The democratic virtues of the Christian right

The Democratic Virtues of the Christian Right

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56. Almond, Appleby, and Sivan, Strong Religion, 1-2, 16-18, 45-46, 156-157, 187, 198-199.
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58. Barbara Ehrenreich, "Christian Wahhabists," Progressive 66 (January 2002): 12-13
59. See also Carla Power, "The Age of Fundamentalism," Newsweek International, 9 December 2002, 49.
60. Don Corrigan, "GOP Taliban: Gov. Blunt Tells Missouri Editors Sen. Danforth Is Wrong on Christian Right's Role in His Party," St. Louis Journalism Review 35 (April 2005): 22-23
61. Sydney Tarrow, Power in Movement: Social Movements and Contentious Politics (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1998), 203-04.
62. "Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy," American Prospect 14 (June 2003): 9
63. See also E. L. Doctorow, "Why We Are Infidels," Nation, 26 May 2003, pp. 11-12.
64. John M. Swomley, "Storm Troopers in the Culture War," Humanist 57 (September 1997): 13.
65. Abby L. Ferber, ed., Home-Grown Hate: Gender and Organized Racism (New York: Routledge, 2003), 1.
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67. Colbert I. King, "Hijacking Christianity,"Washington Post, 23 April 2005.
68. Timothy M. Gray, "Intolerance Is Not a Value," Washington Post, 16 November 2004
69. See also Maureen Dowd, "Slapping the Other Check," New York Times, 14 November 2004.
70. Detwiler, Standing on the Premises of God, 10
71. See also Diamond, Roads to Dominion, 246-49
72. Diamond, Facing the Wrath, 47-56.
73. Bivins, The Fracture of Good Order, 180-81.
74. Mark E. Warren, Democracy and Association (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2001), 15-16, 198
75. Simon, "Three Limitations of Deliberative Democracy," 50.
76. Hunter, Before the Shooting Begins, 46-47.
77. Dionne, Why Americans Hate Politics, 343.
78. Morris P. Fiorina, Culture War? The Myth of a Polarized Culture (New York: Pearson Education, 2005), 99-102.
79. Mathew Moen, The Transformation of the Christian Right (Tuscalossa, AL: University of Alabama Press, 1992)
80. Mary E. Bendyna and Clyde Wilcox, "The Christian Right Old and New: A Comparison of the Moral Majority with the Christian Coalition," in Corwin E. Smidt and James M. Penning, eds., Sojourners in theWilderness: The Christian Right in Comparative Perspective (New York: Rowman and Littlefield, 1997), 41-56
81. Mark J. Rozell, "Growing Up Politically: The New Politics of the New Christian Right," in Smidt and Penning, eds., Sojourners in the Wilderness; Mark J. Rozell and Clyde Wilcox, Second Coming: The New Christian Right in Virginia Politics (Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996): 235-48.
82. Rozell, "Growing Up Politically," 238.
83. Michael Walzer, "Deliberation, and What Else?" in Stephen Macedo, ed., Deliberative Politics: Essays on 'Democracy and Disagreement' (New York: Oxford University Press, 1999), 60.
84. Reinhold Niebuhr, Moral Man and Immoral Society (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1960), xv.
85. Fiorina, "Extreme Voices," 416.
86. Wilson, Political Organizations, 230, 226-28.
87. Benjamin Barber, Strong Democracy: Participatory Politics for a New Age (Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1984), 267-73
88. James S. Fishkin, Democracy and Deliberation: New Directions for Reform (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1991), 84
89. John Gastil, By Popular Demand: Revitalizing Representative Democracy Through Deliberative Elections (Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2000)
90. Ethan Lieb, Deliberative Democracy in America: A Proposal for a Popular Branch of Government (University Park, PA: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2004).
91. Lawrence S. Rothenberg, Linking Citizens to Government: Interest Group Politics at Common Cause (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1992), 100.
92. James Davison Hunter, CultureWars: The Struggle to Define America (New York: Basic Books, 1991)
93. E. J. Dionne, Jr., Why Americans Hate Politics (New York: Touchstone Books, 1992)
94. Morris P. Fiorina, "The Dark Side of Civic Engagement," in Theda Skocpol and Morris P. Fiorina, eds., Civic Engagement in American Democracy (Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press, 1999), 395-426.
95. Lori Kehoe, interview by author, telephone, 13 July 2004.
96. Right to Life of Michigan, "President's Message: Working to Defend Life," newsletter, June/July 2003.
97. Chuck Gosnell, "Raising the Standard," accessed on the website of the Christian Coalition of Colorado at www.ccco.org, 16 June 2002.
98. New Jersey Christian Coalition, "Christian Coalition-Mainstream?" accessed on the website of the New Jersey Christian Coalition at www.nychristiancoalition.org, 18 June 2002.
99. Beverly LaHaye, "Success Without Compromise," Concerned Women for America Magazine, May 1991, p. 7.
100. Scott Klusendorf, interview by author, La Mirada, CA, 2 March 2004.
101. Life Chain, Code of Conduct, accessed on the website of Life Chain at www.lifechain.net, 30 September 2004.
102. John W. Kennedy, "Mixing Politics and Piety: Christian Talk Radio," Christianity Today, 15 August 1994, pp. 42-46.
103. Tom Minnery, "Moral Outrage Is Not Enough," Citizen, 15 April 1991, p. 1.
104. Charles Colson, "Don't Swing That Bible," Citizen, 21 April 1990, p. 2.
105. Center for Reclaiming America, "Writing Effective Letters," 1998.
106. Julie Parton, interview by author, Tyson's Corner, VA, 24 September 2004.
107. Care Net, Serving with Care and Integrity: A Training Resource for Pregnancy Center Volunteers (2003), 48-55.
108. Ralph Reed, "A Strategy for Evangelicals," Christian American, January 1993, p. 14.
109. Christian Coalition, Training Seminar Manual, Level I1 (Chesapeake, VA: Christian Coalition, 1995), 52-54.
110. Carolyn Kunkle, interview by author, telephone, 21 June 2002.
111. Concerned Women for America, Opportunities for Leadership in Concerned Women for America (1995), 16, 18; Patricia Phillips, interview by author, telephone, 16 October 2001.
112. Christian Coalition, Blueprint for Victory, 12 September 1997, p. 6.
113. Lisa Andrusko, ed., Infinite Possibilities: National Right to Life Committee Yearbook 2004 (Washington, DC: National Right to Life Committee, 2004), 148.
114. Arkansas Right to Life, "Citizen Guide for Contacting Elected Officials and Grassroots Lobbying," accessed on the website of the Arkansas Right to Life Committee at www.artl.org, 28 June 2004.
115. Future for Life, The Future: Acting for Life in a New Age Handbook (June 2004), 6-7.
116. Massachusetts Citizens for Life, "About MCFL," accessed on the website of Massachusetts Citizens for Life at www.masscitizensforlife.org, 28 June 2002.
117. Julie Watson, "Who We Are," Life Lines, September/October 2002, p. 7.
118. Human Life of Washington, "Writing Letters," accessed on the website of Human Life of Washington at www.humanlife.net, 29 June 2004.
119. Jane Grimm, Life Times, January/February 2002, p. 1-2.
120. Society for Truth and Justice, "Registration Form," accessed on the website of the Society for Truth and Justice at www.societyfortruthandjustice.com/registration.htm, 14 July 2004.
121. See OR Boston, "General Sidewalk Counseling Points," accessed on the website of OR Boston at http://www.orboston.org/SWC_seminar_1_30_01.htm, 3 August 2004.
122. Cheryl Sullenger, Sidewalk Counseling: A Training Manual (Sacramento, CA: Operation Rescue West), 17, 28.
123. Life and Liberty Ministries, "Sidewalk Counseling," accessed on the website of Life and Liberty Ministries at www.lifeandlibertyministries.com/sc_dialogue.thm, 14 July 2004.
124. Woodbridge, "Culture War Casualties," 20.
125. Condon, "You Say Choice, I Say Murder," 22.
126. Andrew Walsh, "The Trouble with Missionaries," Religion in the News, Summer 2003, pp. 7-8, 27
127. Alan Cooperman, "Ministers Asked to Curb Remarks About Islam," Washington Post, 8 May 2003.
128. Beverly LaHaye Live radio broadcast, "The Culture War," 23 July 2003.
129. Included in Ohio Right to Life, "Coming Out of The Closet Kit" (n.d.).
130. Participant observation, Auraria Campus, Denver, CO, 12 April 2004.
131. Sullenger, Sidewalk Counseling, 27.
132. Life and Liberty Ministries, "Sidewalk Counseling."
133. Barber, Strong Democracy; 173-78
134. Adolf G. Gunderson, The Socratic Citizen: A Theory of Deliberative Democracy (New York: Lexington Books, 2000).
135. Beverly LaHaye, "How to Communicate Your Convictions," Concerned Women for America Magazine, June 1991, p. 6.
136. Christian Coalition, Training Seminar Manual, 61.
137. Leadership Institute official, interview by author, Alexandria, VA, 13 August 2002.
138. Steve Wagner, interview by author, Denver, CO, 11 April 2004.
139. Center for Bio-Ethical Reform, "Genocide Awareness Project Video," accessed on the website of the Center for Bio-Ethical Reform at www.abortionno.org, 19 July 2004.
140. Participant observation, Arvada Covenant Church, Arvada, CO, 10 April 2004.
141. Stand to Reason, "JFA Training Handout," (no date).
142. See mission statement on the website of Patrick Henry College at www.phc.edu/about/mission.asp, 22 June 2006.
143. Michael Farris, "Training Christians to Be Politicians," a talk delivered at the Forum of the Miller Center of Public Affairs, University of Virginia, 16 November 2005.
144. Sullenger, Sidewalk Counseling, 26
145. Life and Liberty Ministries, "Sidewalk Counseling."
146. OR Boston, "General Sidewalk Counseling Points."
147. Cheryl Sullenger, interview by author, telephone, 21 September 2004.
148. Care Net, Serving with Care and Integrity, 76-86.
149. Julie Parton, interview by author, Crystal City, VA, 24 September 2004.
150. Care Net, Serving with Care and Integrity, 53-55.
151. Amy Gutmann and Dennis Thompson, Democracy and Disagreement (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1996), 52-57. For criticisms of this restriction on deliberative debate
152. see William A. Galston, "Diversity, Toleration, and Deliberative Democracy: Religious Minorities and Public Schooling," in Stephen Macedo, ed., Deliberative Politics: Essays on Democracy and Disagreement (New York: Oxford University Press, 1999)
153. William Galston, "Democracy and Disagreement," Ethics 108 (April 1998)
154. Robert M. Gordon, "Democracy and Disagreement," Yale Law Journal 106 (January 1997)
155. Jeffrey Rosen, "In Search of Common Ground," New York Times, 29 December 1996.
156. On the movement away from religious argument in the Abolitionism movement see Gilbert Hobbs Barnes, The Antislavery Impulse, 1844-1930 (New York: Harcourt, Brace, and World, 1964), 137-45
157. Eric Foner, Free Soil, Free Labor, and Free Men: The Ideology of the Republican Party Before the Civil War (New York: Oxford University Press, 1970), 43-44, 61-62
158. On the Temperance movement see Peter H. Odegard, Pressure Politics: The Story of the Anti-Saloon League (New York: Columbia University Press, 1928)
159. Jonathan Zimmerman, Distilling Democracy: Alcohol Education in America's Public Schools, 1880-1925 (Lawrence, KA: Kansas University Press, 1999). On the Catholic response to eugenics laws
160. see Sharon M. Leon, "'A Human Being, and Not a Mere Social Factor': Catholic Strategies for Dealing with Sterilization Statutes in the 1920s," Church and History 73 (June 2004): 383-411.
161. Adam Nagourney, "In Final Debate, Clash on Taxes and Health Care," New York Times, 14 October 2004.
162. Accessed on the website of the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice at http://www.rcrc.org/faith_choices/common_questions/answer3.htm, 2 January 2004.
163. GaryWeiand, "An Alternative Approach," Arizona Right to Life Newsletter, August 2000.
164. Dan Kennedy, "A Voice in theWilderness: Raising Our Voices in the Public Square," Human Life Newspaper, July 2000.
165. Pat Chivers, interview by author, Crystal City, VA, 3 July 2004.
166. Georgia Right to Life, "Abortion Arguments No. 1," accessed on the website of Georgia Right to Life at www.grtl.org, 28 June 2004.
167. Lisa Roche, interview by author, telephone, 3 August 2004.
168. Greg Koukl, Solid Ground cover letter, 1 September 2004.
169. Scott Klusendorf, interview by author, La Mirada, CA, 2 March 2004.
170. Participant observation, Arvada Covenant Church, Arvada CO, 10 April 2004.
171. Participant observation, First Right meeting, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, 7 September 2004.
172. First Right, "Human Rights for All," accessed on the website of First Right at www.student.virginia.edu/~1stright/ad.doc, 1 April 2005.
173. Concerned Women for America, "Pocket Guide on How to Lobby from Your Home," pamphlet, n.d. These messages are also emphasized in CWA's radio program Beverly LaHaye Live. Recent examples include the following broadcasts: "Grassroots Activism: Becoming an Effective Lobbyist," 8 February 2001
174. "Grassroots Activism: Becoming an Effective Lobbyist," 27 April 2001
175. "How to Lobby," 6 January 2004.
176. Colson, "Don't Swing That Bible," 1-3.
177. Minnery, "How to Argue on Unfriendly Terrain," 5-6.
178. Kerby Anderson, "Politics and Religion," accessed on website of LeadershipU at http://www.leaderu.com/orgs/probe/docs/pol-rel.html, 10 January 2008.
179. Thomas Grey, "How to Fight Gambling," Christianity Today, 18 May 1998, p. 39.
180. Woodbridge, "Culture War Casualties," 26.
181. Accessed on the website of Patrick Henry College at www.phc.edu/about/mission.asp, 22 June 2006.
182. Quoted in Hanna Rosin, "God and Country," New Yorker, accessed on the website of the New Yorker at http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/articles/050627fa_fact, 27 June 2005.
183. Holly Gatling, interview by author, Crystal City, VA, 2 July 2004.
184. Barbara Listing, interview by author, Crystal City, VA, 2 July 2004.
185. Michael Ciccocioppo, interview by author, Crystal City, VA, 1 July 2004.
186. Joseph Graham, interview by author, Crystal City, VA, 1 July 2004.
187. Mark J. Rozell, "Growing Up Politically: The New Politics of the New Christian Right," in Corwin E. Smidt and James M. Penning, eds., Sojourners in the Wilderness: The Christian Right in Comparative Perspective (New York: Rowman and Littlefield, 1997), 236-38.
188. Christian Coalition, Citizen Action Seminar (Chesapeake, VA: Christian Coalition, 1995), 14.
189. Care Net, Serving with Care and Integrity, 95-103.
190. "The President's Stem Cell Theology," New York Times, 26 May 2005
191. "Bush's Stem Cell Theology," The International Herald, 27 May 2005
192. Jerome Groopman, "Beware of Stem Cell Theology," Washington Post, 29 May 2005.
193. Groopman, "Beware of Stem Cell Theology."
194. Joseph M. Bessette, The Mild Voice of Reason: Deliberative Democracy and American National Government (Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1994), 46-47.
195. J.C. Willke, "Unity or Divisiveness?" National Right to Life News, 16 August 1990.
196. Andrusko, Infinite Possibilities, 148.
197. Mark Hartwig, "Check Your Facts Before You Act," Citizen, 17 May 1993, pp. 6-7.
198. Woodbridge, "Culture War Casualties," 25.
199. Center for Reclaiming America, "Working with Your School Board," 1997.
200. Chuck Cunningham, Pat Garland, and Rick Schencker, "Voter Guides: Educating Pro-Family Voters" (transcript of the Christian Coalition Conference and Strategy Briefing Workshop, Washington, DC, 17 September 1994).
201. Care Net, Serving with Care and Integrity, 121-147.
202. Julie Parton, interview by author, Arlington, VA, 24 September 2004.
203. Dauneen Dolce, "Commentary from the Editor, Viva Life, September 2003, p. 2.
204. Ohio Right to Life, "Tips for Successful Legislative Contacts," n.d.
205. Texas Right to Life, "Lobbying Guidelines for a Visit with Your Legislator or Congressional Candidate," accessed on the website of Texas Right to Life at www.texasrighttolife.com, 29 June 2004.
206. Pat Chivers, interview by author, Crystal City, VA, 3 July 2004.
207. Janice Shaw Crouse, Strategies for Reclaiming America's Future (Washington, DC: Beverly LaHaye Institute, 2000), 7.
208. Center for Reclaiming America, "Working with Your School Board," 1997.
209. Texas Christian Coalition, Handbook for Grassroots Lobbying: 2001-2002 Edition (2002), 4-8.
210. South Carolina Christian Coalition, "Keys to Effective Interaction with Lawmakers," accessed on the website of the South Carolina Christian Coalition at www.scchristiancoalition.org/resources.shtml#interact, 16 June 2002.
211. Christian Coalition of Oregon, "How to Be a Lobbyist: A Vestpocket Handbook for Citizen Lobbyists," accessed on the website of the Christian Coalition of Oregon at www.coalition.org, 16 June 2002.
212. Hanna Rosin, "God and Country," New Yorker, accessed on the website of the New Yorker at http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/articles/050627fa_fact, 27 June 2005.
213. Michael Farris, "Training Christians to be Politicians," a talk delivered at the Forum of the Miller Center of Public Affairs, University of Virginia, 16 November 2005
214. Scott Klusendorf, interview by author, La Mirada, CA, 2 March 2004.
215. Scott Klusendorf, "What the Average Person Can Do to Stop Abortion," accessed on the website of Stand to Reason at www.str.org/free/bioethics/average.htm, 2 February 2004.
216. Focus on the Family radio broadcast, "Reaching Hearts on Abortion," 19 January 2004.
217. Hunter, Before the Shooting Begins, 61-67.
218. David Lee, interview by author, Auraria Campus, Denver, CO, 12 April 2004.
219. Participant observation, Auraria Campus, Denver, CO, 12 April 2004.
220. Gregg Cunningham, "Reproductive 'Choice' Trucks Have Pro-Aborts Running Scared," In Perspective, Winter 2001.
221. For the origins of this alienation, see George M. Marsden, Fundamentalism and American Culture: The Shaping of Twentieth-Century Evangelism, 1870-1925 (New York: Oxford University Press, 1980).
222. Participant observation, Arvada Covenant Church, Arvada, CO, 10 April 2004.
223. Paul E. Johnson, "Interest Group Recruiting: Finding Members and Keeping Them," in Allan J. Cigler and Burdett A. Loomis, eds., Interest Group Politics, 5th ed. (Washington, DC: Congressional Quarterly Press, 1998): 35-62.
224. Jane Mansbridge, "Everyday Talk in the Deliberative System," in Stephen Macedo, ed., Deliberative Politics: Essays on Democracy and Disagreement (New York: Oxford University Press, 1999): 211-42.
225. Amitai Etzioni, The New Golden Rule: Community and Morality in a Democratic Society (New York: Basic Books, 1996), 99-100.
226. James Davison Hunter, Culture Wars: The Struggle to Define America (New York: Basic Books, 1991), 165-66.
227. James Davison Hunter, Before the Shooting Begins: Searching for Democracy in America's Culture Wars (New York: Free Press, 1994), 61-66.
228. Keith Cassidy, "The Movement and Its Message: Pro-Life Educational Campaigns and Their Critiques," paper presented at annual meeting of University Faculty for Life, 1994.
229. Mark J. Rozell, "Growing Up Politically: The New Politics of the New Christian Right," in Corwin E. Smidt and James M. Penning, eds., Sojourners in the Wilderness: The Christian Right in Comparative Perspective (New York: Rowman and Littlefield, 1997), 236-38.
230. Mathew C. Moen, The Christian Right and Congress (Tuscaloosa, AL: University of Alabama Press, 1989), 153-56.
231. See, for example, Steve Bruce, The Rise and Fall of the New Christian Right (New York: Oxford University Press, 1988).
232. Stuart Rothenberg and Frank Newport, The Evangelical Voter (Washington, DC: Free Congress Research and Education Foundation, 1984), 140.
233. James Davison Hunter, Evangelicalism: The Coming Generation (Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1993), 143-150.
234. James L. Guth, "Southern Baptist Clergy: Vanguard of the Christian Right?" in Robert C. Liebman and Robert Wuthnow, eds., The New Christian Right: Mobilization and Legitimation (New York: Aldine, 1983), 118-22.
235. Christian Smith, Christian America? What Christians ReallyWant (Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2002), 122-24.
236. Laura Berkowitz and John C. Green, "Charting the Coalition: The Local Chapters of the Ohio Christian Coalition," in Corwin E. Smidt and James M. Penning, eds., Sojourners in the Wilderness: The Christian Right in Comparative Perspective (New York: Rowman and Littlefield, 1997): 57-72.
237. Jeffrey Hadden, Anson Shupe, James Howdin, and Kenneth Martin, "Why Jerry Falwell Killed the Moral Majority," in Marshall W. Fishwick and Ray B. Browne, eds., The God Bumpers: Religion in the Electronic Age (Bowling Green, OH: Bowling Green State University Popular Press, 1987), 102.
238. Clyde Wilcox, Onward Christian Soldiers? The Religious Right in American Politics (Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 2000), 36-37.
239. James M. Ault, Jr., Spirit and Flesh: Life in a Fundamentalist Baptist Church (New York: Vintage Books, 2004), 117-19.
240. Mark J. Rozell and Clyde Wilcox, "Second Coming: The Strategies of the New Christian Right," Political Science Quarterly 111 (Summer 1996): 271-72.
241. Wilcox, Onward Christian Soldiers? 113-14.
242. James Risen and Judy L. Thomas, Wrath of Angels: The American Abortion War (New York: Basic Books, 1998), 19-20.
243. John T. McGreevy, Catholicism and American Freedom: A History (New York: W.W. Norton, 2003), 273
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250. Robison and Cox, Save America to Save the World, 35-36.
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253. See Risen and Thomas, Wrath of Angels, esp. chaps. 3, 5, and 6.
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271. Hunter, Before the Shooting Begins, 157-63.
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273. Risen and Thomas, Wrath of Angels, 101-5.
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275. E. J. Dionne, Jr., Why Americans Hate Politics (New York: Simon and Schuster, 1991), 42-45.
276. Quoted in David Cantor, The Religious Right: The Assault on Tolerance and Pluralism in America (New York: Anti-Defamation League, 1994), 23-26.
277. See Barbara Bradley Hagerty, "Christian Leaders Balk at Robertson's Remarks," All Things Considered radio broadcast, January 12, 2006, accessed on the website of National Public Radio at http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5151840, 12 February 2006.
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279. Clyde Wilcox, "Of Movements and Metaphors: The Co-Evolution of the Christian Right and the GOP," paper prepared for presentation at conference on the Christian Conservative Movement and American Democracy, April 2007, pp. 8-10.
280. Thomas Frank, What's the Matter with Kansas? How Conservatives Won the Heart of America (New York: Owl Books, 2004).
281. Richard Fenno, "U.S. House Members in Their Constituencies," American Political Science Review 71 (September 1977): 884.
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288. Stephanie, interview by author, Denver, CO, 13 April 2004.
289. Michael, interview by author, Denver, CO, 13 April 2004.
290. Mishka, interview by author, Denver, CO, 13 April 2004.
291. Michael, interview by author, 13 April 2004.
292. Stephanie, interview by author, Denver, CO, 13 April 2004.
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295. Paul Troiani, interview by author, Boston, MA, 24 July 2004.
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297. Email from Jamia Wilson, Campus Outreach Manager, Planned Parenthood, 24 November 2004.
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299. Serrin M. Foster, "The Feminist Case Against Abortion," The American Feminist, Summer/Fall 2004.
300. Nolen, interview by author, Granite City, IL, 10 June 2004.
301. Jessica, interview by author, Granite City, IL, 10 June 2004.
302. Jessica, interview by author, Granite City, IL, 10 June 2004.
303. Heather, interview by author, Granite City, IL, 11 June 2004.
304. Michaela, interview by author, Granite City, IL, 11 June 2004.
305. Chuck, interview by author, Granite City, IL, 12 June 2004.
306. Nolen, interview by author, Granite City, IL, 10 June 2004.
307. Angela Michaels, interview by author, St. Louis, MO, 9 June 2004.
308. Jessica, interview by author, Granite City, IL, 10 June 2004.
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310. Tony, interview by author, Boston, MA, 24 July 2004.
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316. "Remarks of President Bush via Telephone to March for Life Demonstration on the National Mall," Federal News Service, 24 January 2005.
317. In fact, the March for Women's Lives even made the Style Section of the Washington Post. See Hank Stuever, "Body Politics," Washington Post, 26 April 2004.
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319. Scott Klusendorf, interview by author, La Mirada, CA, 2 March 2004
320. "Thousands Throng San Francisco Waterfront in Walk for Life," America's Intelligence Wire, 22 January 2005
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327. Toni Lacy, "Thousands March in DC to Protest 'War on Women,' " USA Today, 26 April 2004.
328. Danny, interview by author, Boston, MA, 24 July 2004.
329. Activist reflections can be found on the website of the Society for Truth and Justice at http://www.societyfortruthandjustice.com/letters_to_editor.htm, 10 November 2004.
330. Michael Ciccicioppo, interview by author, Alexandria, VA, 1 July 2004.
331. Paul Troiani, interview by author, Boston, MA, 25 July 2004.
332. Phil, interview by author, Boston, MA, 24 and 26 July 2004.
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339. Lori Kehoe, interview by author, telephone, 13 July 2004.
340. Hunter, Before the Shooting Begins, 163.
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