Posted by Barbara M on September 02, 2011 at 12:48:54
In Reply to: Re: Family on C street? posted by Jen Leigh on December 09, 2009 at 06:55:40:
It's a different Family:
Nikolas Kozloff: C Street Family -- Sex Scandals, Moral Hypocrisy, and Far Right Agenda in Central America
Submitted by BuzzFlash on Fri, 07/10/2009 - 10:28am. Guest Commentary
BUZZFLASH GUEST COMMENTARY
by Nikolas Kozloff
As the Republican Party implodes, the public is becoming aware of a secretive Christian society known as the Family or the Fellowship. The group was founded in 1935 in opposition to FDR's New Deal and its adherents subscribe to a far right Christian fundamentalist and free market ideology. A minister named Abraham Vereide founded the Family after having a vision in which God visited him in the person of the head of the United States Steel Corporation (no, I'm not making this up). The Family has a connection to house on C Street in Washington, D.C., known simply as C Street. Officially registered as a church, the building serves as a meeting place and residence for conservative politicians.