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McCormack was the director of the Pastor's Council of the Christian Coalition and the southern regional director of the Freedom Council which Robertson established in an effort to recruit Christians into the political and governmental arenas.<ref name=pulpits/>  

McCormack was the director of the Pastor's Council of the Christian Coalition and the southern regional director of the Freedom Council which Robertson established in an effort to recruit Christians into the political and governmental arenas.<ref name=pulpits/>  

   

   

In addition to McCormack, the other directors of the Christian Coalition were Robertson himself, Robertson's son, Gordon Robertson, and Dick Weinhold, head of the [[Texas]] organization. McCormack also held the title of "vice president" of the coalition.<ref name=race/> The McCormack-led Robertson forces and other conservative allies in 1988 gained control of the Louisiana Republican State Central Committee. They blocked efforts to denounce [[David Duke]]], who from 1989 to 1992 was a controversial member of the Louisiana House of Representatives. Duke waged losing campaigns for governor and U.S. Senator in 1990 and 1991, respectively. McCormack's forces declined to investigate claims that Duke was selling from his House office copies of [[Adolf Hitler]]'s ''[[Mein Kampf]]'' and similar writings.<ref name=theocracy>{{cite web|url=http://theocracywatch.org/clarkson_inside.html|title=Frederick Clarkson, "Church and State'', November 1993|publisher=theocracywatch.org|accessdate=June 6, 2012}}</ref>  

In addition to McCormack, the other directors of the Christian Coalition were Robertson himself, Robertson's son, Gordon Robertson, and Dick Weinhold, head of the [[Texas]] organization. McCormack also held the title of "vice president" of the coalition.<ref name=race/> The McCormack-led Robertson forces and other conservative allies in 1988 gained control of the Louisiana Republican State Central Committee. They blocked efforts to denounce [[David Duke]], who from 1989 to 1992 was a controversial member of the Louisiana House of Representatives. Duke waged losing campaigns for governor and U.S. Senator in 1990 and 1991, respectively. McCormack's forces declined to investigate claims that Duke was selling from his House office copies of [[Adolf Hitler]]'s ''[[Mein Kampf]]'' and similar writings.<ref name=theocracy>{{cite web|url=http://theocracywatch.org/clarkson_inside.html|title=Frederick Clarkson, "Church and State'', November 1993|publisher=theocracywatch.org|accessdate=June 6, 2012}}</ref>  

Although the national GOP, led by [[Ronald W. Reagan]] and the first George Bush, repudiated Duke in 1989, when he narrowly won a special election for the state House, it was not until November 1990 that Robertson publicly urged McCormack to "examine" Duke's record. McCormack stopped short of a public endorsement of Duke in the 1991 gubernatorial showdown with [[Edwin Edwards]], Duke still received 69 percent of the white evangelical vote. McCormack was seated next to President Bush at a Conservative Coalition gathering in September 1992 at Robertson's walled estate in Virginia Beach, [[Virginia]].<ref name=theocracy/>

Although the national GOP, led by [[Ronald W. Reagan]] and the first George Bush, repudiated Duke in 1989, when he narrowly won a special election for the state House, it was not until November 1990 that Robertson publicly urged McCormack to "examine" Duke's record. McCormack stopped short of a public endorsement of Duke in the 1991 gubernatorial showdown with [[Edwin Edwards]], Duke still received 69 percent of the white evangelical vote. McCormack was seated next to President Bush at a Conservative Coalition gathering in September 1992 at Robertson's walled estate in Virginia Beach, [[Virginia]].<ref name=theocracy/>