PFAW Founder Norman Lear ... who knew? Nom. for his smarts!

[babylonsister]

http://www.discoverthenetwork.org/Articles/Meet%20the%20People%20for%20the%20American%20Way%20051605.htm

PFAW Founder Norman Lear And Way Out Of Mainstream:


“PFAW Founder Norman Lear, The Liberal Philanthropist And TV Producer …” (George Rush and Joanna Malloy, “Jacko-And-Chimp Tale,” Daily News, 3/3/05)



* Lear Has Given $529,655 To Democrats And Democrat-Aligned Groups Since 1989. (The Center For Responsive Politics Website, www.opensecrets.org, Accessed 4/5/05



Founder Of PFAW Norman Lear: School Prayer Is A “Joke.” “I grew up with prayer in schools. It was a joke. We also pledged allegiance to the flag. But when you are six or seven, you cannot do anything by rote without finding funny ways to change it. It grows less meaningful each time. Unless you’re living in an entirely different culture with somebody behind you banging a drum at you. But that’s not America. So prayer in school was a joke.” (Thomas M. Landy, “What’s Missing From This Picture? Television Producer Norman Lea

r; Interview,” Commonweal, 10/9/92)

[nosmokes]

1. who knew? i thought everyone did! he's one of the main

reasons that the whole moral majority thing got headway, because they held norman up as a firebreathing liberal jew that controlled hollywood and look at how he was making fun of you with characters like archie bunker. he took a lot of heat back in the day, and he was one class act.

[AJ9000]

2. He founded PFAW specifically to counter the religious right.

The term "moral majority" was coined by Paul Wyrich and given to Falwell to use. You can see Paul and and an old PFAW fundraiser in some videos here www.theocracywatch.org

[babylonsister]

3. I didn't know, so this came as a shocker to me, though a nice one. nt

[otohara]

4. Me Neither - He Was Great on Bill Maher

25 years of PFAW - I did not know.

[AX10]

5. A great find. Kick for those who didn't already know this.