The classic work on the old Religous Right in America is UNDER COVER.  In the book Roy Carlson tells the story of Norman Vincent Peale's connection in sharing the platform with native Fascist Elizabeth Dilling in l938.  Peale, author of the POWER OF POSITIVE THINKING, had a great deal of influence on Robert Schuller and probably Joel Olsteen.  Peale was on the board of H.L. Hunt's organization when the original laws on 501c3 tax exemption were established.  Hunt was using "religious" programs for decidely political purposes.  All historic roads regarding 501c3 lead back to the Hunt family.  Peale was a big backer of Richard Nixon's candidacy.
     At times ministers have found strange links between public figures and ethical values.  Methodist minister Bill Laawson delivered the eulogy for Ken Lay comparing him to Martin Luther King according to www.theglobeandmail.com 7/13/2006  It was a reminder of the connection the Easthaven Baptist Church had to my old fellow church member Bernie Ebbers.  They gave him a standing ovation when in church he announced their deacon was not a crook. The church, located in Brookhaven, Mississippi, is the city that was the national headquarters for the White Citizen's Council.  Ebbers along with Lay ripped off investors in the famous national CEO scandals.
     Rev. Moon has come up with the cure for being gay.  Though Moon is known as a  cult leader, never the less, he has a strong standing with the Religious Right.  Moon, according to Church and State May 2004, pg. 14, stated that he and the wife are sleeping in the nude and recommentds at least one couple in every village in the world do so to cure people from being homosexual.  He also stated that if black people went to live at the North Pole in a few generations they would be white.  Such stories serve as a curious vision of a world fashioned by some religious leaders.