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DM: Religious Right House Empty

Now, with Rev Bryan Fischer’s recent exit, no one is in charge. Two decades is a long time to have been associated with such a movement. It’s also long enough to make an accurate analysis: the house that the Religious Right built is empty. Since I‘ve held a unique position from the start, maybe it’s my job to turn out the lights, at the end. In its place must be a clear-headed, well-articulated out-reach by interested parties who refuse to demonize their opponents – on both sides. We need to re-establish a loving culture of civility, realizing that the public opinion of this more-caring-culture will mold a fairer public policy for Idaho and the Nation. That's how I will be helping the families of Idaho, beginning with my own/Dennis Mansfield. More here.

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    Question: What do you think of Dennis Mansfield's comment re: the Religious Right: "We need to re-establish a loving culture of civility, realizing that the public opinion of this more-caring-culture will mold a fairer public policy for Idaho and the Nation."



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    D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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