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WATCH: Stewart Criticizes Homophobic Right Wingers

The Huffington Post | Christine Friar | Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: Lgbt, Video, Bryan Fischer, Richard Grenell, Daily Show, Jon Stewart, Political Humor, Funny Videos, Glbt, Media Humor, American Family Association, Homophobia, The Daily Show, Comedy News

Now that he's presumably locked in place as the GOP candidate, Mitt Romney has had to pivot his campaign to the center in order to appeal to the great...

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Ellen DeGeneres' JC Penney Partnership Slammed By Anti-Gay Group

Posted 02.01.2012

Read More: Video, One Million Moms, Gay Rights, Ellen Degeneres, American Family Association, LGBT Rights, Gays and Lesbians, JC Penney, Ellen Degeneres JC Penney, Gay Voices News

Ellen DeGeneres' new gig as a spokeswoman for JC Penney is just one component in the retail brand's planned makeover, but not everyone is thrilled by ...

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How to Be a Better Homosexual

Domenick Scudera | Posted 03.26.2012

Read More: Gay Issues, Bryan Fischer, American Family Association, Bryan Fischer American Family Association, Bryan Fischer Gays, Satire, Bryan Fischer Homosexuality, Comedy News

Bryan Fischer has really got my mind reeling! Maybe I was recruited incorrectly when I was a child, but I want to be a better homosexual, and that means more sex, drugs, Nazis, coercing children, and on and on and on. I have my work cut out for me!

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Know Thine Enemy: The Worst Anti-Gay Moments Of The Week

Posted 01.22.2012

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Know Thine Enemy, Family Research Council, Karen Santorum, American Family Association, Rick Santorum, Anti-Gay, Gay Marriage, Patrick Wooden, Same-Sex Marriage, Gay Voices News

Here at HuffPost Gay Voices we believe that what you don't know definitely can hurt you. So, in the interest of keeping ourselves and each other in...

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WATCH: Bryan Fischer's Latest HIV/AIDS Rant

Posted 01.19.2012

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Bryan Fischer, Video, Gay Sex, HIV/AIDS Testing, American Family Association, Aids, Gay Men, Gay Voices News

Bryan Fischer is at it again. The right-wing Christian extremist, who has previously endorsed the notion that the HIV virus is not the true cause ...

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WATCH: American Family Association's Bryan Fischer: AIDS Is Caused By Drug Use Among Gay Men

Posted 01.05.2012

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Bryan Fischer, Video, American Family Association, Gay Men, HIV/AIDS Gay Men, Gay Voices News

Continuing to endorse the notion that HIV is not the true cause of AIDS, Christian extremist Bryan Fischer featured Peter Duesberg, author of "Inventi...

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Non-Existent 'War On Christmas' Is Apparently Being Won By The People Who Invented It

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.28.2011

Read More: Eat the Press, Walgreens, War on Christmas, Christmas, American Family Association, Media News

Were you aware that we recently won a major battle in the "War On Christmas?" Because over at Fox Nation, it seems that we are "winning the war on Chr...

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Money Floods State Judicial Elections

HuffingtonPost.com | Paul Blumenthal | Posted 12.27.2011

Read More: Supreme Court, Video, Michele Bachmann, Courts, American Family Association, National Organization for Marriage, Elections 2010, Elections 2012, Bob Vander Plaats, Money in Politics, Citizens United, Newt Gingrich, Campaign Finance, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- On February 15, Wisconsin voters went to the polls to vote on a rather mundane state Supreme Court primary election. The incumbent, Davi...

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Putting A Halt To The Religious Right's Anti-Gay Rhetoric

Joseph Ward III | Posted 12.21.2011

America's values are clear. Why then does the religious right continue to dominate the national conversation? It is time for us to put this nonsense to rest.

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Rewriting The U.S. Constitution To Honor The Founding Fathers

Michael Zimmerman, Ph.D. | Posted 12.20.2011

Read More: Evolution, Bryan Fischer, US Constitution, Creationism, Values Voter Summit, The Clergy Letter Project, Religion and Politics, Christianity and American Politics, American Family Association, Christianity and Evolution, Religion and Science, Christianity, Christianity in America, Religion News

Bryan Fischer spoke to thunderous applause at the recent Values Voter Summit. That he was so well received should frighten those of us who care about liberty and justice in America.

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Values Voter Summit Turns to Free-Range Gay Bashing and Hypocrisy

Alvin McEwen | Posted 12.13.2011

Read More: Family Research Council, Gay Rights, American Family Association, Values Voters Summit, Lgbt, Values Voter Summit, Gay Voices News

Thanks to this past weekend's Values Voter Summit, I am learning that I am not an ordinary gay American. Apparently I am Darth Vader.

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The Values Voter Summit and the Idolatry of 'Family Values'

Rev. Patrick S. Cheng, Ph.D. | Posted 12.13.2011

Read More: Family Research Council, LGBT Issues, Family Values, American Family Association, Values Voter Summit, Queer Theology, Same-Sex Marriage, Gop, Gay Voices News

The real sin at the Values Voter Summit was not homosexuality or transgender identity but the idolatry of so-called "family values." Speakers exhibited a remarkable disregard for what the Bible and Christian theology actually say about marriage and family values.

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Values Voter Summit -- Or Anti-LGBT Hate Fest?

Mark Potok | Posted 12.07.2011

Read More: Family Research Council, Bryan Fischer, LGBT Rights, Values Voter Summit, American Family Association, Hate Speech, Southern Poverty Law Center, Hate Groups, Politics News

Starting today, a number of prominent public figures will be attending and speaking at the Values Voter Summit, an annual gathering of socially conservative activists in Washington. But just what kind of values are they promoting?

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Rally for Equality in Tupelo, Hate Group's Hometown

Dean Hamer and Joe Wilson | Posted 12.05.2011

Read More: Bryan Fischer, Out in the Silence, Tupelo, American Family Association, Lgbt, Tupelo Equality Rally, Tupelo Equality, Gay Voices News

We're taking our film and campaign to Tupelo to help build support for efforts to counter the divisiveness of hate groups like the American Family Association, and to make our communities more just and inclusive for LGBT people.

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Dominionism? What Dominionism?

Warren Throckmorton, Ph.D. | Posted 11.14.2011

Read More: Bryan Fischer, American Family Association, Christian Reconstructionism, Theonomy, Christian Right, Rick Perry, Dominionism, Gary North, Christianity, Christianity in Politics, Religion and Politics, Michele Bachmann Dominionism, Evangelical Christianity, What Is Dominionism, Christianity in America, Religion News

Not all evangelicals are dominionists who want to remove religious liberty, but one does not have to go too deeply into the evangelical waters to find some who do.

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UPDATE: Liberal Christians Join Voices Protesting 9/11 Memorial 'Clergy Ban'

HuffingtonPost.com | Jaweed Kaleem | Posted 11.07.2011

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UPDATE 9/7/11:Prominent liberal Christians are joining the chorus of protest over the lack of clergy participating in the Sept. 11 memorial ceremony o...

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Rick Perry: Uniting the Really Far Right and the Really, Really Far Right

Michael B. Keegan | Posted 10.17.2011

Read More: Mike Bickle, Texas, Elections 2012, Religious Right, Republican Primary, Rick Perry, David Barton, American Family Association, Politics News

If Rick Perry does become the Republican "unity candidate," that will be further evidence that the GOP has abandoned any credible claim to representing the economic interests or constitutional values embraced by most Americans.

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A Prayer For Ricky Meany

James Moore | Posted 10.07.2011

Read More: Texas, Religion, Perry, Houston, Response, Dobson, American Family Association, Gop, Rick, President, Reliant Stadium, Politics News

Rick Perry has used his office, his tax-paid time, state letterhead, and the Texas brand to promote a single religion. The man who would protect the Constitution as president begins his campaign with a gross violation of one of its most basic tenets.

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Blogs, Faith And Norway: Terror And Responsibility

Rev. Chuck Currie | Posted 09.24.2011

Read More: Family Research Council, Right-Wing Extremism, Islamophobia, Norway Shooting, 9/11, Jihad Watch, American Family Association, Anders Behring Breivik, Utoya Shooting, Focus on the Family, Norway Bombing, National Council of Churches, Oslo Bombing, European Islamophobia, Religion News

Christianity is not to blame. At the same time, we cannot ignore that the fringes of the religious right in the United States have created an atmosphere of intolerance and fear directed at Muslims.

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Rick Perry's A-Team and the 'Antichrist Oprah'

Michael B. Keegan | Posted 09.20.2011

Read More: Mike Bickle, International House of Prayer, Bryan Fischer, John Hagee, The Response, American Family Association, Rick Perry, Texas, Politics News

Texas Governor Rick Perry's choice of allies in launching a massive evangelical "prayer rally" in Houston next month belies his claim that it will be "apolitical" or even quasi-tolerant of non-Christians.

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Critics Charge Perry Prayer Event Intended To Convert Non-Christians

The New York Times | Erik Eckholm | Posted 08.13.2011

Read More: Rick Perry for President, Perry 2012, Perry Prayer Event, 2012 Election, American Family Association, Rick Perry Prayer Event, Rick Perry 2012, Elections 2012, Perry for President, Rick Perry, Politics News

Gov. Rick Perry's call for a "day of prayer and fasting on behalf of our troubled nation," which has been criticized for being exclusively Christian, ...

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Rick Perry's 'Response' Threatens America, As Do Many Of The Responses To It

Brad Hirschfield | Posted 08.12.2011

Read More: Freedom of Speech, Natural Disasters, Texas Governor Rick Perry, Religious Freedom, Religion and Politics, Religious Tolerance, Public Prayer, Rick Perry, American Family Association, Christianity in America, Annise Parker, Religion News

Until there is a plan which respectfully addresses those left out or those who choose not to participate, Response, and all those responding to it, will be adding to America's woes not healing them.

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Rick Perry Prayer Event Draws Criticism Over Anti-Gay Group Partnership

Houston Chronicle | PATRICIA KILDAY HART | Posted 08.09.2011

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Gov. Rick Perry's Aug. 6 day of prayer and fasting at Reliant Stadium is generating significant heat nationwide, with critics protesting the exclusive...

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Rick Perry Holding Prayer Event To Guide 'Nation In Crisis'

Posted 08.06.2011

Read More: Rick Perry Texas, The Response, Rick Perry the Response, Gov Rick Perry, Rick Perry Prayer Event, American Family Association, Texas Governor Rick Perry, Rick Perry Prayer, Governor Rick Perry, Rick Perry, Politics News

By Jim Forsyth - Sun Jun 5, 6:19 pm ET SAN ANTONIO -- Saying "there is hope for America, and we will find it on our knees," Texas Governor Rick...

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On Anti-Bullying 'Day of Silence,' the Religious Right Cheers on the Bullies

Michael B. Keegan | Posted 06.15.2011

Read More: Family Research Council, Gay Rights, Day of Silence, American Family Association, Religious Right, Bullying, Focus on the Family, Anti-Bullying, Politics News

The religious right's efforts to boycott and counteract an anti-bullying day of silence shows the staggering extent of its campaign to prevent the recognition and acceptance of gay people in all parts of society.

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