calitom wrote:Stooo wrote:“I don’t want to see religious bigotry in any form. It would disturb me if there was a wedding between the religious fundamentalists and the political right. The hard right has no interest in religion, except to manipulate it.” — Rev. Billy Graham
whats the 'hard right'? and in what context did he make this statement? do you have a clip?
does the 'hard right' mean those people who think everyone exc christians go to hell?? If that is what he means then I would agree with his quote.
But i think hard right needs context and meaning to understand what he meant.
Apparently the quote is from a book, "Thy Kingdom Come : How the Religious Right Distorts Faith and Threatens America" (2007) written by Randall Balmer evangelical christian and historian of American religion who questions how evangelical Christianity has become so entrenched in partisan politics.
https://www.amazon.com/Thy-Kingdom-Come ... 0465005209
I discovered when searching that Graham is among the stars on Hollywoods 'walk of fame';