the message still rings true!!

  • Very timely ad. Keep religion out of our government.

    1980--the year Reagan started to destroy the middle class and commit treason with his actions. What a dark time and we're still paying for it.

  • If you, your wife and your kids have different religious views then your family has probllems as a unit.

  • Read Chris Hedges' book 'American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War on America' (Free Press 2006) for insight into this cult. Many of the signs of fascism -- as defined by serious scholars of the political ideology -- are present in right-wing Christian groups: extreme nationalism, militarism, scapegoating of vulnerable segments of the population, obsession with national security, corporate power protected & labor suppressed, disdain for intellectuals, etc.

  • @sparrow111260 im pretty sure he did watch it I mean its just over a minute long. I think hes just to stupid to understand it.

  • "Good or bad" Christianity depends on how well you put faith into action, elected position or not.

  • It is amazing that in 1980 they even thought about having a religious test for public office.

  • LOL - He sumed it all up in the first 9 seconds.

    Wow, You mean to say America has used religion as a tool to gain political power?

    ...I have to sit down.

  • @lordprotector12

    Didn't actually watch it, did you?

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