From deisenst@mail.coin.missouri.edu Sun Feb 6 07:07:25 1997 Status: RO X-Status: Received: from coinc0.coin.missouri.edu (coinc0 [198.209.253.6]) by coins0.coin.missouri.edu (8.8.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id HAA20674 for ; Thu, 6 Feb 1997 07:07:24 -0600 (CST) Received: by coinc0.coin.missouri.edu (8.8.5) id HAA04941; Thu, 6 Feb 1997 07:07:23 -0600 (CST) Date: Thu, 6 Feb 1997 07:07:23 -0600 (CST) From: "G. Parker Rossman" X-Sender: grossman@coinc0 To: deisenst@mail.coin.missouri.edu Subject: Re: Welcome to interfaith-alliance (fwd) Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Parker Rossman grossman@mail.coin.missouri.edu 3 Lemmon Drive author, EMERGING WORLDWIDE ELECTRONIC Columbia MO 65201 UNIVERSITY (Praeger, 1993) home page: http://www.trib.net/~prossman ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 05 Feb 1997 16:30:07 -0800 From: Vern Rossman To: renflo , parker , majordomo@crosslink.net Subject: Re: Welcome to interfaith-alliance majordomo@crosslink.net wrote: > > -- > > Welcome to the interfaith-alliance mailing list! > > If you ever want to remove yourself from this mailing list, > send the following command in email to > "interfaith-alliance-request@crosslink.net": > > unsubscribe > > Or you can send mail to "majordomo@crosslink.net" with the following command > in the body of your email message: > > unsubscribe interfaith-alliance Vern Rossman > > Here's the general information for the list you've > subscribed to, in case you don't already have it: > > Welcome to The Interfaith Alliance's (http://www.intr.net/tialliance) > email list. This is a moderated list, and you will likely receive > between 1 and 3 messages per week. If you wish to unsubscribe > you must follow the instructions above. You can contact The > Interfaith Alliance by: > > email-->tialliance@intr.net > phone--> 202/639-6370 > U.S. mail--> 1511 K St., NW, Suite 738, Washington, D.C. 20005 > > > *** > The Interfaith Alliance is dedicated to protecting America's basic > freedoms of speech, press and religion from the fringe groups who > cloak in religious garb their challenge to these principles. In this > important -- nay, essential -- cause, the Alliance deserves the > support of our concerned and thoughtful citizens. > > --Walter Cronkite > *** > > _________________________________ > > Why are so many Americans Joining TIA? > _________________________________ > > Pat Robertson's Christian Coalition and other religious political > extremists have gained significant power > ( http://www.intr.net/tialliance/execsum.html ) by entering the > political system from the grassroots up. Already they control over > half of the state level Republican Party organizations in our nation. > And recently the Christian Coalition announced their intention to > begin targeting the Democratic party. Its goal is to mobilize > enough "Christian activists" to control our nation's political process > from school boards to the White House. Accomplishing that, the > Christian Coalition and its allies, will be free to create an > America in their own image > ( http://www.intr.net/tialliance/page4.htm ) by: > > --> Revoking First Amendment guarantees including separation of > church and state and freedom of speech; > > --> Dismantling government supported public education > > --> Mandating the daily exposure of public school students to > state-sanctioned prayer > > --> Ending programs -- such as the Legal Services Corporation -- > that assist our nation's most at- risk citizens > > TIA is on the frontline of the effort to uphold our nation's long > proud social contract with one another which respects and protects > religious liberty and our nation's shared religious values. > > ______________________________________________________ > > Why is The Interfaith Alliance such an effective voice? > ______________________________________________________ > > GRASSROOTS MOBILIZATION > > TIA's state and local Alliances > ( http://www.intr.net/tialliance/usmap2.gif ) > consist of mainstream clergy, laity and other concerned citizens > who are working to ensure that religious political extremists do not > have the only voice regarding the direction of our nation. These > activities include: > > Shining the Light on Extremism > ________________________ > State and local Alliances shine the light on stealth candidates and > their supporters. They conduct voter education -- including the > distribution of voter guides > ( http://www.intr.net/tialliance/vguides.htm ) -- to ensure that > voters know the real agenda of candidates running for local, state > and federal offices. > > Public Education and Voter Mobilization > _________________________________ > State and local Alliances are holding public forums to educate their > communities on the agenda and tactics of religious political > extremists. Alliances are holding educational events to ensure their > voices are hard in public policy debates, and they are mobilizing > ALL Americans to vote. > > Monitoring and Responding > ______________________ > State and local Alliances are monitoring our country's governing > bodies -- from local school boards to Congress -- to ensure that > religious political extremists do not use religion as a weapon > to impose their narrow divisive agenda on our communities. > > Providing a National Voice > ______________________ > TIA's national Board of Directors > ( http://www.intr.net/tialliance/page13.html ) > consists of mainstream national religious leaders who provide an > authentic interfaith voice on the national level. Their message has > reached millions of Americans through television, newspaper and > radiointerviews. They work to ensure that an alternative > faith-based voice is heard in the ongoing dialogue regarding the > future of our nation.