Christian Right Keeps Low Key At Republican Gala (AFP)

[Khephra]

NEW YORK, Sept 1 (AFP) - While God and gospel feature high on the Republican party's convention agenda, the most vocal apostles of US evangelical activism are keeping firmly out of the spotlight.

Each session of the four-day meeting is opened with a religious invocation, its speech schedules are punctuated with a heady mix of gospel, Christian and country music and they are ended with a prayer.

There has even been a row over whether the party deliberately chose a podium marked with a subliminal cross made from lighter-coloured wood for its Madison Square Garden venue. Officials have denied the claim.

But the religious stalwarts mobilised to appeal to the party's core at previous party conventions, such as television preachers Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson, are notably absent from the speakers' podium.

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[MrBenchley]

1. That's the thing to remember..this is the MODERATE mask

they're wearing here....

Imagine what an ugly spectacle this would be if they showed their true face?

[Mountainman]

2. In order to win as a Repub they have to run as a Dem

I am sorry I'm not hearing anything said about the radical right wing agenda that has been forced upon us and that will only worsen if Bush is reselected.

I think that is a message that needs to be out there.

[homerthompson]

3. the biggest wolf in sheeps clothing i've ever seen in my life.

the hardcores that call the shots in the rnc know how evil their plans are, so they'll never let the public see it. until it's too late.

[David Zephyr]

4. ST. Paul Would Have Said They Are "Ashamed of The Gospel They Preach"

or else why else would they be hiding their false light under a BUSH?