Flag Burning Amendment Narrowly Fails
With the failure – by just one vote – of the Senate to pass the flag amendment, the Bill of Rights is safe for now. Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kansas) appeared on Pat Robertson’s “700 Club” this morning to...
View ArticleGrassroots Apparently Imported in State Spending Initiatives
Earlier this week, USA Todayreported how backlash from last year’s Supreme Court ruling on eminent domain has led to ballot initiatives in eleven states to reform the process – and how in some cases,...
View ArticleArizona Mulls Criminal Penalties for Teachers' Politics
Can’t mention matters of “controversy,” under David Horowitz-inspired “Academic Bill of Rights.”
View ArticleHorowitz’s “Academic Bill of Rights” in Action
It appears as if at least one legislator in Arizona doesn’t think David Horowitz’s “Academic Bill of Rights” deserves only to be mocked and dismissed – rather, he thinks it is such a good idea that it...
View ArticleRight Wing Reaction to Souter's Retirement
Here's a quick collection of early right-wing reactions to the news that Justice David Souter will be retiring from the Supreme Court at the end of this term - it will continue to be updated as new...
View ArticleFor Barton, History and Religion Are One And The Same
Back in April, it was reported that David Barton had been appointed to serve on the Texas State Board of Education's "panel of experts" tasked with examining the state's social studies curriculum.At...
View ArticleMeet The Oath Keepers
Justine Sharrock has a long article on The Oath Keepers in the latest issue of Mother Jones that notes the organization's ties to Tea Party and 9/12 activists and, by extension, figures like Ralph...
View ArticlePerkins' Revoked Invitation Is Just Like Dred Scott
I have to say that the American Family Association's decision to promote Bryan Fischer from the head of the Idaho Values Alliance to the AFA's Director of Issue Analysis for Government and Public...
View ArticleFreedom Rides for the Unborn
Whenever the issue of achieving full equality for gays and lesbians in America comes up, especially as it relates to marriage equality, someone from the Right inevitably plays the "Homosexual marriage...
View ArticleStaver, Engle, Land, and Others Seek a "Just Assimilation Immigration Policy"
Tomorrow, the National Evangelical Association will seek to rally support for comprehensive immigration reform by placing a full-page ad Roll Call that calls for reform that "establishes a path toward...
View ArticleHow President Obama Is Destroying Our "Freedom of Religion"
Do you ever get the impression that the Religious Right is just making up "controversies" that they can pretend to get upset about? Or do you get the impression that they just don't even bother to do...
View ArticleFischer Blasts Beck For Siding With "People Who Want to Use the Anus for Sex"
The AFA's Bryan Fischer rips into Glenn Beck for not opposing gay marriage, accusing him of siding with "people who want to use the anus for sex" over God-fearing Christians: Glenn, Glenn, Glenn: if...
View ArticleBeck's New "Regiment" Shares Name With Radical Right Wing Group
Yesterday I was mocking Glenn Beck's new "Black Robe Regiment," noting that is seems to be nothing more than a duplication of a dozen other already existing Religious Right efforts to get pastors and...
View ArticleADF: WI Technical College Showing Pro-Gay Documentary Violates Establishment...
I have got to admit that I have no idea what, according to the Alliance Defense Fund, differentiates an acceptable establishment of religion from one that is unacceptable, other than whether it...
View Article2010 Right Wing Candidates Weekly Update 10/27
Sharron Angle Ad: Controversy over latest anti-immigration ad, Latino groups call it “one of the ugliest anti-illegal immigrants ad campaigns in history” (AP, 10/26).Voting: Accuses Reid camp of trying...
View ArticleScalia To Teach Bachmann's Inaugural Class On The Constitution
Last week we noted that Rep. Michele Bachmann intends to have David Barton as one of the instructors for the weekly class on the Constitution that she is organizing for members of Congress.On Friday,...
View ArticleSouth Carolina GOP Fears Doctors May Be Required To Perform Abortions Under...
Republicans and their allies have consistently smeared the recent health care reform law by suggesting that it will lead to taxpayer subsidized abortions. Poltifact says that, despite Rep. John...
View ArticleRep. Steve King Hates Illegal Immigrants, Loves Steve King
Rep. Steve King has staked out turf on the far right of the House Republican caucus. But he’s got more competition there, which may explain the relatively paltry audience that came to hear him in a...
View ArticleRep. Steve King Hates Illegal Immigrants, Loves Steve King
Rep. Steve King has staked out turf on the far right of the House Republican caucus. But he’s got more competition there, which may explain the relatively paltry audience that came to hear him in a...
View ArticleReligious Right Group Says Anti-Bullying Programs Will "Homosexualize" Children
Rick Green of WallBuilders hosted Elizabeth Swanson of the Protect Kids Foundation, a virulently anti-gay group that opposes programs to protect children from bullying and harassment in schools. Like...
View ArticleChuck Norris’s New Project: Fighting Creeping Sharia
After railing against Obama’s purported attempts to wean Christianity out of public life, Chuck Norris now is warning of the supposed threat of religious involvement in government. Of course, in this...
View ArticleAFA Again Tries To Distance Itself From Bryan Fischer
Bryan Fischer has made it quite clear that he does not believe that the First Amendment applies to Muslims or any "non-Christian religions." And that is why he can feels he can advocate for bans on...
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