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Cliffs, New Jersey, 1966, pp. 239-283. Bob Altemeyer, "Marching In Step: A
Psychological Explanation of State Terror," The Sciences, March/April 1988, p. 30.
22. Figures from a presentation by Skipp Porteous, former fundamentalist minister
and publisher of the newsletter Freedom Writer. Porteous, a full-time authority on
the religious right, delivered his presentation at a panel on censorship organized by
the author. According to Antony Thomas' documentary Thy Kingdom Come,
fundamentalist ministers claim to reach a daily TV and radio audience of 40 million.
(Thy Kingdom Come, Thy Will Be Done, Central Television Enterprises, Ltd.,
London, 1987.)
23. For details on the computerized mailing organization that helps the
fundamentalists and their political allies send out a staggering 75 million mailing
pieces per year, see Antony Thomas' documentary film Thy Kingdom Come, Thy
Will Be Done.
24. The leading proponents of a total Fundamentalist government takeover are the
preachers of Dominion Theology and Christian Reconstructionism. For a profile of
these men and their movements, see the television documentary Moyers: God &
Politics--The Battle for the Bible, produced by Gail Pellett, Public Affairs Television,
Inc., New York, December 16, 1987.
25. Jimmy Swaggart, "Rock 'n' Roll Music In The Church," The Evangelist, January,
1987, p. 8. "Year of Action," a pamphlet from the fundamentalist organization
Freedom Village, Lakemont, New York, 1985. Jimmy Swaggart, A Letter to My
Catholic Friends, cited in "TV Evangelist Denies Charges by Mondale," New York
Times, September 26, 1984. Kenneth L. Woodward with Vincent Coppola, "King of
Honky-Tonk Heaven," Newsweek, May 30, 1983, pp. 89-90. "Jerry Falwell; Circuit
Rider to Controversy," U.S. News and World Report, September 2, 1985, p. 11.
26. Michael Kramer, "Are You Running With Me Jesus? Televangelist Pat
Robertson Goes For the White House," New York Magazine, August 18, 1986, p.
24. Dr. Tim LaHaye, Has The Church Been Deceived?, American Coalition for
Traditional Values, Washington, D.C. For additional information, see the
congregational bulletins of grassroots figures like the Reverend Paul McGechie of
Goshen, Indiana, and the American Family Association's AFA Journal. These were
collected in the files of Music In Action, an anti-censorship group of which the
author was a co-founder.
27. Humans are so addicted to officially-authorized hatred that in the mid 18th
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