"I don’t
expect many of our people to get elected—if they’re distinctively Christian in
character and policy.
"But I don’t
despise the days of small beginnings. We’ve got to be pioneers, is the point.
We’ve got to cut the trails, politically, show them how to do it, how not to do
it, for future generations to build on what we’ve done.
"I ran for
Congress in 1986 as an overt Christian, obviously, self-consciously aware that
I was a pioneer, praying that people would build on that. If we have political
parties now that are overtly Christian it is a great training program for
future days. …
"And I think
there’s another purpose for a political party, too, rather than running its own
candidates, sort of like, you remember the old, [William] Buckley Conservative
Party in New York, years ago?
It was a restraint, for a while, on other political parties, and I think that
if a Christian political party became strong enough—even though it couldn’t run
a candidate, or elect a candidate in a certain area, it can began by being a
clear restraint on candidates, who maybe wouldn’t run on their platform."
Joe Morecraft III, Exclusive Interview: Rev. Joe Morecraft III On The Usefulness (Or Not) Of Political Parties To Rebuild Our Christian Country, John Lofton, ed. (The American View, July 12, 2006). Retrieved August 3, 2012.
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