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Interference in 2005 NZ election campaign by Christian Fundamentalists...
This is about one of the New Zealand based Christian fundamentalists sects I commented on today. I wrote this post after the NZ parliamentary elections in 2005. I strongly objected to a sect who do not vote in democratic elections, don't watch television, listen to the radio or own computers, but were prepared to interfere in the electoral process and obviously write in letters to the editor and ring talkback radio shows insulting and demeaning left of centre political parties and their candidates. I have been reading about the Exclusive Brethren a fundamentalist Christian sect, who are causing some problems in the upcoming Victorian State Elections in Australia. They actually caused a furore with their involvement in the New Zealand parliamentary elections last year - spending NZ$1.2 million dollars in propaganda publicity. I call it propaganda because the pamphlets they created and distributed were over the top personality attacks against the governing Labour Party and the Greens. These were actually hypocritical attacks from a so-called Christian organisation whose members do not vote, watch television,listen to the radio,use computers or socialise with people outside of their membership. They have some strange ideas about which I won't elaborate here. The leader of the New Zealand Opposition National Party, Dr Don Brash( a subject himself of one of my recent posts )has publicly denounced the Exclusive Brethren because of their tactics in last years elections, and stated that his party doesn't want any future contacts with that fundamentalist sect.A bit late considering he had actually met with them at least twice since our elections, and denied it! I'd be interested hearing from any of our Aussie friends who may have some news in relation to the coming state elections in Victoria. Actually New Zealand is approaching another election campaign and the source of election funding will undoubtably rear its head once again before the year is out.The Leader of the Opposition at the last elections was sacked, and they have since elected another leader is appears over confident at this stage, despite the favourable polls for his party.
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Caused a lot of public consternation.
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