Sharlet

Sharlet spoke of a rift within The Family over supporting the Ugandan legislation, though not one of them has come out publicly to speak against it.

Think Progress » Miss Beverly Hills tries to one-up Carrie Prejean, says it’s divine law that gays be put to death. 2010

Leaders of "The Family" distanced themselves from Bahati, Sharlet said, and Bahati told Sharlet that the murdered activist "should be remembered as a troubled soul who worked long and hard to destroy the future of marriage and the future of our children."

Analysis: Controversy looms again for Nat. Prayer Breakfast 2011

As author Jeff Sharlet has detailed, The Family has ties to the Ugandan anti-homosexuality legislation.

Think Progress » Obama Publicly Condemns Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Legislation: It Is An ‘Odious’ Bill 2010

The liberal host, herself a lesbian, asks Sharlet about that 2008 meeting, Do we know if there were any Americans … elected officials present?

Think Progress » Miss Beverly Hills tries to one-up Carrie Prejean, says it’s divine law that gays be put to death. 2010

Anyone who has read the best selling books Crazy For God by Frank Schaeffer or The Family from Jeff Sharlet knows full well that the Christian GOP Thugs that now run all things Republican and the Christian GOP Goobers that mindlessly follow them are not going to stop.

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As for the next move for Occupy Writers - Sharlet says that's out of his hands.

Famous Writers Including Salman Rushdie And Neil Gaiman Sign On To Support Occupy Wall Street 2011

Sharlet spent much of the last few days at the protest in New York - "at first I thought I would write about it somehow" - and he decided to use the word "support" rather than "solidarity" on the website as an implied call to further action than simply filling in a form on a website.

Famous Writers Including Salman Rushdie And Neil Gaiman Sign On To Support Occupy Wall Street 2011

The site is a creation of Jeff Sharlet, a journalist and author who teaches creative nonfiction at Dartmouth College, and Kiera Feldman, a Brooklyn-based journalist, with help from the publications Tin House and n+1.

Famous Writers Including Salman Rushdie And Neil Gaiman Sign On To Support Occupy Wall Street 2011

Sharlet spoke to The Huffington Post on the telephone while driving in New Hampshire.

Famous Writers Including Salman Rushdie And Neil Gaiman Sign On To Support Occupy Wall Street 2011

The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power, Jeff Sharlet — Althouhg published more than a year ago, an interview with the author broadcast recently on Fresh Air and reports that John Thune is a member brought it to my attention.

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