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==The "Christer" controversy==

==The "Christer" controversy==

On 29-30 April 2005 a gathering was held at the publicly funded College University of New York (CUNY) <ref>[http://lists.ucla.edu/pipermail/religionlaw/2005-June/018692.html ''Public university sponsorship of conference on "Examining the Real Agenda of the Christian Right"'']</ref> of radical leftists to discuss the "real agenda of the Christian right" and to "develop strategies to defeat them".  One of the speakers, Katherine Yurica, told the conference the Republican Party had gained power through "Hitlerian tactics" and that evangelical leaders from Billy Graham to Jerry Falwell "had to have read Hitler’s Mein Kampf." <ref>[http://www.ird-renew.org/site/apps/s/content.asp?c=fvKVLfMVIsG&b=494491&ct=928973 ''President Bush Called “Evil,” Evangelicals Equated With Nazis at NCC-Supported Conference''], John Lomperis, The Institute on Religion and Democracy. </ref>  60s activist Chip Berlet said Christians are motivated by doctrines like "Dominionism, which order Christians to take over the secular state."  Berlet lamented the fact [[People for the American Way]] had stopped monitoring Christian groups and noted his organization, Political Research Associates would love to do it but complained there wasn't enough money to be made. <ref>[http://direland.typepad.com/direland/2005/06/the_new_blackli.html ''The New Blacklist: Corporate America Caves In to the Christers''], Doug Ireland, June 09, 2005.</ref> Berlet has since become the primary author of the controversial Dominionism series in Wikipedia. [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Dominionism&direction=next&oldid=48506938]  During a panel discussion <ref>[http://www.religiousrightwatch.com/2005/07/the_things_peop.html Religious Right Watch''] July 10, 2005.</ref> on appropriate pejoritives to use, such as ''Christer'' or ''Theocon'', Berlet also recommended terms such as ''Religious Supremacist'' and ''Christian Supremacist''. <ref>[http://www.publiceye.org/media/logic96.html ''Techniques of the Propagandist''], Chip Berlet, Political Research Associates, Cambridge Massachusetts.</ref>

On 29-30 April 2005 a gathering was held at the publicly funded College University of New York (CUNY) <ref>[http://lists.ucla.edu/pipermail/religionlaw/2005-June/018692.html ''Public university sponsorship of conference on "Examining the Real Agenda of the Christian Right"'']</ref> of radical leftists to discuss the "real agenda of the Christian right" and to "develop strategies to defeat them".  One of the speakers, Katherine Yurica, told the conference the Republican Party had gained power through "Hitlerian tactics" and that evangelical leaders from Billy Graham to Jerry Falwell "had to have read Hitler’s Mein Kampf." <ref>[http://www.ird-renew.org/site/apps/s/content.asp?c=fvKVLfMVIsG&b=494491&ct=928973 ''President Bush Called “Evil,” Evangelicals Equated With Nazis at NCC-Supported Conference''], John Lomperis, The Institute on Religion and Democracy. </ref>  60s activist [[Chip Berlet]] said Christians are motivated by doctrines like "Dominionism, which order Christians to take over the secular state."  Berlet lamented the fact [[People for the American Way]] had stopped monitoring Christian groups and noted his organization, Political Research Associates would love to do it but complained there wasn't enough money to be made. <ref>[http://direland.typepad.com/direland/2005/06/the_new_blackli.html ''The New Blacklist: Corporate America Caves In to the Christers''], Doug Ireland, June 09, 2005.</ref> Berlet has since become the primary author of the controversial Dominionism series in Wikipedia. [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Dominionism&direction=next&oldid=48506938]  During a panel discussion <ref>[http://www.religiousrightwatch.com/2005/07/the_things_peop.html Religious Right Watch''] July 10, 2005.</ref> on appropriate pejoritives to use, such as ''Christer'' or ''Theocon'', Berlet also recommended terms such as ''Religious Supremacist'' and ''Christian Supremacist''. <ref>[http://www.publiceye.org/media/logic96.html ''Techniques of the Propagandist''], Chip Berlet, Political Research Associates, Cambridge Massachusetts.</ref>

Stanley Kurtz of the ''National Review'' reported on the conference. Kurtz said the alleged desire of the Religious Right to "suppress other religions ...reestablish slavery. ...reduce women to near-slavery by making them property. ...execute anyone found guilty of pre-martial, extramaritial, or homosexual sex. ...to bring back the death penalty for witchcraft" was the subject matter of discussion. <ref>[http://www.nationalreview.com/kurtz/kurtz200505020944.asp ''Dominionist Domination, The Left runs with a wild theory.''] Stanley Kurtz, National Review Online, May 02, 2005.</ref>  Christians soon reacted to the hate, <ref>[http://community.livejournal.com/dark_christian/362401.html Dark Christianity],  

Stanley Kurtz of the ''National Review'' reported on the conference. Kurtz said the alleged desire of the Religious Right to "suppress other religions ...reestablish slavery. ...reduce women to near-slavery by making them property. ...execute anyone found guilty of pre-martial, extramaritial, or homosexual sex. ...to bring back the death penalty for witchcraft" was the subject matter of discussion. <ref>[http://www.nationalreview.com/kurtz/kurtz200505020944.asp ''Dominionist Domination, The Left runs with a wild theory.''] Stanley Kurtz, National Review Online, May 02, 2005.</ref>  Christians soon reacted to the hate, <ref>[http://community.livejournal.com/dark_christian/362401.html Dark Christianity],