Katherine Harris, Christian Nationalist for U.S. Senate

[Steven E. Webster]

Friends,

This interview with Katherine Harris, GOP candidate for U.S. Senate was just published in The Florida Baptist Witness:

Here's the URL:

http://www.floridabaptistwitness.com/6298.article

Harris is the former Florida Secretary of State who played a very big roll in giving George W. Florida's electoral votes in 2000. It's creepy to think she was probably seeing herself as acting in God's behalf and not as one who has vowed to faithfully carry out "secular laws."

This recent interview in the Florida Baptist Witness made the front pages of the Wisconsin State Journal this morning, and I assume it was nationwide news. Harris very blatantly expresses the theology/politics of the movement called "Christian Dominionism" which is championed by Pat Robertson, D. James Kennedy, Gary North, Rushdoony and others. (She mentions being a student of Francis Schaeffer, also of this same school of thought.) I view Dominionism as highly unAmerican and totally out of step with mainstream Christianity. But the threat of Christian Nationalism is very real. Somewhere else we've got a thread going on Michelle Goldberg's new book, "Kingdom Coming" that exposes this whole movement.

Steven E. Webster

[BruceChris]

She makes it clear that her religion IS her politics, and her entire identity as well, and that both are significantly to the right of Ezra Taft Benson. Scary. This whole interview was obviously a setup.

P&L, Bruce Chris

[NonLemming]

I'd say that she has served her purpose in licking the boots of a family that carry the strongarm power to guarantee her election to the senate. Even if it means breaking bones, ruining careers, whatever it takes, she has surely submitted the bill for her brilliant work in 2000 and the check will surely be in the mail soon.

[hankzzz]

Even sensible republicans aren't backing her. Her outrageous statements only aid her opposition.