We also said that by the year 2000 we'd have the presidency. But most religious Americans are seeking salvation, not political power. They don't trust politics. We have not come to demonstrate our power to influence men. . . . Critics see the hidden agenda in the Promise Keepers' close ties to Religious Right activists such as Pat Robertson and James Dobson.
Organizations rally in Washington to display power.
The civil rights movement did it in 1963. The anti-abortion movement does it every January, the anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision. But the Promise Keepers say they're different. We haven't passed out a voter guide. We have not had a political speaker,'' the group's spokesman argued.