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An Old School Fundie Hater Rationalizes Love for Romney
James Robison, once God’s Angry Young Man, now rationalizes love for Mormon Mitt Romney while spewing hate for all things liberal, Obama included
Tagged First Amendment
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The Dimensions of Fundamentalist Christian Deceit
Did you ever stop to wonder why Throckmorton and Coulter’s Getting Jefferson Right is being favorably reviewed at a liberal news site and not at the Blaze?
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Getting Jefferson Right – A Review
Two conservative Christian scholars team up to debunk Barton’s The Jefferson Lies, exposing Barton’s lies of commission and ommission and cherry picked evidence
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The Barton Lies: A Review of David Barton’s The Jefferson Lies
In the Jefferson Lies (2012), David Barton lets loose a barrage of lies and invents terms to turn Thomas Jefferson into a non-racist, clergy-loving Christian
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Female Republican Strategist to Head Atheist Organization
The Secular Coalition for America, an atheist advocacy group, has hired Edwina Rogers, a female Republican strategist and atheist as its new executive director
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Jon Stewart Dissects David Barton Who Responds by Lying
Unsurprisingly, David Barton did not stand up well to Jon Stewart’s questioning, dodging issues, misrepresenting facts and when necessary, outright lying
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The Dirty Thirty – Occupy May Day Edition
Look at all the things wrong in America right now and then look at the GOP solutions since 2010. You will see they have no intention of fixing any real problems
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Get Ready For Some Right Wing May Day Hysteria
Tomorrow is May Day and the day of Occupy protests from coast to coast and we are already being warned of the violence to come at the hands of leftist anarchists
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Once Again, Christians Mistake Removing a Special Privilege with Oppression
Fundamentalists are crying oppression because the U.S. Air Force has decided that as of Oct 1 the Bible is not a required item at lodging facilities on its bases
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America Faces the Specter of Religious Apartheid
Monotheism is built not just on the rejection but the ejection of the constructed other. If we live in the end times they are the end times of religious liberty
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Champion the Vote Champions Faith-Based Bigotry
Bill Dallas of Champion the Vote is upset that he has to explain about gays to his little daughter. His solution is to get out the vote to vote the gay away
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Catholic Bishop Goes Into Persecution Mode – Claims Obama is Hitler
After spending 1500 years relentlessly persecuting every alternative to itself, the Catholic Church has the audacity to claim it is the persecuted party
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Blaming America’s Problems on Bad Religion
New York Times columnist Ross Douthat claims that America’s problems stem from bad religion – heresy – without looking at the problems caused by orthodoxy
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Condemning the Catholic Church’s Attack on Americans’ Freedoms
You live in a modern world only because you have insisted on living in a modern world, not because the Church has ever agreed to or condoned it, but simply because since the Enlightenment they haven’t been able to do anything about it
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The Republican War on the Girl Scouts
The Republican Party has gone to war with the Girl Scouts, accusing them training girls to be radicalized, anti-religious baby-killing feminazis
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We the People Trumps I am the Lord Thy God
A visit to the National Mall leaves you with the impression that it was “We the People” and not “the Lord thy God” which inspired our government
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The Republican Way of Governance is Bad Governance
On the basis of GOP legislation since 2010, it is an inescapable conclusion that Republican governance is bad governance as it consistently violates the democratic process
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The USA, Not Dictatorships the Internet’s Biggest Enemy
You would think a dictatorship would be the biggest threat to Internet privacy and freedom of speech but the real enemy is the USA
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The Dirty Thirty – April Fool’s Edition
The Republican assault on American liberties has continued in 2012 with continued emphasis on the reproductive rights of women and women’s health
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Taking a Ride on Bryan Fischer’s Secular Sharia Crazy Bus
After putting words in George Washington’s mouth, Bryan FIscher produces bullshit from his and claims “the Ten Commandments of secular Sharia law” is taking over the land
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Imagining a Life Without Jesus – Two Minutes That Decided History
Two minutes in the life of Pontius Pilate decided world history for the next 2000 years, two minutes in which Jesus could have been pardoned – and forgotten by history
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The Consequences of Alaska’s Female Sexual Servitude Legislation
Alaska legislation proves that state-sponsored sexual servitude is alive and well. So much for the First Amendment, because all this is 100% religiously based
Santorum Ignores Economy – Makes his Religion a Problem for Voters
The media is slowly becoming wise to the fact that Rick Santorum’s campaign is fueled by religion, not the economy. His stance on issues is religious, his rhetoric is religious and his appeal is not to fiscal conservatives but to social conservatives, to those on the religious right who menace our democracy with the specter of theocracy.
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The Republican Platform Aims at a Time Before the Constitution
Republicans don’t want to take back our country; they want to take our country back, back to a time before the United States, before the Constitution to the unworkable Articles of Confederation, to pre-Constitutional religious intolerance and oppression of minorities and of women.
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Cash Strapped Red States Raise Money by Violating the Separation of Church and State
What is cash strapped red state to do when need meets supply side economics? Violate the separation of church and state, of course.
The Grim Calculus of Rights of Conscience
The grim calculus of conservatism’s so-called rights of conscience is this: I don’t believe so you can’t… Their religious freedoms are your slave chains.
The Shining City on a Hill is a Destroyer of Freedom
It’s easy to see why Robison likes the city on a hill imagery because the only freedom will be that of Talibangelicals like Robison to force the rest of us to toe the religious line.
Bill Maher’s Defense of the Indefensible
Bill Maher attempted to defend Rush Limbaugh’s freedom of speech but attacked our right to be to be offended, our right to speak in response to hate
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High Pucker Factors Are Not Just for Caliphates Anymore
Republicans insist we must fear the specter of an world Islamic Caliphate while ignoring the dangers of a Christian theocracy at home
People Are Laughing at My Country – And They Should Be
Why has my country become the laughingstock of the world? Well, look at the comments above: you need look no further than Rick Santorum
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Christian Right’s 2012 Meme: Atheist Dictatorship or Secular Theocracy
The more Rick Santorum pushes for an American theocracy the more the Christian Right accuses liberals of plotting an atheist dictatorship
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The Dirty Thirty – February 2012 Edition
As we enter 2012 the GOP’s campaign to save America from non-existent problems rather than to create jobs shows no signs of abating
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Obama Popularity Rising While Republican Enthusiasm Falls
Recent polls show Obama’s popularity on the rise, even among Independents and Republicans, while enthusiasm among the GOP base is falling.
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Fundamentalist Kristi Watts Upset that Atheists Do Not Hate Wiccans
Kristi Watts, Pat Robertson’s co-host on the 700 Club wants to know why atheists don’t chop down all the trees since Wiccans “worship” trees
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It is Time for the Mainstream Media to Talk Religion and Politics
The mainstream media’s reluctance to talk about religion and politics with regard to America’s problems and possible solutions is troubling
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Wisconsin High School Student Endorses Biblical Death Penalty for Gays
A Wisconsin high school student condemned gay adoption in his school paper, reminding the students that God wants gay people to be killed
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Occupy the Bible
The Religious Elite like the Wealth Elite wants us to subordinate our interests to their own. We can Occupy the Bible or let it destroy us
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Cults of Personality – The GOP’s 2012 Narratives
The Republican presidential hopefuls have established cults of personality in line with Max Weber’s model of charismatic leadership
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Ralph Reed Seeks Resurrection as Republican Kingmaker
While so many Republicans rush toward self-martyrdom, one, Ralph Reed, is headed in the other direction – toward resurrection in 2012
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Oh the Things They Say About Islam
Republicans in embracing 1950s-style paranoia makes Islam the new Communism and accuses it of everything the GOP is itself guilty of
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Prayer in Public Schools an Essential Right – Except for Muslims
Fundies love the school prayer myth, crying that children must be allowed to pray in school – that is, until the kid turns out to be Muslim
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The Rise of American Fundamentalism 2006-2008
Before the 2006 midterms, the Religious Right controlled Congress, the White House and four out of nine seats on the U.S. Supreme Court
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Using Religious, Philosophical and Political Views to Excuse Bullying
Republicans in Tennessee say anti-bullying exceptions should be made on the basis of religious, philosophical and political beliefs
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The Rise of American Fundamentalism 2004-2005
President George W. Bush, toward the end of his first term and into his second, continued to push a theocratic agenda for America
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Ralph Reed Wants You to Believe Evangelical Vote is a Myth
Ralph Reed, who was so instrumental in the Religious Right’s takeover of the GOP, now wants you to believe that the Evangelical vote is a myth
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Indiana Law Would Punish Schools for Getting National Anthem Wrong
A new Indiana law would punish schools that stray from lyrical and melodic guidelines for the national anthem, stifling artistic expression.
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Republicans Hang a Whites Only Sign on America
Republicans have adopted the old definition that says an American is white, and have added the stipulation that one must also be a Christian
The Dirty Thirty Year End Edition
The Dirty Thirty Year-End edition is a recap of legislation, local, state and federal, the GOP is using to destroy America
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The U.S. Army – Instrument of Holy War
The Army’s Comprehensive Soldier Fitness Program makes an unconstitutional requirement of spiritual fitness for American soldiers as well as physical fitness.
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Oklahoma Judge Stands Up for the First Amendment
Oklahoma’s efforts to turn the state’s Muslim population into Untermensch (or “sub-humans”) in some sort of quasi-National Socialist racial hierarchy, with White Anglo-Saxon Protestants occupying the top rung as Herrenvolk (or “master race”) of the Volksgemeinschaft (or “national community”) have hit a snag. A federal judge did what a federal judge is supposed to do…
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Sarah Palin and Fox News Declare War on NPR
Your First Amendment abusers and confuses Sarah Palin and Fox News are declaring war on NPR for firing Juan Williams over his breach of journalistic standards during a Fox News appearance during which he said being on a plane with Muslims made him nervous.
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Palin Invokes Prayer Warriors In Her First Amendment Jihad
The idea of divine right died out a long time ago, when god fled the political scene, only to be resurrected in the New World and in a new century with George W. Bush’s claim that God – not the American people – chose him to lead America. Then there is the Bush crusade against terrorism, and yet nobody epitomizes the spirit of the past better than former Alaskan governor Sarah Palin.
