Vision America is a
conservative
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American Christian
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organization founded in 1994 by
Baptist
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pastor
Rick Scarborough, which describes itself as formed to "inform, encourage and mobilize pastors and their congregations to be proactive in restoring Judeo-Christian values to the moral and civic framework in their communities, states, and our nation."
2006 War on Christians Conference
The conference was held on March 26 and 27 2006 in Washington, DC. Speakers included former
United States House of Representatives
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majority leader
Tom DeLay
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(R-Tex.) and Senators
John Cornyn
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(R-Tex.) and
Sam Brownback
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(R-Kan.) as well as conservative Christian leaders
Phyllis Schlafly,
Rod Parsley,
Gary Bauer,
Janet Parshall and
Alan Keyes
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.
Topics discussed include:
* ''Christian Persecution: Reports From The Frontlines''
* ''The Gay Agenda: America Won’t Be Happy''
* ''The
ACLU
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...
And Radical
Secular
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ism: Driving God From Our Public Life''.
[Conference Speakers schedule, visionamerica.us]
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See also
References
External links
Vision America
official web site.
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