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• Creationism and Racism; Bigotry as a Fundraiser

  
  Michael-In-Norfolk - - Coming Out In Mid Life — Authority: 445
  Two posts that I happened upon look at two issues that I have referenced on many occasions : (1) the Christian Rights use of anti-gay hysteria as a fundraising tool and (2) the latent racism just beneath the surface of professional Christian organizations such as Focus on the Family, Concerned Women for America, ...
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• The Walls American Christianity Built

  
  America For Purchase — Authority: 113
  When Europeans landed on the shores of these United States, they came, in part to escape religious oppression and beliefs forced by state-affiliated Christian churches.
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• The Dangers of Cobelligerence

  
  Sola Dei Gloria — Authority: 435
  Cobelligerence: Co-belligerence, strictly speaking, is waging a war in cooperation with another against a common enemy without a formal alliance. The term co-belligerence indicates remoteness and differences between the co-belligerent parties although jointly pursuing a common objective. In Christianity, it refers to ...
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• Frank Schaeffer Takes on the Christianists

  
  Michael-In-Norfolk - - Coming Out In Mid Life — Authority: 445
  Frank Schaeffer (pictured at left) is an American author, film director, screenwriter and public speaker. He is the son of the late evangelist Francis Schaeffer , one of the founders of the modern day Christian Right. He became a Hollywood film director and author, writing several internationally acclaimed novels ...
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• remember, kids, hes pro-life!

  
  Meanwhile, back at the Ranch... — Authority: 115
  Rick Warren refuses to condemn a bill to make homosexuality (or even support for gay rights) a crime in Uganda, sending gays to jail for life, and executing HIV positive gays: The fundamental dignity of every person, our right to be free, and the freedom to make moral choices are gifts endowed by God, our creator. ...
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• Against Common Sense

  
  Nevada Thunder — Authority: 119
  side note: Another great article by the folks at TNR. I have been sick of the “Common Sense” argument for years…and frankly, I don’t know what the hell it means when tools like Beck, Hannity and Limbaugh use. They wouldn’t know common sense if it jumped up and bit them in the face. by Damon Linker The ...
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• Calling Out Extremists

  
  Michael-In-Norfolk - - Coming Out In Mid Life — Authority: 445
  Ive commented many times on the far right extremists that have taken over much of the Republican Party and the failure of nation GOP politicians to denounce the more insane and potential violence provoking screeds of the birthers and teabaggers . Its as if to be a Republican it has become necessary to have a ...
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• I Proudly Call Myself a Homeschool Dropout

  
  Finding Her Way: — Authority: 114
  Hi All, The Botkins have recently released a video preview and series of articles on the phenomenon of homeschool dropouts. ( Articles , Video ). Now as a former homeschooler, I was very interested in seeing the other perspective on this phenomenon: even though I could have guessed at their perspective. According ...
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• Texas Board of Ed to battle over the role of minorities, religion in history

  
  Colorado Independent — Authority: 636
  Early next year, minority advocates will face off against the religious right in what statesman.com called “a fight…that could make the last one look like a mild skirmish.” The setting is the Texas Board of Education social studies hearings. Like Colorado , Texas is in the middle of revising its school ...
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• An Old Woman in Barclays Bank in Uppermill

  
  Blurred Clarity — Authority: 120
  I was paying some money in and struggling with the paying-in slip...remember when you used to fill those out for fun as a child? Banking was very exciting to me as a kid... Anyway,  I was struggling and an elderly lady came in clutching a lot of paperwork and she went up to the counter and handed the bulk of ...
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• Christian Reichs War on Gays

  
  Queer Notes — Authority: 121
  The Christian Reich continues to expand its war on LGBT people. In the United States, evangelical and fundamentalist Christians have united to make their anti-gay Manhattan Declaration against womens right to abortion and marriage for gays and lesbians. The Declaration, released last week and signed by over 150 ...
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• Zing!

  
  Iowa Liberal — Authority: 134
  Sullivan gives the pious both barrels : It’s staggering really that modern American Christianism supports wealth while Jesus demanded total poverty, fetishizes family while Jesus left his and urged his followers to abandon wives, husbands and children, champions politics while Jesus said his kingdom was ...
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• More Evidence of American Influence Behind Anti-Gay Actions in Uganda

  
  Michael-In-Norfolk - - Coming Out In Mid Life — Authority: 445
  Jeff Sharlet , author of The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power , revealed in a radio interview yesterday that The Family, an infamous and influential cadre of religious fundamentalist politicians in Washington D.C., has been funding and influencing many of the major proponents of ...
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• Counterfactual overstatement = ‘the evil one’

  
  BaptistPlanet — Authority: 441
  Mainstream Baptist dissects Manhattan Declaration’s overstatement and distortion. They are not echoes of righteousness, he explains:In my mind, there’s something about Jesus’ injunction to “let your yea be yea, and your nay be nay” (Matt. 5:37) that is applicable beyond oath-taking situations and confirms ...
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• VIDEO: The Bishop who banned Kennedy gets what he deserves from Chris Matthews

  
  Nevada Thunder — Authority: 119
  side note: I’m not always the biggest Matthews fan…but this time he made me proud. I am sick and tired of the church (u can pick from the 10,000 different religions out there, this time it happens to be the Catholics) wanting to stick their belief system into our laws. When the 10,000+ kids were getting abused ...
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  Nevada Thunder — Authority: 119
  side note: A few things as I just wrapped up watching this video…..first and foremost, well done to the folks at New Left Media . Second, for those fuckin twits out there, FOX news in the #1 news source on TV…..they are the main stream media people! That’s why we have so many fuckin idiots in this country. ...
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• Bishops defend the Catholic Camapign for Human Development

  
  BaptistPlanet — Authority: 441
  Archbishops John Nienstedt of St. Paul and Minneapolis, and Charles J. Chaput of Denver. responded to the far-right hammering of the Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD), for which collections are being made this weekend.Chaput, one of the investigators of the Legion of Christ, was reported by the Catholic ...
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• VIDEO: “Pray for Obama” Psalm 109:8 more like biblical death threat

  
  The Political Carnival — Authority: 680
  By GottaLaff As Frank Schaeffer told Rachel Maddow on Tuesday, the anti-Obama religious rhetoric is “trawling for assassins: ” If you did happen to watch The Rachel Maddow Show the other day, youve been well-informed about the appalling sales pitches, er, threats, um, prayers of some very misguided, very ...
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• Trolling for Assassins

  
  The Ruth Group — Authority: 130
  Pretty disturbing interview with Frank Schaeffer on Rachel Maddow’s show.Maddow: And then, there‘s this biblical quote making the rounds in anti-Obama circles.  As reported this week in the “Christian Science Monitor,” “Pray for President Obama, Psalm 109, verse eight.”  What‘s psalm 109 version ...
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