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Fight the Religious Right: Become a Defender

The President has claimed that his stem cell research veto is about values - but you and I know these are far from the real values that most Americans share.

Instead, the President has adopted the extreme so-called "values voter" agenda of right-wing ideologues like James Dobson, Jerry Falwell, and Pat Robertson.

While the President's misguided veto was a momentary victory for the religious right, your incredible work on this issue showed that they have a serious fight on their hands. From the Senate's overwhelming passage of the Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act, to the tens of thousands of emails sent to the President prior to his veto, DefCon members led this fight for health and hope.

Now, you can count on us - DefCon - to continue this critical fight. But we need your help. Become a DefCon Defender today.

While the religious right was able to hold sway over the President, defeating our stem cell effort, the truth is their agenda is failing. Instead of focusing on critical issues for America like the war in Iraq, the energy crisis, and serious environmental concerns like global warming, they are throwing out smokescreen "value votes" like flag burning and gay marriage. And they are losing. They are losing because a majority of Americans do not support their extreme right-wing agenda.

Now is the time when we can most effectively fight their stranglehold on America.

Over the next few months, we plan an all-out assault - DefCon's REAL American Values Campaign. We plan to wage a full-scale, aggressive campaign to counter and combat the religious right at every level including:
continuing our fight for stem cell research at the state level;
defending sound science education, including fighting intelligent design in states like Kansas;
continuing our aggressive media campaign to expose the religious right's agenda and their improper influence over our elected officials;
continuing to mobilize the tens of millions of Americans opposed to the religious right, and working to draft them into our Army of DefCon defenders; and
organizing local counter events to the upcoming right-wing focused Values Voters Summit in Washington D.C this September (more on this soon!).

But we need you to join our fight. Help us rescue America from the extremists who are masquerading as patriotic Americans. It's time for people like you and me - people with real American values - to topple the Religious Right.

Join the fight today.