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Remembering The Religious Right's Attacks On Nelson Mandela
12/5/13 @ 5:45pm
The news today of Nelson Mandela’s passing is also time to reflect on the complicated relationship between Mandela and his anti-apartheid African National Congress (ANC) with the US, which did not always support the anti-apartheid struggle. In fact, American conservatives lobbied the federal g... MORE
Right Wing Round-Up - 12/5/13
12/5/13 @ 5:40pm
Josh Glasstetter @ Hatewatch: Rep. Randy Forbes Is Unfit to Serve – as Chairman. Jeremy Hooper: Cincinnati radio host thoroughly smacks down AFA's Bryan Fischer; 'why are you losing sleep over this?!' Carlos Maza @ Equality Matters: Robert Oscar Lopez: Tom Daley... MORE
Right Wing Leftovers - 12/5/13
12/5/13 @ 5:37pm
Ted Cruz stands by his father's statement comparing President Obama to Fidel Castro. Ted Cruz is also standing by ALEC. Looks like Peter LaBarbera is taking his anti-gay activism to Jamaica. Ken Blackwell says new IRS regulations are designed to limit "how much groups c... MORE
Frank Gaffney Will Twist Any News Item In Order To Attack Obama
12/5/13 @ 4:45pm
After the Ukrainian government’s decision to pull out of an agreement with the European Union triggered massive protests, Secretary of State John Kerry cancelled his trip to Ukraine and instead visited Moldova which, unlike Ukraine, decided to pursue closer relations with the EU. This is how a... MORE
Graham's Tea Party Challenger: Able-Bodied Food Stamp Recipients 'Shouldn't Eat,' Social Safety Net 'Role Of The Church'
12/5/13 @ 4:00pm
South Carolina state Sen. Lee Bright is currently leading the field of Tea Party primary challengers to Republican U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, all of whom think the very conservative senator is not conservative enough. To give you an idea of what someone running to the right of Lindsey Graham looks li... MORE
Kevin Swanson Sees The Hunger Games, Disappointed 'Little Girl Anarchist' Katniss Became A Leader
12/5/13 @ 3:40pm
Pastor Kevin Swanson took two of his daughters, paper and pen in hand, to the movie theater to see “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire,” and made them take notes about the movie to discuss later on his Generations Radio program. Swanson, a leader in the patriarchal fundamentalist homeschool... MORE
Barton: The Bible Says Convicted Murderer Scott Peterson Should Not Have Received The Death Penalty
12/5/13 @ 2:59pm
One of the main points that we try to make whenever we write about David Barton is not just that he is a pseudo-historian who has a problem telling the truth, but that he is also a borderline theocrat who believes that our nation's laws ought to be literally based upon the Bible. During his rece... MORE
Pat Robertson Blames Woman For Drawing In 'Indigent Or Abusive' Spouses
12/5/13 @ 12:45pm
Televangelist Pat Robertson has a flair for making sweeping judgments about people simply by reading the short questions they submit to the 700 Club’s Bring It On segment. Just today, Robertson seemed to be able to uncover intimate details about a the life of a twice-divorced woman who was won... MORE
Gun Owners Of America, Allen West Embrace Debunked EPA-Gun Control Conspiracy Theory
12/5/13 @ 12:30pm
In a blog post this week, former Florida congressman Allen West gets behind a conspiracy theory that holds that the Environmental Protection Agency is launching a “clandestine” and “backdoor” assault on the Second Amendment. The gist of the theory is that President Obama used... MORE
Fischer: Obamacare Is A 'Disaster Of Historic Proportions' Representing The 'Death Throes Of Socialism'
12/5/13 @ 11:41am
We already know that Bryan Fischer has a pretty active political imagination, dreaming up scenarios in which Democrats might decide to impeach President Obama in order to win re-election in 2014. On his program yesterday, Fischer returned to fantasy land in order to declare Obamacare is such a monum... MORE
Perkins: Tide Turning Against Marriage Equality
12/5/13 @ 11:20am
Back in June, Family Research Council president Tony Perkins pointed to the marriage equality fight in Illinois to argue that marriage equality is not inevitable: Today, Pew Research Center did its part to dispirit supporters of natural marriage by insisting that 72% of Americans believe same-sex... MORE
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