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| Posted 11/25/2003 3:33 PM (GMT -6) |   | The new head of the Christian Coalition expresses some of her views, including her differences in style from her predecessor.
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Questions for Roberta Combs: A New Moral Majority?
November 16, 2003
Interview by DEBORAH SOLOMON
Q As president of the Christian Coalition of America, you
must have been delighted to see President Bush sign the
legislation outlawing so-called partial-birth abortion
early this month.
It was a huge victory. I think Bush is doing a great job.
I know him personally, and he is a friend of mine. Whenever
I see him, he is very supportive of me.
But at the same time, you seem to be taking the coalition
in a progressive direction, at least compared with your
predecessor Pat Robertson, who once advised blowing up the
State Department.
If you are going to make progress, you have to be tolerant.
You have to be willing to work with Democrats. If there is
legislation that affects the family, you have to work with
both sides of the aisle.
You proved that when you teamed up with Senator Charles
Schumer on an anti-spam bill to eliminate Internet
pornography.
Actually, when Senator Schumer called me, I was a little
surprised. He turned out to be a nice man.
And you stunned some of your colleagues by agreeing to meet
with Senator Hillary Clinton.
Yes. We talked about prescription drugs and the elderly. I
can't judge her. I would like to think there is good in
everyone. Tell me, whom did you vote for in the last
presidential election?
Gore.
Well, just because you voted for Al Gore doesn't mean that
you and I can't talk! I wouldn't hold that against you.
That's my personality. I'm just hopeful you will vote for
Bush next time.
I hear you. Tell me about your childhood.
I grew up in
Charleston, S.C., where I still go on weekends. My father
was an insurance debit salesman. There were five children,
and every night before bed we went into the living room and
prayed aloud, one at a time. I heard my father all my life
pray for Israel.
I always had a love for Israel in my heart.
You recently
visited Israel.
It was my first trip. There was a bombing on a bus, and I
decided to ride a bus on that line two hours after the
bombing. I want to show the Jewish people that we are here
for them.
What do you make of the alliance between conservative Jews
and evangelical Christians?
Andy, my husband, is in the development business, and a lot
of our friends in Charleston are Jewish. It's kind of
ironic. There's a bond there. Jewish people are very
devoted to their families. Maybe that's the bond. They
stick together.
They have strong values. That goes back to the Bible.
Your critics say you are befriending Jews in the hope of
converting them to Christianity.
I have never tried to convert a Jewish person. We have a
common enemy, and that is the terrorists. And we need to
work together.
Do you think that the differences between Judeo-Christians
and Muslims are reconcilable?
I have a real problem with that because of my love for
Christians and Jews. Can we ever all get along when there
are terrorists out there? It is doubtful.
What do you think American foreign policy should aim for in
Iraq?
In the new country, under the new democracy, why should the
official religion be Muslim? I think as Iraq becomes a
democracy, there are going to be a lot of churches
springing up.
Would you like to see American products like television
shows flourish in Baghdad as well?
Oh, no. I hope they don't show ''The Osbournes'' over
there.
The Osbournes are definitely not a typical American family.
Their language is so offensive. Shows like that wouldn't
exist if mothers stayed home with their kids and supervised
what they watched.
But you yourself are a working mother. Do you think you
could have been happy as a full-time housewife?
Probably not. Probably it would not have been enough for
me.
I always had a desire to make a difference. That is why I
love the legislative process, where you can make a
difference. One voice and one vote can make all the
difference in the world.
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/16/magazine/16QUESTIONS.html?ex=1070813824&ei=1&en=ae47f5397ecf5dbc
Niebuhr thought that sustained moral energy in politics depended on religion's power to mobilize reason along with self-transcending love. The prophetic tradition, meanwhile, gave Jews and Christians some protection against the temptation to identify their social causes with God's will. Lincoln's second inaugural address expressed the prophetic insight, "The almighty has His own purposes." | | Back to Top | | |
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