Christian Reconstructionism is currently just one element within Dominionism, and I suspect that the Dominionists who have arisen during the last decade may be doing their best to steer clear of the more extreme affiliations of the original Reconstructionists. But those elements were central back at the start and there's every reason to believe they remain present just under the surface.
http://articles.latimes.com/2003/oct/02/local/me-money2October 02, 2003
Ahmanson's patronage benefits several nonprofit think tanks, including the Claremont Institute, where McClintock worked for two years after losing his 1994 run for state controller, and the Chalcedon Foundation, which promotes a brand of Christianity known as Christian Reconstructionism. . . .
In the 1980s and 1990s, Ahmanson served on Chalcedon's board of directors and was its largest benefactor, giving it at least $733,000. He remains a donor to the nonprofit organization, which was founded by Rousas John Rushdoony. Often called theologian to the religious right, Rushdoony, who died in 2001, advocated a nation ruled by Biblical law, a vision that assigned the death penalty for 18 sins, including murder, rape of a betrothed virgin, adultery and sodomy.
http://allisonkilkenny.com/2009/01/prop-8-part-of-christian-talibans-move-to-make-bible-the-law/Ahmanson’s role in promoting Proposition 8 has drawn a lot of attention, but he appears to serve primarily as the money man, leaving his associates to carry out the practical details. One name in particular stands out as Ahmanson’s chief lieutenant: political consultant Wayne C. Johnson, whose Johnson Clark Associates (formerly Johnson & Associates) coordinated the Proposition 8 campaign. . . .
In a 1994 article on Christian Reconstructionism, Public Eye described Johnson’s central role in an Ahmanson-financed attempt by the Christian Right to take control of the California state legislation. The strategy involved first pushing through a term limits initiative, which was accomplished in 1990, and then promoting its own candidates for the seats this opened up:
. . . “Since the mid-1970s, the extreme Christian Right, under the tutelage of then-State Senator H. L Richardson, targeted open seats and would finance only challengers, not incumbents. By 1983, they were able to increase the number of what Johnson called ‘reasonably decent guys’ in the legislature from four to 27. At the Third Annual Northwest Conference for Reconstruction in 1983, Johnson stated that he believed they may achieve ‘political hegemony. . .in this generation.’”
The mention of H. L. “Bill” Richardson as the originator of the Johnson-Ahmanson strategy is both eye-catching and significant. Richardson, a former John Birch Society member, was considered to be one of the most extreme right-wing politicians of his time. In 1975, he co-founded Gun Owners of America (GOA), an organization which is widely regarded as being well to the right of the National Rife Association.
http://atheism.about.com/od/reconstructionist/p/Reconstructions.htmHead of Gun Owners of America and English First, an anti-immigrant group, Larry Pratt bridges Christian Reconstructionism, white supremacism, and the radical militia movement. Co-chair of Pat Buchanan’s 1996 presidential campaign, Pratt bases his opposition to gun control on biblical principles, participated in Christian Identity gatherings, was a contributing editor of the anti-Semitic periodical United Sovereigns of America, and sees militias as a bulwark against anti-Christian government.
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