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Nader Launches Third Party Bid for Presidency

He's back. It'll be interesting to see the effect, if any, that Nader has on the Democratic party today. The far-left radicals I know are firmly in Obama's camp, and they are extremely unlikely to abandon Obama in favor of Nader. And one of Nader's strongholds in his past bids were young voters, who today clearly have caught Obama fever, so -- today -- it's hard to see how Nader's candidacy will have a significant impact on the 2008 outcome...but the same thing was said back in the early days of the 2000 presidential race.

Posted on February 24, 2008 11:15 AM

Religious Right Places Teens at HIV Risk

Placing young adults at a greater risk for HIV is an unintended consequence that the religious right is unwilling to acknowledge, but it's a fact. They oppose sex education that promotes safe sex practices, such as the use of condoms,...

Posted on August 4, 2007 8:00 PM

Christianists and Human Rights

from Andrew Sullivan: A reader writes: You speak of human rights as possibly being viewed as "contingent human achievements." But in the world view of fundamentalists there is no such thing as contingent human achievement, no evolution of development -...

Posted on July 20, 2007 8:00 AM

Harry Potter -- Anti-Christian Bigot

World Net Daily commentary: At times, though, Muggles blossom into full-blown bigots and bullies. Harry's relatives are depicted in this way. His Uncle Vernon Dursley is a "big, beefy man with hardly any neck" (page1, "Sorcerer's Stone") who "didn't approve...

Posted on July 18, 2007 6:00 PM

Christians Protest for the Right to Preach Hate

I kid you not... The evangelical right is up in arms over Senate Bill S. 1105, the Matthew Shepard Act, which is currently making its way through Congress. The Act would, according to the official bill summary, provide greater prosecutorial...

Posted on July 10, 2007 1:00 PM

God and Country in the Age of Bush

Truthout commentary: Early one Sunday morning in the spring of 2003, in the quiet hours before services would begin at the evangelical church where I worship in Charlottesville, Virginia, I opened files compiled by my research assistant and read the...

Posted on July 10, 2007 8:00 AM

Brownback Calls for a Miracle

from TPM Cafe, which doesn't do permalinks: Brownback Joins "TheCall" For A Purer America Sam Brownback took part in a national evangelical event dubbed "TheCall," in which participants asked God to perform a miracle and change the United States' morally...

Posted on July 9, 2007 8:00 AM

The Manichean Presidency

Firedoglake commentary: The central purpose of the book is to examine what has happened to the United States for the last six years under the Bush presidency. That is the "Bush legacy" -- our national character and national identity have...

Posted on June 19, 2007 2:00 PM

"Why Do Gays Hate Religious Freedom?"

Town Hall commentary: The Senate refers to S-1105 as the Matthew Shepard Law. Matthew Shepard was a gay student who was tragically murdered in Wyoming nearly a decade ago. This legislative moniker identifies the bill as being pro-gay vs. pro-everyone's...

Posted on June 18, 2007 8:00 PM

Is Romney a Christian?

Yahoo News story: An aide to GOP presidential candidate Sam Brownback has been reprimanded for sending e-mail to Iowa Republican leaders in an apparent attempt to draw unfavorable scrutiny to rival Mitt Romney's Mormonism. Emma Nemecek, the southeastern Iowa field...

Posted on June 18, 2007 2:00 PM

Yeah, But Has He Led the Choir?

RightCrossPuns commentary: A day later, I'm still steamed at this story by CBN's esteemed David Brody. Not because of anything David did. It's the suggestion made by the story's subject that voters ought to consider how frequently any candidate attends...

Posted on June 14, 2007 2:00 PM

Religious Right Fumes Over "Parents" of Mary Cheney's Baby

Life Site commentary: Stephen Bennett, a pro-family advocate who left the homosexual lifestyle and now has a ministry to convince others of its dangers, expressed his concern about the White House's decision to caption the photo this way. "What is...

Posted on May 31, 2007 8:00 PM

Polish Government Investigates Tinky Winky's Orientation

MSNBC story: Poland's conservative government took its drive to curb what it sees as homosexual propaganda to the small screen on Monday, taking aim at Tinky Winky and the other Teletubbies. Ewa Sowinska, government-appointed children rights watchdog, told a local...

Posted on May 29, 2007 4:00 PM

Social Conservatives Back Rudy

The Politico story: Widespread perceptions that Giuliani is the most electable Republican in this year's field are driving his support among social conservatives, according to the analysis by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life. If the trend holds,...

Posted on May 29, 2007 2:00 PM

Pot, Kettle, Medved

Townhall commentary: A misleading recent headline in the New York Times demonstrated the way that the left abuses the language to cement its continued control of our public discourse. Under the banner "EVOLUTION OPPONENT IS IN LINE FOR SCHOOLS POST"...

Posted on May 23, 2007 6:00 PM

Is Christianism Peaking?

Andrew Sullivan commentary: The truth is: I don't know. But there are clearly signs that American evangelicals - especially in the younger generations - do not share the conflation of faith and partisanship of the Falwell era. In this, of...

Posted on May 21, 2007 4:00 PM

VA Hospital Dispenses Christianity Along with Medicine

Navy Times story: Navy veteran David Miller said that when he checked into the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Iowa City, he didn't realize he would get a hard sell for Christian fundamentalism along with treatment for his kidney stones....

Posted on May 17, 2007 5:00 PM

Bush Meets with James Dobson (?!?) on Iran

Crooks and Liars story: "I was invited to go to Washington DC to meet with President Bush in the White House along with 12 or 13 other leaders of the pro-family movement," Dobson disclosed on his radio program Monday. "And...

Posted on May 16, 2007 7:07 PM

Rev. Jerry Falwell Found Unconscious, Condition Said to be "Grave"

(See updated link below) The Rev. Jerry Falwell -- founder of the Moral Majority and the face of the religious right in the 1980s -- was in "gravely serious" condition Tuesday after being found unconscious in his office, a Liberty...

Posted on May 15, 2007 1:06 PM

Fred Thompson Speaks to UltraSecret Christian Group

TPM Cafe story: The New York Times was able to obtain some details of Fred Thompson's speech yesterday before the Council for National Policy, a Christian conservative group so secretive that not only are meetings closed, but members are forbidden...

Posted on May 14, 2007 4:00 PM

Christian Conservatives for Anybody-But-Rudy

from TPM Cafe: The Washington Times reports that many Christian conservative leaders are getting ready to support Fred Thompson, having found serious flaws with all the current candidates -- especially Rudy Giuliani. "It's the moment of truth for conservatives," said...

Posted on May 14, 2007 3:30 PM

"All abortions are wrong -- except for mine."

My Page Direct commentary: "In 1990, in the Boston area, Operation Rescue and other groups were regularly blockading the clinics, and many of us went every Saturday morning for months to help women and staff get in. As a result,...

Posted on May 9, 2007 3:13 PM

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