The Family

Invisible Children: Screaming 'Monster!' While Hanging Out With Bigfoot

Wayne Besen | Posted 04.13.2012

Read More: Invisible Children, Uganda, Invisible Children Kony, The Family, Kony, Invisible Children Joseph Kony, Joseph Kony, Invisible Children Museveni, Invisible Children the Fellowship, The Fellowship, Invisible Children the Family, World News

To restore its waning credibility, Invisible Children should immediately cut ties with the dictator and the corrupted Fellowship. As long as Invisible Children is linked to human rights violators, its claims to be humanitarian will be suspect.

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KONY 2012 Effort a Ministry in Antigay Evangelical Barnabas Group, Reports LGBT Rights Nonprofit

Bruce Wilson | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Invisible Children, Anti Homosexuality Bill, Uganda, The Family, Jason Russell, Kony 2012, Truth Wins Out, Wayne Besen, The Fellowship, Ben Keesey, Politics News

Mounting suspicions about the evangelical nature of the Invisible Children nonprofit, which released the blockbuster KONY 2012 viral video hit in early March, have now been confirmed.

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The People's Prayer Breakfast

Jeremy John | Posted 04.01.2012

Read More: National Prayer Breakfast, The Family, Christianity, The Peoples Prayer Breakfast, Occupy Dc, Occupy Wall Street, Religion and Politics, Occupy Faith, Prayer and Meditation, Judaism, Religion News

God is waiting, just beyond the veil of our faithless actions, just outside the moment of history, and all it takes is for us to heed God's call to hear the prayers of the poor.

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Evangelicals Implicated When Ugandan Gay Rights Activist Was Beaten to Death

Frank Schaeffer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Religion, Religious Right, Gay Rights, Ugandan Gay Leader Killed, The Family, Prayer Breakfast, C-Street, Politics News

The story of the Ugandan legislation to kill gays for being gay was intertwined with the Family and also with representatives of the wider "respectable" American Evangelical community.

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How To Stop The Perfect Storm Of Hate In Uganda

Rev. Dr. Cindi Love | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Religious Right, David Bahati, Gay Rights, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Uganda Gay Rights, Sexual Minorities of Uganda, The Family, Homosexuality in Africa, Uganda Death Penalty, Human Rights Watch, Unitarian Universalist United Nations Office, Uganda Anti-Homosexuality Bill, Religion News

I hope you will take five minutes and help save the lives of millions of people who will fall out of protection if Uganda passes the death penalty for the LGBTI community.

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Stop the Anti-Gay Purge in Uganda

Wayne Besen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lgbt, Homosexuality, National Prayer Brekfast, Africa, Jeff Sharlet, The Family, Fundamentlism, Uganda, Anti-Homosexuality Bill, Hillary Clinton, David Bahati, World News

An American fundamentalist group has a strategic choice to make between an influential National Prayer Breakfast each February in Washington, or its Anti-Homosexuality Bill becoming law in Uganda. It cannot have both.

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Republicans and "Christians" vs. Gays

Frank Schaeffer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Uganda Gay Rights, Religious Right, The Family, Gay Rights, Evangelical Christians, C-Street, Religion News

In the light (or should I say "dark") of the Republican's stand against repealing "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" we need to understand the wider context of the fight that pits human rights against the conservative Christians who have taken over the Republican Party.

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Will You be Voting for a Resident of the Secretive C Street House in the 2010 General Election? (Slideshow)

Jeff Sharlet | Posted 05.25.2011

Here is my guide to the C Street men up for election.

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Junkets For Jesus: Congressmen Spend Taxpayer Money Traveling The Globe To Preach To Dictators

Mother Jones | Jeff Sharlet | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: James Inhofe C Street, Jim Inhofe, Tom Coburn, The Family, Frank Wolf, Mark Siljander, C Street, James Inhofe, C Street House, Doug Coe, Tom Coburn C Street, Politics News

Adapted from C Street: The Fundamentalist Threat to American Democracy. THE OLDEST AND MOST politically influential Christian conservative organizati...

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My Congressman, Bart Stupak, Has Neither a Uterus Nor a Brain

Michael Moore | Posted 05.25.2011

Hey, Bart. If you really want to reduce abortions, ask yourself this: Why does godless France, where abortion is nearly free (it's covered by their universal health insurance), have 20% fewer abortions per capita than we do?

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Obama's Call for Civility Amid Prayer Breakfast Controversy

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: President, President Obama, Civil, Speech, Prophetic, Henry Kissinger, Civil Debate, Children, Bono, Christian Leader, Prayer, Legislation, America, The Fellowship, Marriage, Abortion, Values, Vietnam War, Civility, Lesbians, Christian Leaders, Uganda, Political Discourse, Earthquake, United States, Homosexuals, The Family, Controversy, Gay Marriage, National Prayer Breakfast, Hillary Clinton, Gays, Discourse, Rhetoric, Politics News

President Obama spoke at the National Prayer Breakfast this morning, with a plea for civility in our political discourse. He spoke specifically about the response to the recent earthquake in Haiti.

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Unmasking The American Prayer Hour

Wayne Besen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Uganda, The Family, The American Prayer Hour, Anti-Homosexuality Bill, Doug Coe, David Bahati, Theocracy, Gay, The Fellowship, The National Prayer Breakfast, Politics News

The American Prayer Hour, an alternative to the annual National Prayer Breakfast, takes place on the same day and is run by the secretive fundamentalist organization known as The Family. This shadowy group is directly tied to the notorious "Kill the Gays" bill in Uganda.

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Would Obama Speak For a KKK Prayer Breakfast?

Frank Schaeffer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lgbt, Harry Knox, American Prayer Hour, LGBT Rights, Jim Wallis, Frank Schaeffer, Uganda Anti-Gay Law, National Prayer Breakfast, Jeff Sharlet, The Family, Obama, Uganda, Gene Robinson, Carlton Pearson, Politics News

Would President Obama speak at a prayer breakfast organized by the KKK? Would Jim Wallis and other "progressive" Christians attend? Then what will th...

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Help Us Shame "Mainstream" Religion Into an Alternative (Non-Anti-Gay) Prayer Breakfast

Frank Schaeffer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bishop Gene Robinson, The Family, The American Prayer Hour, Gay Rights, Hate, C-Street, Rev. Elder Darlene Garner, Harry Knox, Evangelicals, Politics News

It is my great honor to be part of Tuesday Feb 2 press conference to announce the formation of The American Prayer Hour. Why am I doing this? Because ...

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10 Reasons Why the Stupak-Pitts Amendment Has to Go

Nancy L. Cohen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bart Stupak, Abortion, Stupak-Pitts Amendment, The Family, Democratic Party, 2010 Elections, Antiabortion, C Street House, Elections 2010, Politics News

Even if some Democrats who voted for the amendment did so because of deep convictions, the main thrust of the measure is to condemn women for being sexually active.

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Blue Dog Leader Works With Theocratic "Mafia" Opposed to Health Care Reform

Bruce Wilson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Health Care, Blue Dogs, Bart Stupak, Family Research Council, John Ensign, Demint, C Street House, The Family, Todd Tiahrt, C Street, Politics News

Those in the powerful, secretive, Washington Christian fundamentalist association known as The Family have led some of the most virulent opposition to health care reform and especially a "public option".

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MSNBC's Maddow Show Propels Growing DC "Christian Mafia" Scandal

Bruce Wilson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Msnbc, Ywam, Mark Sanford, John Ensign, Loren Cunningham, Rachel Maddow, Jeff Sharlet, The Family, Chip Pickering, Politics News

The Family is a secretive fundamentalist Washington DC ministry which runs the National Prayer Breakfast and Bible study groups attended by numerous US Senators and Congress members, wields global influence, and celebrates the leadership lessons of Hitler, Lenin, and Mao.

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"C Street" and the Military

Chris Rodda | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Military Religious Freedom Foundation, Mark Sanford, Ander Crenshaw, James Inhofe, Robert Aderholt, Jeff Sharlet, Religion and the Military, Pete Hoekstra, The Family, Tom Coburn, Frank Wolf, C Street, John Ensign, Mike Doyle, Joseph Pitts, Zach Wamp, John Carter, Politics News

These soldier's appearances on religious programs in uniform isn't just a violation of military regulations, it's a good example of the multiple connections between fundamentalist groups.

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Evangelicals Are the New Anti-Americans

Frank Schaeffer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rachel Maddow, Jeff Sharlet, The Family, Theocracy, Obama, Democracy, Evangelicals, Politics News

The radical right movement in America is regrouping in the Senate and Congress and working hard to undo the Obama presidency.

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Florida's Enigma

Jerry Waxman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Health Care Bill, Bill Nelson, Public Option, Lobbyists, Health Care Reform, The Family, Single Payer, Health Care, Healthcare, Home News

Senator Bill Nelson's (D-FL) staff surprised the delegates by stating that the Senator likes the public option -- however, they were wondering if they were being told what he thought they wanted to hear.

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The Family's Ties

Mike Papantonio | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mark Sanford, Air America, Golefttv, GoLeft.Tv, Jeff Sharlet, The Fellowship, Religion, Marriage, The Family, John Ensign, Mike Papantonio, Pap Attack, Affair, Infedility, C Street, Ring of Fire, Home News

Since 1935, an organization calling itself "The Family" has been able to operate unnoticed in the Beltway. But that invisibility is disappearing because of the sensational sex lives of Mark Sanford and John Ensign.

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Unpatridiotic

Lance Simmens | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Taxes, Tax Day Tea Party, Patriotism, The Family, High School Sports, Death Tax, Progressive-Income-Tax, Tax Cuts, Flat Tax, Unpatriotic, Patriot, States Taxing, Public Safety, Politics News

A flat tax is regressive, adversely affects the poorest the worst, and rejects the notion that those who are most able should contribute more to the perpetuation of an equitable and just society.

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Ensign Church Head Endorsed Sex-With-Succubus Economic Theory

Bruce Wilson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Family, Succubus, John Ensign, Jeff Sharlet, C Street House, Sex, Politics News

The head of Ensign's church, pastor Jack Hayford, has proposed the Japanese emperor's alleged sexual intercourse with a "sky goddess" drove down Japanese stock market prices during the early 1990's.

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Bart Stupak, C Street Democrat: "I Don't Know What You're Talking About"

Michigan Messenger | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: C Street Democrat, C Street the Family, The Family, Bart Stupak, C Street Dem, C Street, Bart Stupak C Street, Politics News

Despite weeks of media attention paid to the now-infamous "C Street" house owned by The Family, a secretive Christian group, U.S. Rep. Bart Stupak -- ...

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Wake-Up Call For GOP's "Values" Hypocrites: Unions Are Pro-Family, Report Finds

Art Levine | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gop, The Family, Ensign, Employee Free Choice Act, Pickering, Afl-Cio, Sanford, In These Times, Unions, Seiu, Politics News

GOP officials have emphasized fighting gay marriage, supporting prayer in schools, and banning abortion as the keys to promoting family values.

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