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June 13, 2014 10:25 am
The Persecution Complex: The Religious Right’s Deceptive Rallying Cry
…the Mojave Desert. They also chronicle supposed episodes of individual “persecution,” including many originally promoted by Fox News’ Todd Starnes and many that have been long debunked. For instance, the…
November 4, 2010 5:16 pm
The Tea Party and Religious Right Movements: Frenemies with Benefits
…the American Way’s Right Wing Watch blog, wrote in February: At the moment, Tea Party activism istheface of the conservative movement and so it is no surprise that Religious Right…
May 2, 2011 1:41 pm
GOP Leaders’ Favorite ‘Historian’ David Barton on The Daily Show: Dishonest History & Frightening Constitutional Theory
…For the American Way’s Right Wing Watch blog, and calls attention to the consequences of Barton’s belief that the First Amendment and Bill of Rights should not apply to the…
December 6, 2010 5:46 pm
The Ten Scariest Republicans Heading to Congress
…SB 1070, and suggested that Congress vote to defund the Department of Justice over their lawsuit against the draconian immigration law. Ellmers told the conservative RedState blog that she is…
June 29, 2021 5:02 pm
Unsportsmanlike: The Right-Wing Attack on Transgender Women and Children — PART II
…in a blog post on his website. “They are also trying to make being transgender cool—not just equal. By making transgender cool, they add another devastating weapon: peer pressure. How…
April 22, 2015 1:33 pm
The Personhood Movement: Where It Comes From and What It Means For the Future of Choice
…forms of birth control. The no-compromise strategy has also become tied to a series of ham-handed comments made by male politicians—most infamously former Missouri Rep. Todd Akin—which further hurt the…
March 8, 2012 1:06 pm
The Mythical Martyrdom of Jerry Boykin
…the Beach In January, People For the American Way’s Right Wing Watch blog noticed that Boykin was scheduled to be the keynote speaker at the “Mayor’s Prayer Breakfast” in Ocean…
October 1, 2011 3:26 pm
The GOP’s Favorite Hate-Monger: How the Republican Party Came to Embrace Bryan Fischer
…of the AFA’s The Millennial Perspective wrote a blog post criticizing Fischer’s assertion that Native Americans are being punished by God for not converting en masse to Christianity, calling his…
February 2, 2014 2:33 pm
Globalizing Homophobia: How the American Right Supports and Defends Russia’s Anti-Gay Crackdown
…minds. However, his presence was mentioned by Revel in a blog post about the visit, in which he noted that Brown gave a “remarkable speech in the Duma.” The NOM…
March 16, 2011 8:23 pm
How Not to Respond to Political Bullies: Lessons From the Smithsonian’s Response to the Manufactured Right-Wing Controversy Over Hide/Seek
…on the blog of the New York Review of Books, said the Smithsonian had given Donohue a “heckler’s veto.” The PEN Center wrote that the withdrawal of the video “seems…