WASHINGTON, Nov. 22, 2004 — In the aftermath of the November presidential election and talk of a Bush administration mandate, some people on the right of the political spectrum believe the government has a greater responsibility to heed their views. In some cases, that means changes in the images that define the nation — including those at some of the nation's most popular parks and monuments.
The film shows a number of marches with liberal themes like gay rights and abortion rights, intercut with older clips of historical figures like former Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev and Marian Anderson.
Then, one day the Rev. Lou Sheldon saw it.
"It showed only those liberal, pro-abortion, pro-homosexual marches," said Sheldon, chairman of the Traditional Values Coalition.
Sheldon's influential Christian conservative group took their complaint to the government's top levels — "so they could reach down and work their system and cleanse in a proper manner and make it fair and balanced," he said.
Sheldon would like film of some conservative marches intercut in as well, though it is unclear that any major conservative marches have taken place at the Lincoln Memorial itself, which is the film's focus.
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Read about Jesus-freak dickhead Lou Sheldon.
The Jesus-freaks have also badgered the government (Park Service) into offering a different explanation for the formation of the Grand Canyon:
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Park bookstores at the Grand Canyon now sell the book "Grand Canyon: A Different View," which contradicts science, saying the Grand Canyon was formed by the great flood from the Bible story of Noah.
The book was written by a "born again" river guide who writes his view of the canyon's being millions of years old changed after he "met the Lord. Now, I have 'a different view' of the Canyon, which, according to a biblical time scale, can't possibly be more than about a few thousand years old."
My partner KR says it well:
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I remember reading an interview with [author of The Handmaid's Tale Margaret] Atwood about that book, oh, say 10 years ago. She said that Canadians thought it was a nice story. Americans said, "How long do we have?" Well, folks, now we know how long. It's here. Welcome back to the Middle Ages.
Everyone should read the Foundation series by Isaac Asimov. This was predicted 50 years ago. He called it 'The Interregnum'.
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