Invitation to a stoning: getting cozy with theocrats.

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Christian Reconstructionists

Christian reconstructionists aim to have God's kingdom established on Earth. This reflects in their espousal for stoning as a means of execution for capital crimes and laws mandating the death penalty for, among others, gays, blasphemers, heretics, people who curse or strike their parents.

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Invitation to a stoning: getting cozy with theocrats.

For connoisseurs of surrealism on the American right, it's hard to beat an exchange that appeared about a decade ago in the Heritage Foundation magazine Policy Review. It started when two associates of the Rev. Jerry Falwell wrote an article which criticized Christian Reconstructionism, the influential movement led by theologian Rousas John (R.J.) Rushdoony, for advocating positions that even they as committed fundamentalists found "scary." Among Reconstructionism's highlights, the article cited support for laws "mandating the death penalty for homosexuals and drunkards." The Rev. Rushdoony fired off a le...

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