Dems Reaching Out...To Try and Grab Christians By The Throat

Stanley Kurtz has an interesting note in today's Corner:

Yesterday, I suggested that the Harper’s cover story could signal the start of a larger campaign against conservative Christians. Well, take a look at plans for this upcoming conference at City University of New York, “Examining the Real Agenda of the Religious Far Right,” which features luminaries like Karen Armstrong and one of the Harper’s authors, Jeff Sharlet. Notice that the conference is supported by People for the American Way, Americans United for the Separation of Church and State, The Nation, The Village Voice, and the National Council of Churches (HolyCoast - I've posted about them before). After the election, there was some talk of Democrats reaching out to Christians and toning down their language of attack. This conference shows that the Democratic left is determined to go the opposite route. The strategy seems to be to tar the Republicans as captive of Dominionist Christians–folks who want to force every American to pay church tithes and bring back capital punishment for blasphemy and witchcraft. Looks like it’s going to be an interesting election.

They never learn...