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For those interested I did manage to find an article that spoke to the "Stephen Harper and the Theo-cons" from a Conservative view. It's located here and well worth the read: Religion, madness and secular paranoia By Michael Medved http://www.townhall.com/columnists/column....l&comments=true

Sorry..here is the article in question... http://www.walrusmagazine.com/articles/pol...d-the-theocons/

What I am actually looking for here is an article that refutes the claims of Marci McDonald(Who is an award winning journalist) that the Harper Cabinet is pushing the evangelical agenda.

When going to Church is a bad thing, our country is in serious trouble. Harper is no more directed by Christian evangelicals as Dion is by France. Both are a member of institutions but neither is controlled by them. Harper has been extremly moderate on social issues. He has no desire to waste time with such trivial matters really. I don't think you'll ever see Harper preside over a gay marriage, but I don't think he's going to ever reverse any social policies in Canada based on his religion or make Canada into a theocracy. It's just not happening. We also do have a court that is definitely libertarian in nature, it would stand up to any political move by the Conservatives in the case they got a majority. Martin was affiliated with offshore bankers, Dion is with France... whatever, doesn't matter. Policies are what matter and I see no reason to fear some evangelical influence on Harper. The article I referred to insinuates that Stephen Harper is making agenda, and policies based largely on his belief that the apocalypse is coming...ie stepping away from Kyoto because if it's Gods plan to destroy the Earth then so be it... backing Israel for religious reasons... it also draws the conclusion that Canadians should beware of his religious agenda as it will lead Canadians down the same road as the Bush administration. The article places Stephen Harper in the company of extremist evangelicals like Reverend John Hagee, a prominent Texan televangelist, Charles Mcvety, President of the Canada Christian College, Pastor Bill Buitenwerf, a member of the East Gate Alliance Church, Dave Quist, Executive Director of the Institute of Marriage and Family Canada, Rob and Fran Parker, Founders of the National House of Prayer, Ralph Reed, American marketing mogul, and Reverend John Tweedie, the Chairman of the Netherlands based Christians For Israel Foundation. Its states that due to his affiliation with these radicals we should be wary of his motives.

Hi! Sorry to jump right into this issue without much insight into my reasons, but.. What are your thoughts on to what degree Stephen Harper is affiliated with evangelical insitutions in this country and how much does it influnce his policy, both foreign and national? Having just read the Marci McDonald article "Stephen Harper and the Theo-cons", I am very interested to hear from Conservatives as to the validity of that article and it's suppositions, and to have any articles that are in answer to, or in opposition to the premise that Stephen Harper is motivated by a secret, Christian fundamentalist agenda. Lets see where this gets me...