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Rick Perry: Join Me To "Pray and Fast Like Jesus Did"

June 29, 2011 No Comment

Governor Rick Perry has now filmed a video urging people to join him for the prayer rally he is organizing with the American Family Association and various Religious Right activists in Houston in August, saying prayer is needed now more than ever to fi…

Barber: Adopted Children Of Gay Parents Are "Props" To Further "Sexual Anarchy"

June 29, 2011 No Comment

Matt Barber and Deryl Edwards of Liberty Counsel dedicated Faith and Freedom to discussing the dangers of allowing gay and lesbian couples adopt children. Barber, who previous said that the high suicide rate among LGBT youth is due to the fact that the…

Lou Engle Is Coming To Michigan To Convert Muslims

June 29, 2011 No Comment

When Lou Engle announced The Call will be coming to Detroit, he initially focused on using prayer to revive the city and to have African Americans release whites from becoming “slaves” of guilt. But in a new advertisement for his prayer ral…

EW Jackson: It Is A Joke To Call Obama A Christian

June 29, 2011 No Comment

Bishop E.W. Jackson is a fringe Religious Right activist, the sort who pals around with the likes of Rick Scarborough and Janet Porter while likening Democrats to slaveholders, calling them the "coalition of the godless," and making it his mi…

Rep. Akin Is Sorry…That You Misunderstood Him

June 29, 2011 No Comment

Congressman Todd Akin (R-MO) continues to face criticism for comments he made, first reported here at Right Wing Watch, that “at the heart of liberalism really is a hatred for God.” After defending his comments during a radio interview, in …

Janet Porter’s Heartbeat Bill Passes Ohio State House

June 29, 2011 No Comment

The Ohio State House finally voted on and passed Janet Porter’s “Heartbeat bill,” which would criminalize abortion in most cases. Conspicuously absent was a statement from the state’s leading anti-choice group, the Ohio Right to…

The politics of atheism and religion

June 29, 2011 3 Comments

Jesus supposedly spent three years teaching us to love our neighbour and to look after the poor. And yet the Christian movements in both the UK and the USA clearly feel most at home on the right end of the political spectrum. Is political viewpoint a given, based on belief or nonbelief?

Divisive Game: North Carolina town residents play capture the (Christian) flag

June 29, 2011 No Comment

Some of you might recall a bit of a fuss that erupted in the town of King, N.C., last year over the flying of a Christian flag in a public park that serves as a veterans’ memorial. The latest evolution of this bizarre drama demonstrates exactly why we need separation of church and state.

Americans United Asks Texas Public School District To Stop Imposing Religion On Students At Graduation

June 28, 2011 No Comment

Church-State Watchdog Group Says School-Sponsored Prayer Violates The Constitution And Court Precedent

Understanding Bachmann’s View That The Founders Opposed Slavery

June 28, 2011 No Comment

Today Michele Bachmann refused to back down from her previous claim that the Founding Fathers, many of whom were slaveholders, actually opposed slavery. She cited John Quincy Adams, who was nine years old when the Declaration of Independence was signed…

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Rick Perry: Join Me To "Pray and Fast Like Jesus Did"

Barber: Adopted Children Of Gay Parents Are "Props" To Further "Sexual Anarchy"

Lou Engle Is Coming To Michigan To Convert Muslims

EW Jackson: It Is A Joke To Call Obama A Christian

Rep. Akin Is Sorry…That You Misunderstood Him

Janet Porter’s Heartbeat Bill Passes Ohio State House

The politics of atheism and religion

Divisive Game: North Carolina town residents play capture the (Christian) flag

Americans United Asks Texas Public School District To Stop Imposing Religion On Students At Graduation

Understanding Bachmann’s View That The Founders Opposed Slavery

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