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The Ku Klux Klan (KKK) is a [[social]] and [[cultural]] [[movement]] in the [[United States]]. It aims at the suppression of [[African-American]], [[Jewish]], [[Homosexual]], and [[Catholic]] interests.  [[Violence]] and [[intimidation]] are historically the means used to achieve these ends. Its active membership is estimated to be less than 10,000 in the United States. The Klan presents itself as a Christian organization, but most Christians who are not members deem it to be inherently un-Christian if not anti-Christian.   

The Ku Klux Klan (KKK) is a [[social]] and [[cultural]] [[movement]] in the [[United States]]. It aims at the suppression of [[African-American]], [[Jewish]], [[Homosexual]], and [[Catholic]] interests.  [[Violence]] and [[intimidation]] are historically the means used to achieve these ends. Its active membership is estimated to be less than 10,000 in the United States. The Klan presents itself as a Christian organization, but most Christians who are not members deem it to be inherently un-Christian if not anti-Christian.   

A notable former member of the KKK is [[West Virginia]] Democratic Senator [[Robert Byrd]].{{fact-political}}  This occurred before the [[Dixiecrat|Dixiecrat Revolt]], prior to which the [[Democratic Party]] was overwhelmingly the party of the South, and affiliated with [[Jim Crow]] laws.  the modern [[Democratic Party]] has shed all ties with the KKK for some time now.<ref>Earl Black, "the Rise of the Southern Republicans," Harvard University Press 2002.</ref>  Another, whose membership in the Klan is more recent, is [[David Duke]], who served as a [[Louisiana]] Republican Representative and as chairman of the party in St. Tammany Parish.

A notable former member of the KKK is [[West Virginia]] Democratic Senator [[Robert Byrd]].{{fact-political}}  This occurred before the [[Dixiecrat|Dixiecrat Revolt]], prior to which the [[Democratic Party]] was overwhelmingly the party of the South, and affiliated with [[Jim Crow]] laws.  the modern [[Democratic Party]] has shed all ties with the KKK for some time now.<ref>Earl Black, "the Rise of the Southern Republicans," Harvard University Press 2002.</ref>  Another, whose membership in the Klan is more recent, is [[David Duke]], who was a Democrat at the time of his official membership with the Klan, and after leaving served as a [[Louisiana]] Republican Representative and as chairman of the party in St. Tammany Parish.  Duke has recieved official reprovals from both the Louisianna GOP & the RNC.

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