Ethics

Can You Be In Two Cults Simultaneously?

By Ed Brayton

The answer is obviously yes. Scoobie Davis points out that Doug Wead, a Bush family consigliari who has acted as the family's emissary to the religious right, is also an Amway bigwig. That's cult #1. Cult #2? The Moonies. In 2001, Wead invited a whole bunch of religious right leaders to a luncheon celebrating the inauguration of George W. Bush; that luncheon featured the Rev. Moon and was sponsored by the Washington Times Foundation. Among others who were there: Jerry Falwell, Kenneth Copeland and Paul Crouch. The Unification Church and Amway are two of the largest and most powerful cults in the world.

Full post as published by Dispatches from the Culture Wars on March 12, 2008 (boomark / email).