He said “Lord, we have gone to killing the most innocent amongst us," ignoring God promising Samaria's "pregnant women" will be "ripped open”
Texas Republican Prays to God to Forgive America for the U.S. Constitution
Religious Right Leaders Say No Cruz, No More America
They're falling over themselves with dire predictions, like Tony Perkins' "I'm afraid we may not have another election for our republic."
Marco Rubio Works the Friendlier Confines of South Carolina
Rubio's opposition to the First Amendment found a sympathetic ear, asking “How can we use the constitution to cut down our religion?”
Ben Carson Vows to Punish Liberal Colleges if Elected President
Carson wants to punish liberal colleges for teaching things he doesn't approve of - "extreme political bias" - otherwise known as facts.
Right Wing Media Loses it Over Idea of Obama as Jewish President
A bunch of white gentiles are maybe not the best people to be talking about who is and who isn't Jewish, in blood or in thought
Minority White Christians’ Religious War On the Constitution
There is a misconception among ignorant Americans that this nation was founded on the tenets of the bible and is therefore a Christian nation
Republican Kasich Forces Public Schools To Partner with Religion Or Lose Taxpayer Funding
Ohio Governor John Kasich made that "religious extremist duty" mandatory in Ohio. Kasich issued a statement through a spokesman informing Ohio schools that if they fail to align with Christian organizations, they will lose funding.
The First Amendment Protects All Religions – Including Satanism
You don't have to approve of a religion to understand and accept that every religion is on equal footing in the United States
The Religious Right Wants to Choose the Republican Candidate for President
Bryan Fischer wants an Evangelical conclave to choose candidates for president. Tough luck, Catholics, Jews, Muslims, Atheists, and others
Pope Francis Condemns Those Who Use Religion to Promote Violence
"Let no one consider themselves to be the 'armour' of God while planning and carrying out acts of violence and oppression!"
American Legion Post Betrays The Constitution and Launches a Religious Threat to Democracy
For the second time in six months an American Legion Chapter has distinguished itself for abandoning the Constitution over its opposition to the 1st Amendment's Separation of Church and State.
The Unfair Tax Exemption for Politically Active Churches Must End
There is a simple solution that will satisfy the Christian churches and the secular groups suing for equality, and it is simply stripping the tax-exempt status from all churches.
Festival of Lights Invites Demons into White House Says Bryan Fischer
Bryan Fischer says of Hinduism, "This is a counterfeit religion,. It is an Eastern religion. It is, in essence, an occult religion."
Religious Right’s Pet Rabbi Calls Liberty Twisted and Diseased
Lapin says atheists are parasites and we'd be better behaved (do what conservatives want) if we acted like we had God looking over our shoulders
The True Jeffersonian Face of Religious Freedom
For Thomas Jefferson, religious freedom was neither freedom to coerce nor a coerced mind, but rather a free mind
Grandmother Says She is Persecuted if She is Not Allowed to Convert Grandson
Visiting Grandma should not carry with it the prerequisite of conversion
Michael Salman and Conservative DIY Martyrdom
Michael Salman claims he was holding small bible studies in his home but he built a 2,000 square foot church in his backyard for 80 people
The Great Commission’s False Prerogative A Specter of Doom on the World
A falsified passage in the New Testament leads conservative Christians to believe they have the right and obligation to convert us all to their gospel
How Michele Bachmann Profited off her Islamophobic McCarthyism
Michele Bachmann was spanked by her party leadership but got herself appointed to an Islamophobic law center and hauled in a cool million
NOM Says Chick-Fill-A Can Endorse a Controversial Political Issue, But Not General Mills
The National Organization of Marriage accuses General Mills of hypocrisy but hypocritically supports Chick-Fill-A and condemns General Mills
Having Backed Herself into McCarthy’s Corner, Bachmann Lashes Out
Michele Bachmann's anti-Muslim witch-hunt has backfired, drawing condemnation from fellow Republicans and mockery from the Muslim Brotherhood
The GOP’s Wacky One-Way Religious Freedom (We Got it, You Don’t)
Conservative Christians love to talk about religious freedom, never quite getting that something isn't freedom unless everyone enjoys it
Fear Factor: The Conservative Christian Crusade Against Mormonism
When one scary religion tries to make another sound scary, it's time to step back and take stock of the facts and remember the Constitution
The Response To Stir Up Extremists in Kansas City
After underwhelming Houston, Iowa, South Carolina and Florida, The Response is bringing its brand of extremist Christianity to Kansas City just before Election Day
Pastor Who Wants to Kill Gays Should Read his Gay Friendly Bible First
Yet another Evangelical hater wants to kill gays like the Pilgrims did but he might want to stop and read his gay friendly Bible first
Obama and Radical Islam: The Ultimate Obama Hater’s Conference
If you have very low expectations and care nothing for facts and hate Obama, Cliff Kincaid of America's Survival, Inc. has something for you
In Louisiana School, Loch Ness Monster Disproves Evolution
A fundamentalist Christian textbook used in a Louisiana school insists that because the Loch Ness Monster is real, evolution must not be
Shut Up, Know Your Role, or Die – the GOP’s 2012 Platform
The conservative mind is focused on a sense of privilege and possession of rights nobody else gets to enjoy, whatever the Constitution says
Demythologizing Christianity’s Most Cherished Moment: Nero and the Christians, Part One
It is always claimed that Christianity has been persecuted ever since Nero but it can be argued that this is the biggest non-event in history
David Barton Supporters Say Criticism of Barton Proves Barton is Right
David Barton's deputy Rick Green and the ACLJ's David French claim that criticism of David Barton proves that Barton is telling the truth
Carrie Underwood’s Support of Marriage Equality Exposes Fundie Confusion Over Love and Hate
Carrie Underwood came out in support of marriage equalitylast weekend, leaving fundies to misread the Bible and to confuse love with hate
Obama Has Removed the Last Shred of Divine Covering Over the White House? Really?
Apparently, President Obama has ripped away from imaginary protective layer over the White House for which surface-to-air missiles are no substitute
Fundamentalist Christian Predators Target School Children
Your children aren't safe at school; there are spiritual predators prowling our nation's elementary schools, preying on the innocent.
David Barton’s New Thesis: People Who Are on Welfare Don’t Read the Bible
David Barton attempts to prove we'd all be better off economically if we read our Bibles with a pedestrian attempt at developing a thesis
Why the GOP is the Party of Choice for Sociopaths and Psychopaths
Pastor John Hagee's hateful preaching is an example of why the GOP has become the party of choice for sociopaths and psychopaths
Trapped by Religion
Thomas Jefferson once hoped to liberate us from being trapped by beliefs not our own but the GOP has made trapping us the basis of their platform
Demonize It! The Fundamentalist Obsession with Demons
Most 21st century Americans deal with the world they see and give no thought to an underlying reality full of demons and demonic influences
Religious Bigots Gather at National Religious Freedom Conference
Religious Freedom: a euphemism used by Christian groups who embrace subordination and a culture of suppression of other religious viewpoints
A Look at 30 Extremists Who Want to Destroy America
Southern Poverty Law Center offers a list of 30 New Activists Heading Up the Radical Right, who represent the worst America has to offer
Satan Ate My Government! The Fundamentalist Addiction to Satan
You get the idea that if we banned the word Satan we'd all be a lot happier but that fundamentalists wouldn't have anything to talk about
Romney to Speak at Ralph Reed’s 2012 FFC Conference & Strategy Briefing
Ralph Reed wants to play Kingmaker like he did in 1994 and he has Mitt Romney lined up to slobber over his ring this year in Washington, DC
The NAACP Comes Out in Support of Marriage Equality
The NAACP has come out in support of President Barack Obama and marriage equality in a press release dated yesterday, May 19, 2012.
Under-Mom’d One Million Moms Throws Hissy Fit at GAP
After failing to terrorize JC Penney into submission, One Million Moms threatens to do the same to GAP for showing two men in one t-shirt
What the Bible Says Versus What Republicans Wish it Said
The GOP insists we obey the Bible but the Bible doesn't define traditional marriage and it turns out God orders abortions with wild abandon
Obama Adding a Faith Vote Director to Campaign
Obama has a religion problem. His answer to that problem is a Faith Vote Director. He has already shown that the Bible is not the exclusive property of the GOP
Fundie Says Obama is Gay, Imprison Gays Before They Kill Kids
Discredited psychologist and anti-gay "expert" Paul Cameron, claims that Obama is gay and that gays must be imprisoned before they kill kids
Sen. Rand Paul Says He Didn’t Know Obama’s Views on Marriage Could “Get any gayer”
Sarah Jones says Republicans must evolve or die. Rand Paul chose a third option: third grade: "[he] wasn't sure [Obama's] views on marriage could get any gayer"
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?
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
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
David Barton Says Science Can’t Cure Divine Punishments like AIDS
David Barton claims that science won't be able to cure AIDS because AIDS is a punishment for sin showing he is as ignorant of science as he is of history
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
CBN News Claims Media Matters is anti-Christian
In a world where saying "Happy Holidays!" makes you guilty of waging a war on Christmas, telling the truth about media bias means you're anti-Christian!
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
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
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
Gene Roddenberry, Where is My Star Trek Future?
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
World Net Daily Scandalized! Moses Led Muslims Out of Egypt?
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 Gay Pride Flag in Afghanistan Endangers Americans
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 Bible – The False Premise of American Theocracy
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?
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
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
Fundamentalists Are Hell-Bound, Says Jesus: More From Our Exclusive Interview
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
Jesus Says David Barton Doesn’t Speak for Him: An Exclusive Interview
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
Sharing the Gospel of Augustus Caesar
For the Roman world, Augustus was a messiah, and the cities were eager to proclaim his "good news" (evangelion) even before Jesus was born
Profiteering for Jesus
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.
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.
Taliban? Talibangelical? They Both Hate Women
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.
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 Dirty Thirty – March 2012 Edition
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
Obama’s Constitution-friendly Religion
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 a radical leftist. Like all such extremists, he has nothing but contempt for traditional Christianity and the family.”
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
Tony Perkins Claims Obama Plans Left Wing Theocracy
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.
Santorum Surge Thanks to Power of Shared Idiocy
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
The 2012 CPAC Awards for Insanity in Politics
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
The Myth of Deferred Male Gratification and the Genocide of Mothers
Rabbi Daniel Lapin generates a myth that the availability of oral contraception has somehow caused the collapse of American civilization
The Hypocrisy of Religious-Based Attacks on Obama
President Obama has been accused of having perverted the word of God and abusing scripture, but the real culprits are those who accuse him
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
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
The Dirty Thirty – the GOP’s Rights Killing Agenda for America
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 Endorses the Popular Tyranny Founding Fathers Feared
Chris Christie has shown himself to be a proponent of the popular tyranny the Founding Fathers feared and wrote the Constitution to address
Newt Says He is Running to Save Western Civ from Pagan Culture
Newt claims that marriage equality represents perfectly natural pagan behaviors and are somehow a fundamental violation of our civilization
The Apocalypse of John is Irrelevant for America
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
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
Chuck Norris to Make Gingrich Invincible – in World of Warcraft
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 Republican Appeal to History as it Should Have Been
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
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
Rick Perry’s New Enemy – America’s Ally Turkey
In the latest gaffe by a GOP presidential hopeful, Rick Perry singled out America's ally Turkey, claiming it is led by Islamic terrorists
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
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
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
Wall Street, Meet Seven Mountains Dominionism
In an Aliens vs Predators type moment, Seven Mountain Dominionist Lance Wallnau wants to bring "kingdom principles" to Satan's Wall Street
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
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
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
Why Winning a Caucus in Iowa is a Loss Nationally
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
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