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...felt drawn to a front pew, aisle. I am happy to report she did herself and her old man proud, and I carried the memory of her lovely performance with me to the city (she stayed on to see to her schooling) as well as something the preacher said. At one point in his sermon -- and here I must confess to an annoying lifelong lapse: I have trouble tracking sermons, and I could swear I heard someone say this one was taken from the Book of Macadamia Nuts -- the pastor said, "Now we shall all rise and sing hymn...
...Washington, D.C., law firm of Hogan andHartson is conducting the defense. Their legalfees are paid by People for the American Way andthe American Civil Liberties Union. The plaintiffsare being financed by fundamentalist preacher theRev. Pat Robertson, said Coles
...presentation, entitled "The Evangelical Vote: Is It Monolithic?", the controversial right-wing preacher will talk about how voters respond to calls from religious leaders. Tonight's speech is the second in the Law School Forum's annual lecture series...
...staunch conservative Reaganaut, condemned some of Robertson's rhetoric as "invidious sectarianism that must be renounced in the strongest terms." People for the American Way, a liberal organization that has fought a guerrilla campaign against the religious right, produced a videotape with a telling sequence in which the preacher claims to have diverted Hurricane Gloria last year through prayer. It also includes a series of his inflammatory statements...
...strong supporter of Walter Mondale's presidential campaign, Larry Tisch has a keen interest in politics and an eclectic taste in politicians. He has recently been host at breakfasts for Representative Charles Rangel, a liberal Democrat from Harlem, and the Rev. Pat Robertson, the conservative preacher and presidential candidate. Says Richard Ravitch, chairman of New York City's Bowery Savings Bank and former head of New York's metropolitan transportation authority: "Most people who seek the White House seek his advice and ultimately his support." Tisch was instrumental in helping preserve the deductibility of state and local income taxes...