I get a perverse sense of satisfaction when the right wing writes about me.

Have you ever heard of Paliban Daily? Me either. It’s a website dedicated to “what Christians (and other fundamentalists) are up to in the world.” I came across it today because it popped up when I was searching my name on Google. Right, like you’ve never searched for yourself on Google.

Anyway, they think I have grasped the concept of Christian Reconstructionism. I take this as a big compliment given that I studied the Christian Right for many years when I was a researcher at Political Research Associates. It took me a good while to grasp Christian Recontructionism.

As they say on Paliban Daily, the goal of Christian Reconstructionism  “is to replace the secular Constitution with God’s Law.” This may seem like a simple concept but there’s a lot more to it. I read books, attended right wing conferences, poured over direct mail from organizations like the Family Research Council, Concerned Women for America, and the Chalcedon Foundation (the go-to place for all things Christian Reconstructionist).  I even took a guided tour of Focus on the Family for God’s sake. I mean that very literally. So when a self-declared Christian Rightist says I’ve grasped the concept of Christian Reconstructionism, it makes me happy.

The title of the post is “Liberal Grasps Reconstruction,” and it is in response to an article I authored last year, titled, Tying the Not: How the Right Succeeded in Passing Proposition 8. In the article I note that “the broader agenda that the Christian Right will continue to pursue will promote Christian nationalism, an ideology that seeks to use laws and regulations to promote fundamentalist Christian values on the nation.” This is the basis of Christian Reconstructionism.  Glad to know the folks at Paliban Daily think I got it right. They did say my article is “rather wordsome,” but whatever. Christian Reconstructionism is hard.

They go on to say that I work for a “sexist and ungodly group that supports and promotes women–only women–seeking leadership positions.” This is in reference to my current place of employment, the Women’s Foundation of California.

Egads! Supporting and promoting women. Shame on me.