Comments on: Co-Defendant in Alaska Militia Case Gets Five-Year Sentence http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/09/25/co-defendant-in-alaska-militia-case-gets-five-year-sentence/ Hatewatch is a blog of the Southern Poverty Law Center Fri, 02 Aug 2013 15:12:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Tom Hopkins http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/09/25/co-defendant-in-alaska-militia-case-gets-five-year-sentence/comment-page-1/#comment-644364 Tom Hopkins Sat, 29 Sep 2012 22:36:41 +0000 http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=9749#comment-644364 Frank Schaeffer, the son of Frances and Edith Schaeffer, broke with his father’s group and is now doing what he can to expose the tyranny and hypocrisy of the Christian Right. His book Crazy for God is the younger Schaeffer’s expose of his father’s extreme teachings and its remarkable influence catalyzing the Christian Right. Google Frank Schaeffer to learn more. Fortunately for civilized society, sometimes the apple falls very far from the tree.

]]> By: GDWilliams http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/09/25/co-defendant-in-alaska-militia-case-gets-five-year-sentence/comment-page-1/#comment-639598 GDWilliams Fri, 28 Sep 2012 02:50:19 +0000 http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=9749#comment-639598 @MB
Indeed he was named after someone his parents must have dearly hoped he would grow up attempting to emulate.
From WikiP : Francis Schaeffer: “A number of Christian leaders, authors, and evangelists credit Schaeffer’s ideas with helping spark the rise of the Christian Right in the United States and were strongly influenced by him. Among them are Operation Rescue founder Randall Terry, Focus on the Family’s James Dobson, the 700 Club’s Pat Robertson, Prison Fellowship’s Charles Colson, columnist Cal Thomas, preacher and author Tim LaHaye, former Florida Secretary of State Katherine Harris, and Liberty University and Moral Majority founder Jerry Falwell[2].”

Fascinating. And I had no idea that Harris was of the ilk to try and usher in a theocratic form of government. Given her place at the center of the coup that saw her state use a legal tactic to give GWBush the presidency despite Bush receiving fewer votes than the Democratic challenger, these two incidents alone should serve as ample warning about what we should all expect from a government consisting of these people. Despite knowing the right words to say eg. “patriotism, American exceptionalism, capitalism, democracy, freedom, “the Constitution says…” these are people who are simply unable to conceive of any other form of government than what their authoritarian minds will allow.

]]> By: Eddie Velasquez http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/09/25/co-defendant-in-alaska-militia-case-gets-five-year-sentence/comment-page-1/#comment-639332 Eddie Velasquez Thu, 27 Sep 2012 23:39:24 +0000 http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=9749#comment-639332 Only 5 years maybe he wasn’t such a bad guy after all.LOL

]]> By: Pickwick http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/09/25/co-defendant-in-alaska-militia-case-gets-five-year-sentence/comment-page-1/#comment-638753 Pickwick Thu, 27 Sep 2012 17:19:46 +0000 http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=9749#comment-638753 “A member of the Mormon church, he said he loved his country and that the militia started out as a group of ‘wonderful Christian men’…”

Seems to be a lot of wonderful Christian men in American militias. My definition of “wonderful” does not include such affiliations.

]]> By: M. Bright http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/09/25/co-defendant-in-alaska-militia-case-gets-five-year-sentence/comment-page-1/#comment-634218 M. Bright Tue, 25 Sep 2012 21:16:04 +0000 http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=9749#comment-634218 Francis Schaeffer Cox’ parents named him after a particularly noxious religious fanatic and crackpot who wanted to bring down the US government and replace it with a Christian theocracy.

Apparently, their son turned out to be everything they could have hoped for. I hope they’re happy.

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