Before Bush announced his run for the presidency in June 1999, Rove had lined up endorsements from a host of evangelical Christian organizations and televangelists, including Pat Robertson, James Dobson, and Bob Jones III. [Esther] Kaplan [author of With God on Their Side] traces Bush's so-called "compassionate" conservatism to Christian fundamentalists who believe people need God at least as much as they need food, shelter, and medical care.
The religious right has taken control of the Bush Administration's stance towards procreation, sex education, and AIDS. Government websites omit the fact that using condoms prevents AIDS. Abstinence-only sex education gets the government's seal of approval at home and in third-world countries (where almost half the population is infected with HIV). Research grants studying how to prevent HIV among homeless, gay, and transgendered populations have been terminated. And grants for crisis pregnancy centers and Planned Parenthood have been curtailed while the government hands out millions to church-based "pro-life" organizations.
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