Monday, July 20, 2009

The Family: Christian political organization

The secretive religious network on C Street that exposed the extramarital affairs of the members of this organization: Governor Mark Sanford, Senator John Ensign, and Rep. Chip Pickering. Who else joined this group?

Here is the scoop:

Their primary activity[of The Family] is to develop small support groups for members of Congress, businesspersons, and anyone else who is interested in the teachings of Jesus. Prayer groups have met in the Pentagon and at the Department of Defense.

[Besides Sanford, Ensign, and Pickering]Boarders at the Family's house on C Street currently include Senators Tom Coburn, R-Okla., Don Nickles, R-OK, Jim DeMint, R-S.C., and Sam Brownback, R-Kan. and Representatives Zach Wamp, R-Tenn., Bart Stupak, D-Mich., Joseph Pitts, R-Pa, Heath Shuler, D-N.C., and Mike Doyle, D-Pa.

Other members include Senators Charles Grassley, R.-Iowa, Pete Domenici, R.-N.Mex., James Inhofe, R.-Okla., and Bill Nelson, D.-Fla.; Representatives Frank Wolf, R.-Va., and Todd Tiahrt, R-KS, as well as former Senators Don Nickles, R.-Okla., George Allen, R-Va., Conrad Burns, R.-Mont, and Mark O. Hatfield, R.-Or., and former Representatives Steve Largent, R-Okla., Ed Bryant, R-TN, John E. Baldacci, R.-Me., and J.C. Watts, R-OK.

Senator Susan Collins, R-ME, regularly attends Wednesday morning meetings at the C Street Center.

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