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maddezmom

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10. holy crap...I have never seen that before so I googled it
Wed Feb 29, 2012, 05:31 PM
Feb 2012

ROBERTSON LETTER ATTACKS FEMINISTS

Published: August 26, 1992

A fund-raising letter written by the television evangelist Pat Robertson in opposition to a proposed equal rights amendment to the Iowa Constitution suggests that feminists want women to kill their children and practice witchcraft.

The equal rights amendment, on which Iowans will vote Nov. 3, is a broadly worded measure that would bar sex discrimination.

But Mr. Robertson's letter, distributed late last month to supporters of the evangelical organization Christian Coalition, described the proposal as part of a "feminist agenda" that "is not about equal rights for women." Claims of 'Anti-Family'

Instead, the letter said, "it is about a socialist, anti-family political movement that encourages women to leave their husbands, kill their children, practice witchcraft, destroy capitalism and become lesbians."

Mr. Robertson, a 1988 Republican Presidential contender, included in the letter a plea that money be sent to the organization Stop E.R.A. to "help defeat E.R.A. and defend the family in Iowa."


more: http://www.nytimes.com/1992/08/26/us/robertson-letter-attacks-feminists.html

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