If the U.S. breaches its debt ceiling this week, bringing with it the
global financial panic economists predict, leaders of a little-known
far-right movement called Christian Reconstructionism
can claim partial responsibility. Their goal: to eradicate the U.S.
government so that a theocratic Christian nation emerges to enforce
biblical laws.
That's right -- laws out of the Book of Leviticus prohibiting adultery, homosexuality, and abortion, with penalties including death by stoning.
The key leader of this movement is Gary North, founder of the Institute for Christian Economics
in Tyler, Texas. He's a long-time associate of Ron Paul, intellectual
godfather of the Tea Party movement -- the very people responsible for
Congressional deadlock over the government shutdown and debt ceiling
debate.
Paul and North go way back. North served on Paul's first congressional
staff in 1976, and North describes himself as Paul's "original staff
economist." Earlier this year, Paul announced plans for a curriculum for
home schoolers that will teach "biblical" concepts. The director of
curriculum development for the program? Gary North.
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