For Immediate Release
Contact: Ari Geller - Rabinowitz/Dorf Communications 202-265-3000
Washington, DC - On this weekend's "State of Belief," The Interfaith Alliance Foundation's show on Air America Radio, Rev. Dr. C. Welton Gaddy examines the influence of evangelical Christians within the Department of Defense. Last week, six senior Pentagon officials were reprimanded for wearing their uniforms when they gave testimonials on a video by a group called Christian Embassy. Mikey Weinstein, founder of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, tells Rev. Gaddy that evangelical Christian organizations have established groups at each of the U.S. military's nearly 400 bases around the globe. Weinstein uses the term "Pentecostalgon" to describe the headquarters of the Department of Defense.
Also on the show: Professor Peggy Levitt, author of God Needs No
Passport: Immigrants and the Changing American Religious Landscape on
the role of religion in the current immigration debate.
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religious right is wrong for America and bad for religion.
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