Secular Progressivism Secular-Progressive Ideology "Secular progressive", a term coined by Bill O'Reilly (author of Culture Warrior, in which the term is first used; and host, writer, and main producer of The O'Reilly Factor), describes an ideology (or subscriber to the ideology) which is comprised, in part, of the following: *Far left political views, ranging from the most liberal form of socialism to communism. * A secularist or athiest, to anti-religious or Marxist, belief in seperation of church and state, seperation of home and school (i.e., discouraging homeschooling and parental influence on the United States education system) * A support of the New World Order and a one-world government * Membership in or affiliation with, or support and endorsement of:
*Anti-traditionalist groups (i.e., Freedom From Religion) *Anti-American and similar organizations (the ACLU, MoveOn.org, DailyKos) *Orthodox Muslim ("Islamic Extremist") groups (PLO, CAIR, Holy Land Foundation) *Far-left news outlets (the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, MSNBC, Media Matters, News Hounds) *Ethnocentric groups (the Ku Klux Klan, of which Senator Robert Byrd (D-WV) was a member; and the Black Panthers, of which Representative Bobby Rush (D-IL) was a member) and similar groups and organizations. *Affiliation with or support and endorsement of people such as , George Soros, Speaker of the House Nancy D'Alessandro Pelosi (D-CA), and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) Examples of Prominent Secular Progressives Besides the aforementioned examples, prominent secular progressives are those such as Michael Moore and a number of others in the entertainment industry, Hillary Clinton (D-NY) and (who advocated bringing back the infamous Fairness Doctrine), and (as Culture Warrior notes) Peter Lewis, the founder of the deliberately-named insurance company Progressive.
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