8/27/2002
St. Pete Times columnist Elijah Gosier doesn't buy Regier's denials.
What casts doubts for me about this man's ability to head the agency effectively is his lack of forthrightness in explaining how he became so deeply aligned with the organization that he became its co-chairman and co-author of its bible. What casts doubts for me is the lack of moral courage to own up to sharing the group's core beliefs -- as reflected by an article solely authored by him and published a year before the coalition's report -- but not perhaps their extreme views.
By contrast, columnist Lucy Morgan shows more signs that she's been on the job too long. She writes a piece that uncritically parrots the Republican line that this is blown out of proportion, he didn't really write these things, objection is anti-Chritian bigotry, move along, nothing to see here. It's sad when a good reporter gets too comfy with the insiders.
What casts doubts for me about this man's ability to head the agency effectively is his lack of forthrightness in explaining how he became so deeply aligned with the organization that he became its co-chairman and co-author of its bible. What casts doubts for me is the lack of moral courage to own up to sharing the group's core beliefs -- as reflected by an article solely authored by him and published a year before the coalition's report -- but not perhaps their extreme views.
By contrast, columnist Lucy Morgan shows more signs that she's been on the job too long. She writes a piece that uncritically parrots the Republican line that this is blown out of proportion, he didn't really write these things, objection is anti-Chritian bigotry, move along, nothing to see here. It's sad when a good reporter gets too comfy with the insiders.
