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'Holy Terror' documents a 30-year war that fundamentalist Christians have waged against gays and lesbians. It offers dramatic, heartbreaking evidence that religious leaders are aggressively out to destroy sexual minorities.

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Praise for Holy Terror (published in hardcover under the title Religion Gone Bad) Mel White is one of the great prophetic voices of our time. His voice is a unique and important one in American Christianity. I have been enriched and blessed by it. Chris Hedges, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author of American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War on America Mel White, the gay ghostwriter for both Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson, lays bare in this book, as only an insider can do, the fierce anti-homosexual agenda of organized religion from the Vatican to the American television preachers. White paints a frightening picture of what they mean when they call for 'making America a Christian nation.' He issues a challenging wake up call both to those who are traditional Christians as well as to those who hold deeply human values. A consciousness-raising, must-read book. John Shelby Spong, author of The Sins of Scripture: Exposing the Bible's Texts of Hate in Search of the God of Love In this meticulously researched book, Mel White documents how Jerry Falwell, Pat Robertson, James Dobson, James Kennedy and other fundamentalist leaders are working to install a theocratic government in the United States. Essential reading for anyone concerned about the health of the church and the future of our nation. Jack Rogers, Moderator of the 213th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and Professor of Theology Emeritus at San Francisco Theological Seminary Mel White reveals the frightening plan of fundamentalist Christians to 'reconstruct' American democracy into a theocracy, a plan that is currently supported by the White House and many in Congress. No one writes about this subject with more credibility and urgency, because Mel White has known and worked with the 'stars' of the Christian Right, knows them to be unrelenting in their goal of making this a 'Christian Nation' and recognizes Praise for Religion Gone Bad (hardcover edition of Holy Terror) Mel White, the gay ghostwriter for both Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson, lays bare in this book, as only an insider can do, the fierce anti-homosexual agenda of organized religion from the Vatican to the American television preachers. White paints a frightening picture of what they mean when they call for 'making America a Christian nation.' He issues a challenging wake up call both to those who are traditional Christians as well as to those who hold deeply human values. A consciousness-raising, must-read book. John Shelby Spong, author of The Sins of Scripture: Exposing the Bible's Texts of Hate in Search of the God of Love In this meticulously researched book, Mel White documents how Jerry Falwell, Pat Robertson, James Dobson, James Kennedy and other fundamentalist leaders are working to install a theocratic government in the United States. Essential reading for anyone concerned about the health of the church and the future of our nation. Jack Rogers, Moderator of the 213th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and Professor of Theology Emeritus at San Francisco Theological Seminary Mel White reveals the frightening plan of fundamentalist Christians to 'reconstruct' American democracy into a theocracy, a plan that is currently supported by the White House and many in Congress. No one writes about this subject with more credibility and urgency, because Mel White has known and worked with the 'stars' of the Christian Right, knows them to be unrelenting in their goal of making this a 'Christian Nation' and recognizes the cultural and political signs of their growing success. Jimmy Creech, United Methodist pastor tried and defrocked for marrying a gay couple; Executive Director, Faith In America, Inc. A devastating and documented account of what happens when fanatical religion and fascistic politics hook up in a semi-secret affairn

"Praise for Holy Terror (published in hardcover under the title Religion Gone Bad) ""Mel White is one of the great prophetic voices of our time. His voice is a unique and important one in American Christianity. I have been enriched and blessed by it."" Chris Hedges, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author of American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War on America ""Mel White, the gay ghostwriter for both Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson, lays bare in this book, as only an insider can do, the fierce anti-homosexual agenda of organized religion from the Vatican to the American television preachers. White paints a frightening picture of what they mean when they call for 'making America a Christian nation.' He issues a challenging wake up call both to those who are traditional Christians as well as to those who hold deeply human values. A consciousness-raising, must-read book."" John Shelby Spong, author of The Sins of Scripture: Exposing the Bible's Texts of Hate in Search of the God of Love ""In this meticulously researched book, Mel White documents how Jerry Falwell, Pat Robertson, James Dobson, James Kennedy and other fundamentalist leaders are working to install a theocratic government in the United States. Essential reading for anyone concerned about the health of the church and the future of our nation."" Jack Rogers, Moderator of the 213th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and Professor of Theology Emeritus at San Francisco Theological Seminary ""Mel White reveals the frightening plan of fundamentalist Christians to 'reconstruct' American democracy into a theocracy, a plan that is currently supported by the White House and many in Congress. No one writes about this subject with more credibility and urgency, because Mel White has known and worked with the 'stars' of the Christian Right, knows them to be unrelenting in their goal of making this a 'Christian Nation' and recognizes Praise for Religion Gone Bad (hardcover edition of Holy Terror) ""Mel White, the gay ghostwriter for both Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson, lays bare in this book, as only an insider can do, the fierce anti-homosexual agenda of organized religion from the Vatican to the American television preachers. White paints a frightening picture of what they mean when they call for 'making America a Christian nation.' He issues a challenging wake up call both to those who are traditional Christians as well as to those who hold deeply human values. A consciousness-raising, must-read book."" John Shelby Spong, author of The Sins of Scripture: Exposing the Bible's Texts of Hate in Search of the God of Love ""In this meticulously researched book, Mel White documents how Jerry Falwell, Pat Robertson, James Dobson, James Kennedy and other fundamentalist leaders are working to install a theocratic government in the United States. Essential reading for anyone concerned about the health of the church and the future of our nation."" Jack Rogers, Moderator of the 213th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and Professor of Theology Emeritus at San Francisco Theological Seminary ""Mel White reveals the frightening plan of fundamentalist Christians to 'reconstruct' American democracy into a theocracy, a plan that is currently supported by the White House and many in Congress. No one writes about this subject with more credibility and urgency, because Mel White has known and worked with the 'stars' of the Christian Right, knows them to be unrelenting in their goal of making this a 'Christian Nation' and recognizes the cultural and political signs of their growing success."" Jimmy Creech, United Methodist pastor tried and defrocked for marrying a gay couple; Executive Director, Faith In America, Inc. ""A devastating and documented account of what happens when fanatical religion and fascistic politics hook up in a semi-secret affairn"

<br>Praise for Religion Gone Bad (hardcover edition of Holy Terror) <br> Mel White, the gay ghostwriter for both Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson, lays bare in this book, as only an insider can do, the fierce anti-homosexual agenda of organized religion from the Vatican to the American television preachers. White paints a frightening picture of what they mean when they call for 'making America a Christian nation.' He issues a challenging wake up call both to those who are traditional Christians as well as to those who hold deeply human values. A consciousness-raising, must-read book. <br>John Shelby Spong, author of The Sins of Scripture: Exposing the Bible's Texts of Hate in Search of the God of Love <br> In this meticulously researched book, Mel White documents how Jerry Falwell, Pat Robertson, James Dobson, James Kennedy and other fundamentalist leaders are working to install a theocratic government in the United States. Essential reading for anyone concerned about the heal

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"During the past twenty five years, the Rev. Dr. Mel White and his partner, Gary Nixon, have traveled across the country, speaking on university campuses, teaching the ""soul force"" principles of Gandhi and King, organizing people of faith to do justice, and confronting religious leaders whose anti-gay rhetoric White believes, ""leads to the suffering and death of God's lesbian and gay children."" In 1997, in Atlanta, Georgia, Mel received the ACLU's National Civil Liberties Award for his efforts to apply the ""soul force"" principles of relentless nonviolent resistance to the struggle for justice for sexual minorities. In 1994 Simon and Schuster published Mel's autobiography Stranger at the Gate: To Be Gay And Christian In America. Much has happened to Mel and Gary since Mel's best selling autobiography was released. On February 15, 1995, Mel was arrested for ""trespassing"" at Pat Robertson's CBN Broadcast Center. The story of his arrest, the 22 day prison fast, and the ""little victory"" that followed, made news across the nation. For 30 years, Dr. White had served the evangelical Christian community as a pastor, seminary professor, best-selling author, prize-winning filmmaker, communication consultant and ghost writer to its most famous and powerful leaders. From the beginning the media pictured Mel as an employee of these leaders on the ""religious right."" Although Mel did not work with nor write speeches for these leaders. he was hired by national publishers to write books -- primarily ""autobiographies"" -- for his ghost-writing clients including Billy Graham, Jerry Falwell, D. James Kennedy, and Pat Robertson. Looking back Mel wishes he had never been a ghost writer ""but at the same time,"" he adds, ""it proves that God has a marvelous sense of humor. Seeing these leaders up close and personal gave me a priceless opportunity that would later be a real advantage."" Mel's latest book, Religion Gone Bad: Hidden Dangers of the Christian Right is an expose of the fundamentalist Christian war being waged against sexual and gender minorities. Across this country,"" Mel explains, ""our gay brothers and lesbian sisters are the victims of a tidal wave of intolerance, discrimination, and violent crime flowing directly out of the anti-gay rhetoric of the radical right. We people of faith, gay and straight alike, must take our stand to end the suffering."" After Dr. White's 22 day fast in the Virginia Beach City Jail, Pat Robertson visited him in jail, heard White's plea and went on the air to say clearly that he ""abhorred the growing violence against gay and lesbian people."" ""Pat Robertson is not our enemy, ' White said later. ""He is a victim of misinformation like we all have been. In the spirit of Jesus, Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr. we must go on believing that Pat and the others can change."" Dr. White has dedicated his life to a ministry of change. ""Until this nation accepts God's gay and lesbian children as full members of the human family,"" White explains, ""we must go on telling that truth in love, whatever it costs us."""

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