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Right Wing Leftovers

  • WorldNetDaily reports(link is external) that, at least according to one poll, Roy Moore holds a big lead to become the next governor of Alabama. Of course, it is also WND, so you can't really put too much faith in it.
  • Concerned Women for America comes out hard(link is external) against the prospect that Kathleen Sebelius might be named the next Secretary of Health and Human Services.
  • Janet Porter warns(link is external) that passage of the Employment Non-Discrimination act will put an end "to our freedoms and put Christian and pro-family business owners out of business."
  • The Family Research Council bad-mouths(link is external) a new report from the Guttmacher Institute that says that every dollar spent on family planning saves taxpayers $4 in costs associated with unintended births, while the Pro-Life Action League says(link is external) the report "smacks of racism."
  • Of the places one would least expect to find a Democratic student group popping up, Pat Robertson's Regent University probably tops the list. But no longer.(link is external)
  • David Brody posts a lengthy excerpt(link is external) from an article Bobby Jindal wrote back in 1994 about participating in an exorcism and Jim Geraghty over at "The National Review" is not pleased(link is external) that Brody is dredging it up at this time.
  • Finally, Gordon Klingenschmitt is angry (link is external)with the Virginia Senate for killing "a pro-faith bill ... which would have restored the rights of Virginia State Police Chaplains to pray publicly 'in Jesus name.'" We happen to think Michael Shochet had a much more reasonable response(link is external):
  • Michael Shochet, cantor of temple Rodef Shalom in Falls Church and a volunteer chaplain coordinator for the Fairfax County Police Department, said he and other chaplains must recognize the difference between ministering to their congregations and being pastoral counselors for people of all faiths.

    "When I don my police uniform, I am no longer representing my congregation as a Jewish clergy," he said. "Instead, I am representing the government, and therefore the public is my congregation."