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Opportunist Narvaiz Takes On Doggett Again in Gerrymandered 35th
Congressional candidate Susan Narvaiz and friend. Image from Facebook. Unsolicited advice, Dept.: A Narvaiz strategy to defeat Doggett Narvaiz is a political chameleon who says what she needs to say and does what she needs to do to protect herself … Continue reading
Lamar W. Hankins : Gov. Perry Promotes Religion for Political Purposes
Gov. Rick Perry at Texas Prayer Breakfast, Austin, Feb. 17, 2011. Photo from Texas Governor Rick Perry’s Photostream / Flickr.State Seal on Perry’s proclamation:Texas governor promotesreligion for political purposes Rick Perry should be free to pray and fast every day … Continue reading
Ruth Rosen : The New Right-Wing Christian Feminism
Women’s Christian Temperance Union.In the late nineteenth century, female reformers sought to protect the family from “worldly dangers.”The Tea Party and the newRight-wing Christian feminism By Ruth Rosen /July 6, 2010 Why have American women become so active in the … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, Christian Right, Conservatives, Evangelical Christians, Feminism, Sarah Palin, Tea Baggers, Women
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Bart Stupak and the Family : The Power of C Street
Above, the Fellowship’s house on C Street in Washington, D.C. Photo by Olivier Douliery / Abaca Press / MCT. Below, U.S. Rep. Bart Stupak. Photo by Susan Walsh / AP.The Fellowship on C Street:Bart Stupak and the impact of the … Continue reading
Crazy for God : Frank Schaeffer on the Rachel Maddow Show
[There was a remarkable segment on last night’s Rachel Maddow Show on MSNBC (Nov. 17, 2009). Former evangelical leader Frank Schaeffer described for Maddow and her audience some genuinely frightening activity that is occurring on the fringes of the religious … Continue reading
BOOKS / The Secret Fundamentalism of ‘The Family’
The Family:A little-known Christian ‘Mafia’ By Sherman DeBrosse / The Rag Blog / October 18, 2009 [This is the first of a two-part series.] The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power by Jeff Sharlet. 464 pp. … Continue reading
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Tagged Books, Evangelical Christians, Fundamentalism, Right Wing Extremists, Secret Societies
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Gog, Magog and the Burning Bush!
The REAL force behind the Iraq War? Gog the demon as envisioned by Marvel Comics.A French Revelation, or The Burning Bush Now-departed President Bush is a religious crackpot, an ex-drunk of small intellect who ‘got saved.’ He never should have … Continue reading
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Tagged Evangelical Christians, George W. Bush, Iraq War, Religious Fanaticism
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Texas ‘Experts’ : Axe Cesar Chavez and Thurgood Marshall from Textbooks
‘Experts’ hired by Texas State Board of Education:Chavez and Marshall don’t belong in school books Evangelical minister Peter Marshall said, ‘To have Cesar Chavez listed next to Ben Franklin is ludicrous.’ [Chavez] is not a role model who ‘ought to … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, Censorship, Civil Rights, Education, Evangelical Christians, Religious Right, Social Conservatives, Texas
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U.S. Military to GI’s in Afghanistan : ‘Hunt People for Jesus’
Evangelical Christian soldiers praying at Bagram Air Force Base in Afghanistan. Photo from Al Jazeera.Military officials at Bagram are caught on tape urging U.S. soldiers to evangelize in the Muslim country. U.S. Soldiers in Afghanistan are told to ‘hunt people … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, Al Jazeera, Broadcast Media, Evangelical Christians, U.S. Military
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Religious Right Concedes Defeat!
‘Armageddon for the Religious Right.’ Art by Matthew Bors / Orlando Weekly. America’s religious Right has conceded that the election of US President Barack Obama has sealed its defeat in the cultural war with permissiveness and secularism. By Alex Spillius … Continue reading
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Tagged American Society, Evangelical Christians, Obama Presidency, Religious Right
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Melissa Etheridge on Making Peace With Rick Warren
Grammy Award winner Melissa Etheridge with Tammy Lynn Michaels.The Choice Is Ours Now: Give Peace a ChanceBy Melissa Etheridge / December 22, 2008 See ‘Why Gay Marriage is the Wrong Issue’ by Bob Ostertag, Below. This is a message for … Continue reading
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Tagged Evangelical Christians, Gay Marriage, Gay Movement, GLBT Rights, Homophobia, Musicians, Obama Inauguration, Rick Warren, Singers
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