Anonymous Comrade writes
"Here's a newsbrief from Charisma" magazine, my very favorite kooky khristian publication, marking the death of one Ed Cole, the "father" of the "Christian Men's movement" and advisor/mentor to Promise Keepers honcho Bill McCartney.
My flesh still crawls when I recall watching an interview with Cole I saw on a Christian television station many years ago. The interview was done by noted East Bay holy-roller demagogue Ronn Haus. During this interview, Cole was yammering on about all the purveyors of moral evil afflicting the land. You know, the usual suspects: gays and lesbians, feminists, abortionists, drug-dealers and pornographers---these are all an undifferentiated mass, of course.
What struck me tho, was when Cole, in his best let-me-tell-you-friend tone then inveighed against "big labor bosses" who were "ruining the country" with unreasonable wage and work-rule demands.
It is well understood that religious reactionaries like Cole, McCartney and Haus would like to roll back the clock viz women's and gay rights. However, what is NOT so commonly grasped is that this is but part of an OVERALL reactionary agenda that includes opposition to the labor movement. i found that little episode quite illuminating in this regard.
Yes, the problem in this country is "big union bosses," not big business bosses like those at Enron, WorldCom, Aetna, ad nauseum!
Good riddance to Ed Cole...
In a snit about it,
tom terrell
