Thursday, August 06, 2009

Oklahoma linked to fundamentalist cult "The Family"

I'm reading Jeff Sharlet's book The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power. Several past and present members of the US Congress from Oklahoma are associated with this elite Christian fundamentalist group that recruits followers at the highest levels of government to promote an evangelical agenda worldwide. Scandal-ridden Senator John Ensign (R-Nev) and South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford are both tied to "the C Street townhouse" where legislators who are friends of The Family reside while in Washington, DC. Oklahoma's former US Representative Steve Largent lived there and Oklahoma Senator Tom Coburn lives there now. For more, check out this recent article in The Oklahoman entitled Largent says townhouse should be less secretive and one in the Washington Post entitled The Political Enclave That Dare Not Speak Its Name -- The Sanford and Ensign Scandals Open a Door On Previously Secretive 'C Street' Spiritual Haven.

1 comments:

  1. I think my kid hit my arm and i clicked send...finishing that sentence -- "...cloaked in weirdness and secrecy."

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