James Earl Luckett
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Rev. James Earl Luckett rose to prominence as a leader of the Excalbian Baptist Church. A champion of traditional values and morality, Rev. Luckett emerged in the mid-1980s as one of the most recognisible figures in Excalbia. Shortly after his rise to fame, Rev. Luckett used his position to champion a number of causes, such as a ban on gay marriage and an abstinence-first educational program.
Although he began his political career as a non-partisan advocate for moral values, Rev. Luckett soon became identified with the Excalbia Christian Union Party. Once he became a public member of the party, he rapidly rose to the position of vice chairman of the party. From that position, Rev. Luckett made sure the party officially adopted his socially conservative agenda.
Rev. Luckett's emphasis on social conservativism has occasionally put him at odds with those in the party who emphasise Christian social responsibility. He has had several public disagreements with the current Minister of State, Albert Cummings who is also the leader of the CU's more progressive wing.
Rev. Luckett was first elected to the Imperial Senate in 1993. He gave up his post as vice chairman of the party in 2001 in order to join the cabinet as Minister of Home Affairs.
As a minister, Rev. Luckett moderated some of his public statements in order to conform to the Government's policies. He proved to be to be a capable, if not creative, administrator of the relatively small Home Affairs bureaucracy. One example of his presumed moderation was Rev. Luckett's generally benign attitude towards the arrival of Danaan missionaries from the Danaan High Kingdom of The Resurgent Dream. Nevertheless, he was a vocal advocate of traditional morality and family values and a staunch foe of the Order of the Invisible Hand.
Rev. Luckett lost his senate seat in the 2005 elections. This led him to also resign from the Christian Union. He currently working to reestablish his public ministry as a clergyman.
Rev. Luckett has been married to the former Mary Ann Foster, herself a graduate of the Excalbian Baptist Seminary in Landing, for over 34 years. Rev. and Mrs. Luckett have three children and five grandchildren.
