And of course it would add to their political power because it would bring in tens of thousands of new converts to their brand of Biblical nonsense. The seventh point of this theocratic agenda is potentially the most dangerous. Prohibit discrimination against faith-based drug treatment programs. What the Christian Coalition is really calling for here is government funding of religious recruitment centers as is true with their attempts to bring about school vouchers. Many religions get their most devout followers from the down trodden, sick, and the lonely.
Many drug addicts are downtrodden, sick and lonely.
They are ripe recruiting material for religious zealots. This is how Jim Jones of The Peoples' Temple recruited his number two man. He helped him get off drugs and won him over for the remainder of his short life. Point number ten calls for a ban on partial-birth abortions. This issue points out the purely political nature of the beast.