I am not so much concerned with these broadcast preachers as I am with their gullible, brainwashed and lobotomized followers who like to form so-called 'morality groups'. With the possible exception of certain dangerous cults, I have no problem with freedom of religion; provided that nobody is forced to accept or practice someone else's beliefs (except of course for laws). If these people want to change things in a legitimate way, that's fine; but unfortunately members of morality groups and the so-called religious right use all kinds of underhanded schemes to try to impose their will and nonbelievers and others. (to be cont'd)
[The original version of this essay first appeared in Eastern Connecticut State University's Campus Lantern student newspaper in the early '90s and as part of my unpublished manuscript "In Mediocrity We Trust... In Debt We Die" And Other Essays.]
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