NOW Targets Men’s Movement
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The National Organization for Women launched an attack on the Promise Keepers men’s movement this week, contending that the goal of the popular evangelical organization is to repeal women’s rights.
“We are here today to announce our ‘no surrender’ campaign,” Patricia Ireland, NOW’s president, told a news conference. “When Promise Keepers talks about men taking responsibility, they really mean men taking control and women taking the back seat.”
The campaign--the distribution of a video and special report on the movement--comes as Promise Keepers plans a national rally Oct. 4 in Washington.
Mark DeMoss, a group spokesman, dismissed the NOW charges, saying: “Promise Keepers is not some overnight sensation to which NOW can say they’ve just uncovered the real plot.”
DeMoss said NOW “is going to be sorely disappointed in what they are going to see Oct. 4. They are going to see men on their knees in prayer.”
Promise Keepers, founded by former football coach Bill McCartney, has drawn 2 million men to stadium rallies in recent years. Participants make seven promises about their conduct and commitment relative to God, family, morality and churches.
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