What is Minutemen United, who is “Coach” Dave Daubenmire, and what is their relationship with Operation Rescue?
“I had a chance to be with the Coach and many of you in Washington, DC… And I want to thank each and every person that was there because you kept me out of jail.” – Tom Raddell, OR/OSA representative, speaking before the Columbus organizing meeting We would briefly describe Minutemen United, in secular terms, as a group focused on proactively enforcing a dominionist, or Christian supremacist, ideology in America. Minutemen United was formed by, among others, Dave Daubenmire and Mark Harrington in the summer of 2002. Its website claims that two chapters of the organization exist, one in Columbus, the other in Coshocton County which is a bit more than an hour’s drive east of Columbus. Their “Who Are the Minutemen” web page provides more detail, although it’s thick with Christian Dominionist jargon. One indication of a relationship between OR/OSA and the Minutemen was visible at the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, DC in October of 2003; this is the event that Raddell refers to in the
