2008-01-08 Prodigal Son Frank Schaeffer Roasts Religious Right

2008-01-08 \religious right http://blog.au.org/2008/01/08/appealing-apostate-prodigal-son-frank-schaeffer-roasts-religious-right/ Appealing Apostate: Prodigal Son Frank Schaeffer Roasts Religious Right &ldquo;Consider Frank Schaeffer. The name may not be familiar to you, but Schaefferâ€™s father, theologian and Presbyterian pastor Francis Schaeffer, was pivotal in the creation of the Religious Right. .. Frank Schaeffer shared his fatherâ€™s opinions and, as an adult, worked alongside him. He had an insiderâ€™s view of the rise of the Religious Right. Father and son were there at the movementâ€™s birth and worked with some of its biggest names. .. What does Frank Schaeffer think about the Religious Right these days? Letâ€™s just say heâ€™s not a fan. He refers to Robertson as â€œa lunaticâ€ and says Dobson is â€œa power-crazed political manipulator cynically abusing his followers.â€ He calls the late Jerry Falwell an â€œunreconstructed bigot.â€&rdquo;   