Rockin' With Roy

Published on April 13, 2005

13 April 2005 As media enthusiasts, we can’t claim to honor the second commandment — no graven images — but we always hoped the true believers would steer clear of idols. But everybody’s a fan of something: “At Reclaiming America, [Judge Roy Moore’s Ten Commandments] Rock sits out front, fresh off a tour of twenty-one […]

13 April 2005

As media enthusiasts, we can’t claim to honor the second commandment — no graven images — but we always hoped the true believers would steer clear of idols. But everybody’s a fan of something: “At Reclaiming America, [Judge Roy Moore’s Ten Commandments] Rock sits out front, fresh off a tour of twenty-one states, perched on the flag-festooned flatbed of a diesel truck, a potent symbol of the ‘faith-based’ justice the Dominionists are bent on imposing. Activists at the conference pose for photographs beside the rock and have circulated a petition urging President Bush to appoint Moore — who once penned an opinion calling for the state to execute ‘practicing homosexuals’ — to the U.S. Supreme Court.” This and plenty more oogie-boogie details from a Christian right conference in Ft. Lauderdale in Rolling Stone. Is this storyhysterical and overstated? Sure. Are its subjects — an A-list of the Christian far right gathered around D. James Kennedy — hysterical and overstated? You decide. “In the conference’s opening ceremony, the Dominionists recite an oath they dream of hearing in every classroom: ‘I pledge allegiance to the Christian flag, and to the Savior for whose kingdom it stands. One Savior, crucified, risen and coming again, with life and liberty for all who believe.'”

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