Nothing would destroy the conservative movement faster than to be linked inextricably to the Rev. Moon. I believe that Moon has plans for these conservatives, plans that would not please them...

Many conservatives would rather not have this information made public, fearing that it will "damage the movement." I suggest that no one needs to fear the truth. If the conservative movement is based on fraud and deception, which it would be if this truth is stifled, then it deserves to be damaged.

...Moon has, in the AFC, a tremendous vehicle to assist his political movement in the USA. Combining the thousands of black church leaders trained through various Moon-linked organizations with the new-found political power and savvy of the so-called New Right Christian activists, many who would be attracted to Christian Voice, would have a profound impact on America and the world.

What Moon adds to this political formula which has been missing in almost all concentrated conservative organizing efforts is millions of dollars and hundreds of committed 'volunteers,' the true believers and followers of Moon...

Regardless of what Dr. [Robert] Grant, Bob Wilson, Richard Ichord, Dr. Ralph Abernathy, Richard Viguerie, Gary Jarmin, Dan Peterson, or any of the other hundreds of officers and leaders involved in AFC believe, the documentation I received after my resignation provided to me that the Rev. Sun Myung Moon has a plan for America, and that his plan includes the American Freedom Coalition.

The conference was devoted to the teaching of the history of the communist movement...and its many failures. Of all of the teaching, the only segment that caused me discomfort...was represented by an ideology called Godism...

The root teaching of Godism was that all god-receiving religions could unite around at least one cause and that cause was to oppose the spread of international athheistic communism. The CAUSA world view, however, goes beyond opposition to the spread of communism; it also advocates causing communist nations to retrench, and the liberation of the millions currently living under communist oppression...

Godism, it occurred to me, was simply replacing one form of tyranny with another, the latter based on religious fervor. Even Godism would require that someone be in charge.

Since this was a Moon-supported conference, and because Godism was a Moon term, it seemed logical to me that Godism meant a system in which Moon ultimately would play a pivotal, if not leading, role.

As the next several months progressed, I found myself being pulled into a mechanism which I came to believe would serve Moon's ultimate purpose: the establishment of his political power in America and the world.

...the [Unification] church has established a network of affiliated organizations and connections in almost every conservative organization in Washington, including the Heritage Foundation, the largest of the conservative think tanks and an important source of government personnel during the Reagan administration......

The Unification Church's newfound influence has occasioned intense debate among conservatives. One group of worried young conservatives meets regularly in private to compare notes about the problem. But little of the debate has surfaced in public forums. "Most people are afraid to address the issue because they don't want to publicize the extent of the church's involvement," says Amy Moritz of the Conservative National Center for Public Policy Research.

Because almost all conservative organizations in Washington have some ties to the church, conservatives also fear repercussions if they expose the church's role.

-- "Rev. Moon's Rising Political Influence," U.S. News & World Report, March 27, 1989