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<text id=92TT2913>
<title>
Dec. 28, 1992: Political Exorcism
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<history>
TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1992
Dec. 28, 1992 What Does Science Tell Us About God?
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<source>Time Magazine</source>
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THE WEEK, Page 13
NATION
Political Exorcism
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<p>G.O.P. centrists organize to wrest the party back from the
religious right
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<p> Ultimately, it may come down to a matter of passion vs.
Passion. Twenty Republican centrist leaders who think they can
muster enough of the former to check the growing power of the
latter have announced the creation of the Republican Majority
Coalition. The group's main goal is to excise controversial
moral questions, like abortion, gay rights and school prayer
from politics generally and from the next G.O.P. platform in
particular.
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<p> Though it boasts prominent names, including Senators Arlen
Specter, Nancy Kassebaum, John Chafee and Warren Rudman, the new
assemblage faces rough going. Other moderates, reluctant to
anger religious activists, declined to join the effort. Even the
pugnacious Specter cautioned afterward that "it is important
that we not pick fights or disagree with anyone." Ralph Reed,
who runs Pat Robertson's Christian Coalition, noted that a
previous effort to mobilize centrists had flopped. "It's awfully
hard to motivate moderates," Reed observed.
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