The War on Women is No Joke, But The Denials of the Right Are
Matthew Continetti, founder of the Washington Free Beacon, thinks the Republican war on women is a joke without victims or perpetrators
Matthew Continetti, founder of the Washington Free Beacon, thinks the Republican war on women is a joke without victims or perpetrators
House Speaker John Boehner spins his tired old talking points, a more than metaphorical raspberry to any real discussion of either problems or possible solutions
After spending 1500 years relentlessly persecuting every alternative to itself, the Catholic Church has the audacity to claim it is the persecuted party
New York Times columnist Ross Douthat claims that America’s problems stem from bad religion – heresy – without looking at the problems caused by orthodoxy
The Republican Party has staked its claim to women’s vaginas, as should be obvious by now to all
It is time to define gateway sexual activities and to determine whether or not they can be considered a spectator sport
If Lugar is a centrist than the true centrist position is an extreme left position just as Republicans insist and everything the left of that is beyond the pale
According to a couple of Republican women writing for CNN, the left is afraid of Ann Romney because she is somehow every woman.
Vision Forum Ministries takes an exception to the rule of every man for himself and turns it into a mythical Christian principal of women and children first
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
David Barton wants to pretend Christians were being burned at the stake by the government but doesn’t mention it was a CHRISTIAN government
The Republican Party has gone to war with the Girl Scouts, accusing them training girls to be radicalized, anti-religious baby-killing feminazis
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
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
Easter isn’t just about Jesus but a Heathen fertility goddess named Eostre and the bunnies aren’t about resurrection but fertility, the ancient gospel of spring
Star Trek promised us a Utopian future of peace and tolerance and science; the Republican agenda has thrown all this – and us – under the bus
You would think a dictatorship would be the biggest threat to Internet privacy and freedom of speech but the real enemy is the USA
Mitt Romney has exposed himself to the American people; the question heading toward Election Day is have the American people noticed?
WND says those nasty Palestinians are re-writing the Passover story. The problem is that the Qur’an says that Moses led Muslims (like himself) out of Egypt, and therefore are not re-writing anything
Tony Perkins claims a gay pride flag endangers American lives, but apparently Nazi flags, urinating on dead Afghans and burning Qur’ans does not
The GOP wants us to believe that we must all collectively and individually do as their God wants or suffer the consequences, but how to know what God wants when the Bible was written and what we are supposed to believe decided by fallible humans?
The Republican assault on American liberties has continued in 2012 with continued emphasis on the reproductive rights of women and women’s health
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
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
Jesus explains that his ministry was for the poor and oppressed, not against them, and that the rich and powerful serve Satan and the demonic powers in control of the earth
David Barton has little to do with actual Christianity and even less to do with first century Judaism, as Jesus explains in this exclusive interview
Children like LaKay Roberts have the same right to an education every other child in America has; to make special rules to restrict those rights is dehumanizing and wrong
For the Roman world, Augustus was a messiah, and the cities were eager to proclaim his “good news” (evangelion) even before Jesus was born
And Jesus so loved the rich he gave his life for them. Or so you’d think. Jesus’ evolution into a plutocratic champion of the ultra-wealthy beggars belief. That is certainly the outlook of prosperity gospel, the idea that Jesus will make you rich.
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
Roger Goodell, commissioner of the NFL, sent a very strong message of accountability not only to players, but to coaches and management on Wednesday, proving that nobody is bigger than the NFL
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.
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.
Republicans go through life trying to find excuses to avoid the responsibility of shared humanity and citizenship. Ms. Sobchak, like many other women both here and in Russia, demonstrates the ability to not only embrace that shared humanity, but by doing so to become a better human being, and a better citizen
Rick Santorum is fast setting new lows in his disdain for honesty, choosing instead the path of deceit, expressing hatred to sow hatred of our president and of us
It is no surprise that Talibangelicals can compare women to livestock, as State Rep. Terry England did recently in Georgia. Livestock can’t control their own bodies, so why should women? It’s how God wants it, after all.
There is nothing new or original in Genesis so claiming science proves Genesis has an effect fundamentalists won’t tell you: it actually proves every creation myth
With typical Republican ignorance of the U.S. Constitution, Rick Santorum tells Puerto Ricans they have to speak English to achieve statehood
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.
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.
Mitt Romney is as divorced from economic reality as a French aristocrat of the eighteenth century, and he is no more likely than they to become a darling of the people
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
The new dominionist fantasy is the threat of Islam in Michigan where 3 percent of the population will somehow turn it into Michiganistan
Republicans insist we must fear the specter of an world Islamic Caliphate while ignoring the dangers of a Christian theocracy at home
Jeffrey T. Kuhner of the Edmund Burke Institute, who last year accused President Obama of having “black nationalist sympathies” (whatever those are) wrote a column for the Washington Times on February 23, which he entitled Obama’s pseudo-religion, arguing that the “President’s secular moves†are “out of step with Judeo-Christian culture.†His claim is that “Mr. Obama is…
Why has my country become the laughingstock of the world? Well, look at the comments above: you need look no further than Rick Santorum
The more Rick Santorum pushes for an American theocracy the more the Christian Right accuses liberals of plotting an atheist dictatorship
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
The U.S. Constitution was written by 55 men and signed by 39, but Chris Christie says 121 men and women can’t give New Jersey a marriage law
The recent Santorum rhetoric against women serving in combat ignores one important historical fact. Women have served in combat since ancient times.
Recent polls show Obama’s popularity on the rise, even among Independents and Republicans, while enthusiasm among the GOP base is falling.
It was inevitable, I suppose: The forces of theocracy accusing the so-called political left of trying to foist a theocracy upon the United States. And no, it’s not for the reason voiced by Ann Coulter that liberalism is a religion, but that Obama (gasp!) quotes scripture in defense of his policies. The accusation comes from…
Rick Santorum has something in common with the base: shared idiocy about an America that never was, and the culture war cred to go with it
Each year, CPAC brings you the most insane things Republican can think of saying. We present you here with a sampling of 2012’s offerings
Argentina is demanding the “return” of the Falkand Islands, which are British territory and inhabited by English-speaking British citizens.
Rabbi Daniel Lapin generates a myth that the availability of oral contraception has somehow caused the collapse of American civilization
President Obama has been accused of having perverted the word of God and abusing scripture, but the real culprits are those who accuse him
Santorum says gays don’t deserve the right to get married because gay marriage doesn’t benefit society but Saint Paul says marriage and family distracts people from God
The problem with Republican voters is that they are ill-informed. Worse, this ignorance seems to be a self-imposed state since they have access to the same information as Democratic voters.
GOP politicians have not had much luck over the years finding inspiring music to play at their events because of their small tent politics
Fundamentalist Rick Joyner is again prophesying that God will smite America but his science is as believable as Jack Black’s in “Year One”
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
The mainstream media’s reluctance to talk about religion and politics with regard to America’s problems and possible solutions is troubling
With no signs of abating. Republican legislatures are if anything more eager than ever to press their rights-killing agenda for America and Americans
Chris Christie has shown himself to be a proponent of the popular tyranny the Founding Fathers feared and wrote the Constitution to address
A Wisconsin high school student condemned gay adoption in his school paper, reminding the students that God wants gay people to be killed
Newt claims that marriage equality represents perfectly natural pagan behaviors and are somehow a fundamental violation of our civilization
The Apocalypse of John is a polemic directed at Rome, not an open ended threat against the human race. After 2000 years it can be ignored
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
Newt Gingrich is taking McCain’s approach in an effort to set himself apart from the “establishment”, laughably calling himself an outsider
The Republican presidential hopefuls have established cults of personality in line with Max Weber’s model of charismatic leadership
Gingrich sent a message to the Romney election machine in South Carolina last night, taking in 40 percent of the vote to Romney’s 27 percent
Chuck Norris has pledged his World of Warcraft abilities to the cause of Newt Gingrich – who needs them – the two can talk fantasy all day
The GOP doesn’t want to study history but to construct a theological narrative that re-purposes history to be more useful to present needs
While so many Republicans rush toward self-martyrdom, one, Ralph Reed, is headed in the other direction – toward resurrection in 2012
In the latest gaffe by a GOP presidential hopeful, Rick Perry singled out America’s ally Turkey, claiming it is led by Islamic terrorists
Republicans in embracing 1950s-style paranoia makes Islam the new Communism and accuses it of everything the GOP is itself guilty of
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
The Dirty Thirty New Year’s Edition updates our survey of the GOP’s war on women, the environment, education, voting rights and more
Jon Stewart says of the endlessly repetitive debates that it’s like the republican primary’s become a telethon for electoral dystrophy
Santorum says it is okay to attack another country if we don’t like their religion, even though that religion sounds a lot like Christianity
We can laugh at Sean Hannity every time he says cold weather in winter disproves global warming but what does 60 degrees in Minot tell us?
Before the 2006 midterms, the Religious Right controlled Congress, the White House and four out of nine seats on the U.S. Supreme Court
Republicans in Tennessee say anti-bullying exceptions should be made on the basis of religious, philosophical and political beliefs
In an Aliens vs Predators type moment, Seven Mountain Dominionist Lance Wallnau wants to bring “kingdom principles” to Satan’s Wall Street
President George W. Bush, toward the end of his first term and into his second, continued to push a theocratic agenda for America
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
A new group wants to nominate a third candidate in 2012 but if there is no clear winner, extremists in the House will choose our president
A new Indiana law would punish schools that stray from lyrical and melodic guidelines for the national anthem, stifling artistic expression.
Republicans have adopted the old definition that says an American is white, and have added the stipulation that one must also be a Christian
With the Iowa Caucus upon us we can see that the GOP has become trapped by its own extreme narrative, depriving any victor of national appeal
America and its president face many challenges in 2012 because of an obstructionist Republican House, but Obama has constitutional remedies
The Dirty Thirty Year-End edition is a recap of legislation, local, state and federal, the GOP is using to destroy America
Anti-choice advocates in Mississippi have begun to advance so-called Personhood Amendments to attack birth-control, abortion, cloning, and stem-cell research.
Miller lost his federal case – the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals threw out his lawsuit on Tuesday, just a week after the Alaska Supreme Court did the same.
Now some Republicans are proposing a constitutional amendment that would permit the states to ignore the Constitution by voting to overturn any act of Congress.
Joe Miller will not try to perform a citizens arrest on Lisa Murkowski but he will take her to federal court for having the audacity to defeat him in 2010.
The Army’s Comprehensive Soldier Fitness Program makes an unconstitutional requirement of spiritual fitness for American soldiers as well as physical fitness.