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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Sunday, October 26, 1986

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 26, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Voter initiatives galore be levied without a that would e Oregon voters. Blues a Colorado lax tally concerned that taxes  id Many gambling \ Idaho Montana North ale proposed i give counties the jittery will Vole on tans will decide county Joe that will be weighed Yop Osal to allow liquor approve it were e. Kansas has had Jug drinking to the clubs 1 organization the Rev in and consumption i what we want to Alveti As four states ending state Money for rare annually unless a july restrict b ballot Loo in state is nuclear radioactive or not is on minds and ballots in several others Stales. Washington s referendum 40 would Register a protest to the Federal government Lor including the Hanford nuclear reservation As one of three finalists to became the nuclear waste dump for the United slates. The other finalists Are Yucca Mountain Nev and deaf Smith county Texas. New York and new Jersey voters Are being asked to finance costly Long term hazardous waste cleanup programs a$1.45 billion environmental Quality Bond act in new York would set aside $1.2 billion for the purpose while a $200 million Bond Issue faces new Jersey ans. A Massachusetts referendum would mandate a timetable Lor cleaning up toxic waste Sites and an Oregon measure would require shutdown of the stale s Only nuclear Power Plant until a Federal nuclear waste repository is operating. A California proposition would stiffen standards on the discharge and Labelling of toxic chemicals. The English language proposition in California is supported by former son. , Hayakawa and opposed by minority groups who say it would curtail bilingual education. An initiative being pushed by supporters of Lyndon Larouche would allow Public health officials to test anyone suspected of having squared immune deficiency syndrome and make aids victims subject to potential quarantine. California medical authorities have said it would be costly and  other measures include an Oregon proposition that would allow residents to cultivate unspecified amounts of marijuana Tor personal use. An equal rights amendment in Vermont. A right to work referendum in Idaho propositions in Massachusetts and Nebraska on whether to retain mandatory seat Belt Laws. Wash. Aha Ford a potential Sites for first us. High level nuclear waste dump deaf Smith county up graphic 38 with god As his political coach than having True religion in one s heart there Are Tew 110 things worse than wearing it on one s  Robertson who processes to have cured everything de from cancer to haemorrhoids in Healing sessions is Bent on changing their minds. To ensure thai politicking commands his Lull Al mention. He has stepped Down As Host of can s the 700 club an hour Long talk show aired daily on 194 american broadcast outlets i by leaving the program Robertson is also Able to skirt a Battle with the Federal communication commission Over charges that his participation in the 700 club violates equal time political broadcast guidelines. Fellow to evangelists Jimmy Swaggart and Oral Roberts have come Forward for Robertson and other Christian powerhouses Are lining up. Nobody s counting on Jerry Falwell a vote he s 8 confessed George Bush Ian who for the moment is off politics. As a jew one realizes historically that everybody suffers when religion and state Are intertwined says rabbi James Rudin i Ector of inter religious affairs for the american jewish committee. The christianization of America that is something that realty has to be protested. Under the Law we Are All equal citizens fully entitled to All rights. Values like tradition and morality and family these belong to an of  during his May 16 broadcast o the 700 club Robertson made it Clear that christians to him were More equal the intention of the lord is that his people should reign and Rule with Jesus  son of a. Willis Robertson former . Senator irom Virginia Robertson 19 also descended from the two Harrison presidents and a signer of the declaration of Independence. He was b Marine corps lieutenant during the korean War and Here have been accusations that his influential father got him out of combat duty. A Fin after in inn Golden gloves Novice heavyweight or Viator Robertson has even brought god into the ring Ood himself will fight for me against you and he Witt win i my in a 1981 letter to people for the american Way. Hive of Andy in Vic Flirta Beach and is shut Ted on a Rhet Jet bought from Dungar Kenny Rogers a life style critics say looks like Robertson equates the new testament with the riches of Success. He delights in his family heritage that he s from the first families of Virginia says Buchanan. This very aristocratic snobbish kind of attitude. He s convinced that to should have a mansion and a stable of Fine horses and live the life of a Virginia  the Power of the electronic Church is seen in the growth of conservative political groups such As the Christian voice. Religious round Lable and the american coalition for traditional values. Falwell s moral majority Row the Liberty federation started the wedding Between the secular far right and to evangelists. The religious right Are taking Over positions of leadership in the Republican party All around says Buchanan. They Are Fielding More and More Candida Lea. And impacting More and More races at every  Robertson surprised political experts in the August Michigan precinct primary by finishing second to vice pros Dent George Bush in gathering delegates and ahead of rep. Jack Kemp of new York. Despite to exit polls that showed a substantial number of voters were against a preacher running Lor president Robertson sent a letter to 50,000 supporters declaring the christians have won toe stars and stripes  
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