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Kirk Cameron’s Christian Nationalist Quest

Bill Berkowitz | Posted 04.05.2012

Read More: Homosexuality, Kirk Cameron, Christian Media, David Barton, Christian Films, Monumental, Homophobia, Christian Right, Christianity Homophobia, Same-Sex Marriage, Religion News
Bill Berkowitz

In the trailer for his new documentary Monumental, Kirk Cameron has an 'a-ha!' moment: "So hold on. The United States Congress was commissioning and printing Bibles to be given to all the people because they knew that that's what would... make America flourish and thrive!"

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When Will The Christian Right To Return To The Teachings Of Their Gospel?

Allan Brawley | Posted 05.11.2012

Read More: Teachings of Jesus, Religion and Politics, Christianity, Walter Rauschenbusch, Social Gospel, Christian Right, Christian Social Justice, George D. Herron, Religion News
Allan Brawley

Social Gospel Christians have been replaced by an extreme right-wing obsessed with obliterating women's medical and reproductive rights, denying equal treatment for gays, demonizing scientific findings, and otherwise attempting to impose their fundamentalist beliefs on everyone.

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Gingrich In Video Which Claims the Constitution Is Based On the Old Testament

Bruce Wilson | Posted 05.04.2012

Read More: Newt Gingrich, David Barton, Christian Right, Newt Gingrich Religious Right, Christianism, Religion and Politics, Founding Fathers, Religious Right, Conservative Christians, Newt Gingrich Campaign, Video, Politics News
Bruce Wilson

The reality is that the former Speaker of the House, who led the stealth Republican takeover of the House and Senate in the 1994 election, has been a strong partisan of the religious right for decades.

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It's Schadenfreude Time: Santorum Messes Up the Republican Party

Jay Michaelson | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Republican Primary, Gay Rights, Rick Santorum, Mitt Romney, Rupert Murdoch, Fox News, Rick Santorum 2012, Christian Right, 2012 Republican Primary, Gay Voices News
Jay Michaelson

The best part about watching Santorum win three primary contests in one night, and what distinguishes this particular Schadenfreude from plain old gloating, is that moderate Republicans are reaping what they've sown.

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Cookies With Christianity

Bill Berkowitz | Posted 03.31.2012

Read More: Religious Education, Religion and Politics, Public Education, Offthe Bus, Education, offthebus2012, Right Wing Christian Organizations, After School Programs, Good News Clubs, Christian Right, Child Evangelism Fellowship, Politics News
Bill Berkowitz

Bible study programs (a.k.a. sectarian training sessions) are alive and well in thousands of afterschool programs in public school facilities across the country.

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Tea Party Jesus

Eric Sapp | Posted 03.19.2012

Read More: Sermon on Mall, Sermon on Mount, Gop Primary 2012, Rick Santorum, Mitt Romney, Rick Perry, American Values Network, Ayn Rand, Jesus Christ, Glenn Beck, Newt Gingrich, Tea Party Jesus, Tea Party, Christian Right, Christianity, Religion News
Eric Sapp

How might the Sermon on the Mount have been different if Jesus was in the Tea Party? That is the question at the heart of a campaign launched yesterday.

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Re-Occupy "Tradition": The History Of Faith And LGBT Rights

Heather White | Posted 03.07.2012

Read More: Religion and Sexuality, Lgbt, Gay Equality, Christian Right, Religion and Politics, LGBT Equality, Gay Christians, Gay Marriage, LGBT Christians, LGBT Rights, Christianity, Gay History, Religion News
Heather White

If the Christian right can ground their politics in "tradition," those of us who support LGBT rights have at least as much historical prerogative to say "my tradition supports LGBT justice and equality."

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Let's Face It: It's The Radical Right, Not Islam, That Is The Greatest Threat To The American Way

Ahmed Rehab | Posted 02.15.2012

Read More: All American Muslim, Islamophobia, Ted Lieu, Russell Simmons, Florida Family Association, Radical Right, Christian Right, Boycott Lowes, Anya Cordell, Lowes, Tlc, Mia Farrow, Islam, Religion News
Ahmed Rehab

That a group of extremists from Florida would exercise their First Amendment right to carry out bigoted campaigns is unfortunate ... For that reason, it ought to catch the attention of Americans who, for far too long, have stayed on the sidelines.

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Christian Views On Social Issues: Abortion

Lisa Sharon Harper | Posted 01.08.2012

Read More: Christianity, Abortion, Christian Right, Religion and Politics, Christian Left, Christian Family Values, Roe v. Wade, Abortion Rights, Christian Views on Abortion, Mississippi Abortion, Ballot Measure 26 Mississippi, Mississippi Personhood, Personhood Amendments, Religion News
Lisa Sharon Harper

Today, Mississippi voters will vote on "the Personhood Amendment," which would grant the status of legal person to a fertilized egg. The measure would effectively outlaw abortion in all circumstances.

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Personhood Amendment? Kid's Stuff! We Need a Motherhood Amendment!

Clay Farris Naff | Posted 01.02.2012

Read More: Abortion, Birth Control, Motherhood Amendment, Christian Right, Religion and Politics, Religious Right, Personhood Amendment, Religion News
Clay Farris Naff

The Xian Right has finally tired of trotting out "defense of marriage" ballot measures. Now, they've got a shiny new lure to bring the base to the surface on election day: the personhood amendment.

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On Leading a Church Parade During Occupy Wall Street

Beau Friedlander | Posted 12.01.2011

Read More: Greenpoint, Christianity, Christian Right, Hipsters, Political Activism, Occupy Wall Street, Religion News
Beau Friedlander

Thinking back now, it almost seems like marching for my church was the intellectual or hipster equivalent of "coming out of the closet" in a Christian Right setting; coming out as a person who has particular religious commitments.

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Rick Perry's Church-Giving Hypocrisy

Eric Sapp | Posted 11.23.2011

Read More: Rick Perry Hypocrisy, Rick Perry Church Giving, Christians and Charity, Ayn Rand, Jesus Christ, Jesus, Tithing, Religion and Politics, Rick Perry Social Programs, Christian Right, Rick Perry Tithing, Rick Perry, Rick Perry's Church-Giving Hypocrisy, Religion News
Eric Sapp

The values Rick Perry applies to politics are those of the atheist Ayn Rand, not those of Jesus Christ.

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Perry Ally Makes Questionable Connection Between Gays, Tornadoes

Mother Jones | Tim Murphy | Posted 11.22.2011

Read More: Floods, Natural Disasters, Elections 2012, Gay Rights, The Response, Rick Perry Gays, Rick Perry 2012, Christian Right, Tornadoes, Rick Perry, Rick Perry Florida, Politics News

Earlier this week, Texas Gov. Rick Perry announced his leadership team for the "Presidency 5" straw poll in Florida, scheduled for October. Although m...

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Evangelicals Don't Believe Life Begins At Conception

Jonathan Dudley | Posted 09.20.2011

Read More: Abortion, Pro-Life, Pro-Choice, Francis Schaeffer, Evangelicals, Religious Violence, Christianity, Religion and Politics, Michele Bachmann Abortion, Christian Right, New Yorker Bachmann, Evangelicals and Abortion, Abortion Debate, When Does Life Begin, Evangelicals Don't Believe Life Begins at Conception, Evangelical, Religion News
Jonathan Dudley

It makes little sense to reject pacifism, to insist abortion is morally equivalent to the organized slaughter of millions of children and then to say that violence should never be used to end abortion.

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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
Warren Throckmorton, Ph.D.

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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Christians Clapping For Death?

Rev. Anne Howard | Posted 11.14.2011

Read More: Death Penalty, Texas Death Penalty, Christian Right, Religion and Politics, Republican Presidential Debate, Christians and the Death Penalty, Christianity, Rick Perry, Supporting the Death Penalty, Rick Perry Execution Record, Religion News
Rev. Anne Howard

Brian Williams noted that Texas Governor Rick Perry has presided over a record 234 executions during his term of office. I was shocked the other night when the applause broke out.

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Paul Blumenthal

Meet Rick Perry's Religious Right Patron

HuffingtonPost.com | Paul Blumenthal | Posted 10.27.2011

Read More: Tort Reform, School Vouchers, David Barton, Texas Governor Rick Perry, Christian Conservatives, Elections 2012, Rick Scarborough, James Leininger, Religious Right, Governor Rick Perry, Christian Right, Rick Perry, Campaign Finance, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Texas Gov. Rick Perry is expected to rally Christian conservative leaders in Texas this weekend to discuss strategies for his bid for th...

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Setting the Record Straight: Michele Bachmann, Francis Schaeffer and the Christian Right

John W. Whitehead | Posted 10.19.2011

Read More: Michele Bachmann, Rousas Rushdoony, Christian Reconstructionism, Christian Right, Rick Perry, Evangelicals, Francis Schaeffer, Dominionism, Rick Perry Christian Right, Michele Bachmann Christian, Michele Bachmann Dominionism, Michele Bachmann Christians, Michele Bachmann 2012, Rick Perry Christians, Michele Bachmann Christian Right, Politics News
John W. Whitehead

No matter what the talking heads might say about Bachmann's so-called dominionist philosophies or Rick Perry's right-wing leanings, they are first and foremost politicians -- answering to a higher call that ends at the ballot box.

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Christina Wilkie

Bachmann's Pet Causes: Christian, Controversial

HuffingtonPost.com | Christina Wilkie | Posted 10.18.2011

Read More: Video, Family Research Council, Minnesota, Charity, Bradlee Dean, Michele Bachmann 2012, Evangelical Christians, Elections 2012, Christian Right, Evangelicals, Philanthropy, Michele Bachmann, 112th Congress, Christianity, Slideshow, Donations, Politics News

This article is part of a series in which HuffPost is taking a close look at the charitable giving of Republican presidential candidates. How much and...

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The Trouble With Christian Labels

Cathleen Falsani | Posted 10.16.2011

Read More: Evangelical, Christian Right, Definitions, Fundamentalist, Christianity, Christian Fundamentalism, Conservative Christians, Evangelical Christians, Born Again Christians, Religion and Politics, Religion News
Cathleen Falsani

As I read the recent profile of Michele Bachmann in The New Yorker, it was painfully clear that the what-is-an-evangelical question remains largely unanswered for many who live outside the born-again bubble.

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Michele Bachmann Blames The Renaissance

latimes.com | Posted 10.10.2011

Read More: Italian Renaissance, Michelangelo's David, Philosophy, New Yorker, Michele Bachmann, Art History, Dark Ages, Leonardo Da Vinci, Christian Right, Tea Party, Francis Schaeffer, Vitruvian Man, Republicans, Florence, Arts News

Tea party queen and Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann is convinced that America is sinking into tyranny. Why? In a remarkable profile...

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Is The Christian Right Getting Fooled Again?

John W. Whitehead | Posted 10.09.2011

Read More: Christianity, Christian Right, Jesus Christ, David Kuo, Rick Perry, George W. Bush, Religion and Politics, Rick Perry Christianity, Evangelical Christians, Religion News
John W. Whitehead

There is nothing wrong with the fact that Rick Perry, who is expected to throw his hat into the presidential race, is a Christian. The danger arises when Christians wrap their religion in the flag, so to speak.

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Republican Rift: Big Business vs. Tea Party

Peter Dreier | Posted 10.09.2011

Read More: Tea Party, Mitch McConnell, Koch Brothers, Rush Limbaugh, John Boehner, Ron Paul, Big Business, Christian Right, Eric Cantor, Sarah Palin, Debt Ceiling, Freedomworks, National Rifle Association, Michele Bachmann, Americans for Prosperity, Glenn Beck, Rick Perry, Grover Norquist, Alan Simpson, Republican Party, Americans for Tax Reform, Tom Coburn, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Business Roundtable, National Association of Manufacturers, Politics News
Peter Dreier

The tension between the two wings of the GOP rose to the surface during the recent battle over the debt ceiling, which then exploded into a war of words between former Republican Senator Alan Simpson and Grover Norquist, head of the right-wing outfit, Americans for Tax Reform.

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Is Prayer The Only Response To America's Problems?

Posted 08.06.2011

Read More: Video, The Response, Rick Perry the Response, Solving America's Problems, The Response Rick Perry, Rick Perry Prayer Event, Rick Perry Prayer, Christianity, Religion and Politics, Christian Right, Prayer, Rick Perry, Religion News

Economic recession, terrorism, unemployment, fighting parents. Is prayer the only response for America's problems? According to a video promoting ...

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Jason Cherkis

Santorum Sums Up His Presidential Run In One Word

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Cherkis | Posted 08.03.2011

Read More: Pennsylvania, Sarah Palin, Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, Elections 2012, Gop, Dan Rather, Christian Right, Presidential Election, Newt Gingrich, Tea Party, Paul Ryan, Politics News

In his second run at the Republican nomination for president, Mitt Romney has appropriated the "Believe in America" slogan which at one time belonged ...

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