Citizens for Social Reform
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Citizens for Social Reform (CSRPAC) is a political action committee founded in 2001 by Scientologists, directed "to work with elected officials toward the goal of bringing about more humane and effective solutions to social ills like illiteracy, criminality, substance abuse and the general decay of moral character", mainly by promoting Scientology associated programs such as Narconon, Criminon, Applied Scholastics and CCHR, and their goals and issues, with legislators at the US federal and state levels.
Their website, csrpac.org, while often avoiding direct references to the Church of Scientology, uses much L. Ron Hubbard-based language. An entire section on their site is devoted to a "Citizen Hat" treatise [1] which lists Scientology books such as The Antisocial Personality and The Thinking Book side by side with basic civics texts such as The Federalist Papers and the U.S. Constitution. The "Citizen Hat" has been illustrated with cartoons [2] by Scientologist Virginia Romero. [3] CRS's website also deals with anti-psychiatry issues, which is a key issue for Scientologists.
The current president of CSRPAC is Don Pearson, executive VP of the e.Republic Inc. group of magazines.[4]
| “ | Corporation records show that Don Pearson opened a local chapter of the Citizen’s Commission in 1998, and Pearson also set up a political action committee called the Association of Citizens for Social Reform, designed to "play offense" in eliminating "public support for social, educational and mental health programs that are intrusive, force-based or damaging to individual awareness and competence." | ” |
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[edit] References
- ^ Citizen Hat - Further Reading, csrpac.org
- ^ What the heck is a Citizen Hat?, csrpac.org
- ^ Virginia Romero a Scientologist
- ^ a b Evans, Jim. "Scientology Inc.", Sacramento News and Review, 2001-08-23. Retrieved on 2006-10-08.
[edit] Further reading
- Farley, Rob; Curtis Krueger. "Scientology: an election issue?: In 2 campaigns, voters hear hints of connections to the church", St. Petersburg Times, August 18, 2006. Retrieved on 2008-02-29.
- Farley, Robert. "Appeal to prejudice may have fallen flat: Scientologists are relieved that Frank Farkas' efforts to use Kim Berfield's links to the church against her didn't work in their primary race", St. Petersburg Times, September 10, 2006. Retrieved on 2008-02-29.
- Friedman, Stefan C.. "Scientologists: It'll Pay to Boo$t City Pol", New York Post, August 2, 2005, p. 2.
- Smith, Sylvia A.. "Souder slowly filling his '06 election nest - Six-term veteran unfazed by rivals", The Journal Gazette, October 21, 2005, p. 9A.
- Tobin, Thomas C.. "Pinellas schools chief asks Scientologist aid: Wilcox asks help from all corners", St. Petersburg Times, June 5, 2005. Retrieved on 2008-02-29.
- Tobin, Thomas C.. "Wilcox says he'll talk to any group, not just Scientology", St. Petersburg Times, June 17, 2005. Retrieved on 2008-02-29.
[edit] External links
- Citizens for Social Reform
- Florida Citizens for Social Reform
- CSRPAC page explaining the reasons for creating CSRPAC (archived 2004-08-06)
- Federal Election Commission Disclosure report of contributions
- Corporate Political Action Committees, CampaignMoney.com
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