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Opinion
No Organization Can Fight This
Huge Political Battle If It's Doing So 'Part Time'
February 2003 Print
Edition
It's becoming obvious that
the family movement in the U.S. is suffering from
the same basic problem as the Republican Party.
The country must be won on a ward-by-ward, precinct-by-precinct
basis across the entire nation. It cannot be done
from Washington by Ronald Reagan or by George Bush.
It must be done locally.
The same is true of the family movement which is fighting
a well-organized phalanx of money and expertise. The
homosexual money and leadership is coming from the
Human Rights Campaign, the Gill Foundation and many
other sources. When Tom Gill sold his Quark software
company for $200 million, he immediately gave $10
million to start his foundation to help homosexual
causes.
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This
is not the job for multi-faceted organizations
like Focus On The Family. They already have
too
much on their plate.
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The scion
of the Hormel meat company helped start the
Human Rights Campaign. In 2002, that organization
gave away $22 million. |
These organizations are
giving $5,000 here, $12,000 there to hundreds of homosexual
projects. They are feeding the local level. They are
drowning the folks on our side. They are doing only
one thing, pushing for rights for homosexuals. All
of the organizations on our side are trying to cover
every subject imaginable. That is impossible. We are
trying to do it all from the national headquarters,
just like the Republican National Committee.
When we have tried to go to the local level, like
the Christian Coalition and the state groups that
Focus has started across the country, they have not
given financial help to those already working there.
Instead, they have done the opposite by recognizing
only one particular group in each state. In contrast,
the homosexuals evaluate each request for help on
an individual basis. They do not prepare a list of
50 local groups and mandate that they are the only
ones that will be helped. Therefore, they can make
decisions much more quickly, move faster and evaluate
each project without worrying about any hurt feelings
on the part of "good old George."
In addition, the homosexual groups are working on
only one subject: the promotion and politicizing of
homosexuality, whereas the conservative organizations
are working on many issues. This political challenge
from homosexuals is only a tiny part of conservative
interests. They consider it like a flea which will
go away. They are only beginning to realize it is
a ten-ton gorilla. No wonder they are losing the fight
even though they have the support of the vast majority
of the people.
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They consider
it like a flea
which will go away. They are
only beginning to realize it is
a ten-ton gorilla. No wonder they
are losing the fight even
though they have the support
of the vast majority of the people.
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Since
most of the national, conservative groups are
like the RNC, many people in those organizations
will see this as a threat to them. But it is
not. They need a strong RNC and strong local
units, at a state and local level. They will
make each other stronger. After all, they are
all trying to do "God's work." |
Someone needs to create
at least one new, entirely autonomous organization
which does nothing other than fight the homosexual,
political agenda. It must raise money and allocate
it to local units regardless of their affiliation.
It would be better if there were two or three such
autonomous organizations because no one has the ability
to see all of the nuances correctly. It is unclear
who should provide the leadership for this. It should
probably not be any existing organization because,
in that case, it would always remain a satellite.
If anyone knows of someone who could fund a prototype
organization with $5-$10 million and then monitor
to see that it does the job, he is sorely needed.
This is not the job for multi-faceted organizations
like Focus On The Family. They already have too much
on their plate.
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