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- From: Chuck.Lavazzi@bbs.oit.unc.edu (Chuck Lavazzi)
- Subject: Pat Robertson's rant letter
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- Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 17:59:55 GMT
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- For those of you (like Mr. Nyikos) who seem reluctant to accept just
- how loony Pat Robertson has become, here's the AP report on his charming
- little letter/plea for $$, lifted from talk.politics.misc:
- >
- > NY Times, p.A16, 8/26/92
- >
- > ROBERTSON LETTER ATTACKS FEMINISTS
- >
- > -----
- > Says Effort in Iowa Supports Witches and Child Killers
- > -----
- >
- > DES MOINES, Aug 25 (AP) -- A fund-raising letter written by the
- > evangelist Pat Robertson in opposition to a proposed equal rights
- > amendment to the Iowa Constitution suggests that feminists want women
- > to kill their children and practice witchcraft.
- >
- > The equal rights amendment, on which Iowans will vote Nov. 3, is a
- > broadly worded measure that would bar sex discrimination.
- >
- > But Mr. Robertson's letter, distributed late last month to supporters
- > of the evangelical organization Christian Coalition, described the
- > proposal as part of a "feminist agenda" that "is not about equal
- > rights for women."
- >
- > Instead, the letter said, "it is about a socialist, anti-family,
- > political movement that encourages women to leave their husbands,
- > kill their children, practice witchcraft, destroy capitalism and
- > become lesbians."
- >
- > Mr. Robertson, a 1988 Republican Presidential contender, included in
- > the letter a plea that money be sent to the group Stop ERA to "help
- > defeat ERA and defend the family in Iowa."
- >
- > Betty Durden, head of the group Iowa Equal Rights Amendment 1992,
- > said Mr. Robertson's letter was "ridiculous."
- >
- > But Ione Dilley, a member of Stop ERA and chairwoman of the Iowa
- > Christian Coalition, said that although she would not defend Mr.
- > Robertson's references to child-killing and witchcraft, he was
- > correct about hidden agendas.
- >
- > She said her proof came from a hearing called by state officials
- > seeking opinions on how the amendment should be summarized on the
- > Iowa ballot. She said the meeting had been attended by officials for
- > the National Organization for Women, Planned Parenthood and "the
- > homosexuals."
- >
- > "If this resolution to change our Constitution were not vital to
- > them," Mrs. Dilley said, "why would they show up at this hearing?"
- > --
-
- Chuck
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