Liberals Criticize 'Patriot Pastors' Movement

From an article of the same title on beliefnet by Daniel Burke:

A "new generation of Religious Right" pastors is turning churches into Republican political machines, three left-leaning interest groups charged on Tuesday (Aug. 22). The report, titled "The Patriot Pastors' Electoral War Against the `Hordes of Hell,"' was issued by the NAACP, the People for the American Way Foundation and a subsidiary group, the African American Ministers Leadership Council... In particular, Ohio pastors Russell Johnson and Rod Parsley have been active in Buckeye state politics, the report says, building "a powerful political machine with growing influence ... and the potential to reconfigure both the political and spiritual map, as godliness becomes more clearly defined on a partisan ideological spectrum."... Both Parsley and Johnson have repeatedly and publicly extolled the virtues of Ken Blackwell, the Republican candidate for governor of Ohio, though both insist they lead non-partisan efforts.