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• Holiday Haranguers: Religious Right Tells America To Celebrate Christmas Its Way Or Get Out

  
  The Wall of Separation — Authority: 513
  I did an interview last week with TV preacher Pat Robertson’s Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN). The network was interested in getting my thoughts about U.S. Rep. Henry Brown’s resolution promoting Christmas.I told CBN I didn’t think much of it. I pointed out that if you want a deeply religious experience at ...
  4 days ago

• Will the Family Research Council Be Able to Scare Senators Away From Confirming Chai Feldblum In 2010?

  
  Queerty — Authority: 690
  While some folks will busy themselves making New Years resolutions come Jan. 1, were excited to ring in 2010 for the possible spectacle at the U.S. Senate when lawmakers debate Georgetown University lesbian professor Chai Feldblums appointment to the Equal Employment Opportunities Commission. CONTINUED » ...
  6 days ago

• Family group’s big ‘Oops’

  
  Michigan Messenger — Authority: 603
  Earlier, I posted a story about advocates in favor of anti-bullying legislation expressing disappointment the legislation did not end up included in Race to the Top reforms. In that story, I quoted Gary Glenn, president of the American Family Association of Michigan , from a Wednesday press release: In fact, ...
  1 week ago

• Anti-bullying supporter expresses frustration over ‘Race to the Top’

  
  Michigan Messenger — Authority: 603
  Kevin Epling, co-director of BullyPolice U.S.A. and a staunch advocate in Michigan’s drive to pass anti-bullying legislation, says he is disappointed that in the race to pass reforms to qualify for millions in federal education cash, the state ignored passing comprehensive anti-bullying legislation. In an e-mail to ...
  1 week ago

• War on Christmas Just Not a Good Fundraising Tool Anymore

  
  Irregular Times: News Unfit for Print — Authority: 536
  Google searches for “War on Christmas” by year: The use of the supposed “War on Christmas” as a fundraising meme has only ever been remarkable for three weeks of each December over the past four years, and it’s on the wane. Searches for the term are down 40% this year from the same time last year, and ...
  1 week ago

• Religious Right Threatens CPAC Boycott Over Gay Groups Sponsorship

  
  Right Wing Watch — Authority: 648
  Earlier this year, GOProud , a new gay conservative group, appeared on the scene intent on finding ways to sell the conservative to gays.  Their approach has been to eschew the "traditional" gay issues like hate crimes protections or the Employment Non-Discrimination Act in favor arguing that healthcare reform ...
  1 week ago

• AFA: Religious Tests Are Perfectly Acceptable

  
  Right Wing Watch — Authority: 648
  Last week we mentioned the situation in North Carolina where conservatives are threatening to sue in an effort to keep an atheist out of office, citing the state Constitution: When Mr. [Cecil] Bothwell was sworn into office on Monday, he used an alternate oath that does not require officials to swear on a Bible ...
  2 weeks ago

• “Christmas controversy settled my way”

  
  ADF Alliance Alert — Authority: 535
  Zanesville Times-Recorder : "Its that time of year again. Cookies are baking, trees are being decorated, and presents are chosen carefully. Thats right. Its ready to rumble time; the ACLU vs. the ADF . . . The American Civil Liberties Union is not only facing the Alliance Defense Fund but also the American Family ...
  2 weeks ago

• Well, that’s what Christmas is all about …

  
  A True Believer's Blog — Authority: 417
  I was looking in an old e-mail account and found an interesting message from the American Family Association. You might see why I didn’t bothering to update the AFA to my new address: November 30, 2009 Dear Friend, Gap has heard you loud and clear. After thousands of phone calls, emails and petitions, Gap has ...
  2 weeks ago

• Free internet showing of The Mysterious Islands

  
  Home Education Foundation — Authority: 427
  Here is a great review of The Mysterious Islands from the American Family Association. We watched this movie a couple of nights ago as well and it is excellent. Here is an opportunity for you to be able to watch it for free over the internet tonight – 7-9pm CST .  Well if you live in the Southern Hemisphere it is ...
  2 weeks ago

• How about the ‘Truce for Christmas?’

  
  Blogging Religiously — Authority: 125
  When I was driving in today, it occurred to me that I haven’t heard much “War on Christmas” stuff this year. And that’s a reason to say “Happy Holidays!” or “Merry Christmas!” or “Happy Hanukkah!” or whatever else you like. Then I read this little essay that Archbishop Dolan had in the Daily ...
  2 weeks ago

• Happy Chanukah, Merry Christmas and the December Culture Wars

  
  Windows & Doors — Authority: 465
  I love Chanukah (also spelled Hanukkah), which begins on December 11 this year, and yet I will not greet everyone I meet for the succeeding eight days, from doormen and cashiers to cab drivers and train conductors with a big Happy Chanukah!, nor do expect such a greeting from them. I also expect that many of those ...
  3 weeks ago

• AFA Tea Party T-Shirt? Patriotically Made with Cheap Haitian Labor

  
  Irregular Times: News Unfit for Print — Authority: 536
  The fundamentalist Christian American Family Association is a hairtrigger organization, calling boycotts against companies for the moral outrage of not using the word “Christmas” in advertising, even when, um, they actually do use the word . The same AFA is calling for Americans to summon up their patriotic ...
  3 weeks ago

• How Does the American Family Assocation Affect Your Holiday Shopping?

  
  Queerty — Authority: 690
  The American Family Association says were allowed to shop at Gap Inc. again, lifting its temporary boycott of the retailer (and its Old Navy and Banana Republic brands) for not being gung-ho enough about Christmas. Thats because the boycott was "successful"; they know this because Old Navy ran a "Merry Christmas" ad. ...
  3 weeks ago

• The AFA Turns on Huckabee

  
  Right Wing Watch — Authority: 648
  Mike Huckabee is already receiving unrelenting criticism from conservatives for granting clemency to Maurice Clemmons back when he was Governor of Arkansas.  Now it appears as if even the American Family Association has turned against him, judging by this blog post from AFAs Bryan Fischer :  If a public ...
  3 weeks ago

• Religious Shadow Falls on Best Buy and Gap’s Holiday Campaigns

  
  Trends Updates — Authority: 570
  Religions and religious bodies seem to be becoming all prevalent and omnipresent once again. It is unbelievable that Best Buy should get flak for greeting US Muslims Happy Eid on 27th Nov and Gap should inform AFA (American Family Association) about its holiday campaign. Times are changing but this religious ...
  4 weeks ago

• AFA Declares Boycott of American Family Association for War on Christmas

  
  Irregular Times: News Unfit for Print — Authority: 536
  PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Ottoman Upton November 25, 2009 It’s a War On Christmas! AFA calls for Christmas boycott of American Family Association Store “When will bSecure advertisements for American Family Filter start mentioning Christmas?” The Armchair Furniture Association (AFA) is ...
  4 weeks ago

• The Gap’s ‘Happy Whatever-you-wannukah’ ad reignites ‘War on Christmas’ debate

  
  ADF Alliance Alert — Authority: 535
  Cathy Lynn Grossman writes at USA Today : "Religion writers, bloggers and assorted pop-culture watchers this year are seizing on the new holiday ad from trendy clothing store The Gap as evidence that holiday inclusiveness has officially gone too far."
  5 weeks ago

• Weekend Reads

  
  Kens Therapy — Authority: 112
  I had a very rough week this past week. I spent about a week and half on a paper and then realized I did it entirely wrong, urgh . So I am now having to start over and redo the entire thing, so in actuality I wasted about 10days that I could have spent on sometime productive. Oh well, I did learn quite a bit about ...
  5 weeks ago

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