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Monday, January 20, 2003

With Friends Like These Dept. According to a commenter on Damian Penny's blog, Scientologists have joined "mainstream religious organizations" in protesting the war on Iraq. However, Rick Ross of Cultnews points out that
This looks like a cynical effort by the controversial church to network contacts and curry favor amongst mainstream religious leaders. . . . the controversial church plays both sides of the political spectrum. Scientology had close ties to the former Clinton White House ,but now seems friendly with the Bush family and Secretary of State Colin Powell.
I have never seen any evidence that Scientology stands for anything but aggrandizing its own power, so I'm not surprised.

It would be interesting to make a table with 2 columns of the cult groups which attach themselves like leeches to both the pro- and anti-war sides. Which column would be longer?