TheocracyWatch is a project run by the

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(CRESP), located at

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. It was founded by

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, an

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because, she says, "After the 2000 election she realized that few people understood that the religious right had taken working control of the

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..." TheocracyWatch's major area of interest is what it considers to be the influence of dominionism in the U.S. government.TheocracyWatch.pdf at Delaware Valley Americans United for Separation of Church and State
/ref> TheocracyWatch has a "mission to spread the word about the complete restructuring of our government. We want to get the word out to as many people as possible because the agenda of the Christian right is to replace the

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with biblical law," said Kathleen Damiani, president of TheocracyWatch.''The Cornell Daily Sun''
"Joan Bokaer discusses the Religious Right" by Diana Lo TheocracyWatch's method for gauging the influence of dominionism is studying the voting patterns of members of Congress. Legislators whose voting pattern matches such organizations as the Christian Coalition, the

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, the

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, and the

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are said to "illustrate the strength of dominionists in Congress" even though none of these groups identifies themselves with the dominionist movement and two of them are specifically

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.The Rise of the Religious Right in the Republican Party
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stations. The Center for Religion, Ethics and Social Policy is an independent

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agency and an affiliate of Cornell University with administrative offices in Cornell's Anabel Taylor Hall. TheocracyWatch is one of sixteen projects sponsored by CRESP.CRESP - Theocracy Watch
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Official Site of TheocracyWatch
Dominion theology Separation of church and state in the United States

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