Freedom Writer - March 1994

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The net widens

In its efforts to "cast a wider net," thus expanding its voting bloc, 
Pat Robertson's Christian Coalition hopes to lure Catholics and conservative 
blacks. Father Michael Scanlon, president of the University of Steubenville, 
is cooperating with the Christian Coalition to bring Catholics and 
Evangelicals together. Pointing to the 1993 New York City school board 
elections, he said that the cooperation between the groups helped 
win seats in that race. "When we say separation of church and state," 
Scanlon said, "I just don't even accept the term." 

And, with its eyes on 20 million black church members, the Coalition's 
executive director, Ralph Reed, described his group's plans to reach 
that community. "For years," he said, "the pro-family movement has 
been a largely white, evangelical, Protestant phenomenon with its 
feet planted firmly in the Republican Party." "That white, churchgoing 
base is vital to our success," he continued. "But for our movement 
to realize its full potential, we must reach beyond the white church 
to embrace the full racial diversity of America and make inroads among 
traditionally Democratic voters."

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