Pat Robertson, US televangelist who put the religious Right at the heart of Republicanism - obituary

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

51% : A born-again Baptist minister and international televangelist, Robertson had no truck with the principle, enshrined in the First Amendment to the American Constitution, of separation between church and state.
51% : He lost, but not before he had established his ideas - on abortion, religious education, welfare dependency, crime and "family values" - at the centre of the Republican platform.
49% : "Dr Robertson is well known for his personal views, particularly on abortion and homosexuality," the bank admitted.
36% : Feminism he decried as a "socialist anti-family political movement that encourages women to leave their husbands, kill their children, practise witchcraft, destroy capitalism and become lesbians".

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