Religious Right

Focus on the Fallacies of James Dobson

Wayne Besen | Posted 07.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Lies, John McCain, Social Conservatives, Distortions, James Dobson, Truth Wins Out, Religious Right, Ex-Gay, Right Wing, Focus on the Family, Barack Obama, Barack Obama Religion, Obama Religious Voters, Politics News
Wayne Besen

When James Dobson cites research or statistics in this election cycle, news reporters have an obligation to check with the actual researchers who conducted the studies.

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Full-Quiver Theology

Christine Wicker | Posted 07.07.2008 | Home

Read More: Religion, Religious Right, Albert Mohler, Full Quiver Theology, Keith Herron, Bruce Ware, Southern Baptist Convention, Home News
Christine Wicker

There is one U.S. demographic that's declining: white people. The religious call for 'full-quiver' theology is white-supremacy code language advocating for the increase of white babies.

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When a Tombstone Reads 'Light of the World'

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach | Posted 07.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Charity, Judaism LGBT Rights, Judaism, Lubavitcher Rebbe, Religious Right, Humanity, Good Deeds, Religious Humanism, The Inner Life, Faith, The Rebbe, Politics News
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach

The Rebbe replaced religious judgment with an impassioned humanity. His message became a mantra: give charity, pray daily, offer hospitality, and love every stranger as oneself. He gave faith back its heart.

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McCain's Record ... of Flip-Flops

Ira Forman | Posted 07.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Tax Cuts, Religious Right, John McCain, 2008 Election, Pro-Choice, Mccain Flip-Flop, Reproductive Rights, Offshore Drilling, Straight Talk Express, Politics News
Ira Forman

The gall of McCain's 'straight talk' is breathtaking and the flip-flops here ought to finally put the myth of McCain's maverick moderate image to rest.

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The Religious Score Card

Linda Seger | Posted 06.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Homosexuality Religious Right, Bible, Barack Obama Religion, Religious Right, Religion and Politics, Pro-Choice Christians, Politics News
Linda Seger

Many conservative Christians make judgments based on two issues -- abortion and homosexuality. They love to quote the Bible -- so what does it say about these issues?

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McCain Meets With Evangelist Billy Graham And Son

AP | LIZ SIDOTI | Posted 06.29.2008 | Politics

Read More: Mccain Religious Right, Franklin Graham, Religious Right, John McCain, Billy Graham, Politics News

MONTREAT, N.C. — John McCain met Sunday with evangelist Billy Graham and his son, Franklin, at the family's mountaintop retreat. The Republican...

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The Religious Right's Uppity Woman Strategy

Christine Wicker | Posted 06.28.2008 | Home

Read More: Republican Strategy, John McCain, Michelle Obama, Southern Baptists, Racism in the Campaign, Bruce Ware, Southern Baptist Convention, Religion and Politics, Religious Right, Sexism in the Campaign, Denny Burk, McCain Campaign Strategy, Southern Strategy, Barack Obama, Home News
Christine Wicker

Republican theocrats will vote for McCain, even though they can't stand him. They will be roused because they have a twofer in Michelle Obama, the perfect object of their racism and sexism.

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The Audacity of Dope

Robert S. McElvaine | Posted 06.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Call to Renewal, Grand Theft Jesus, George Carlin, Leviticus, Jesus, Jon Stewart, James Dobson, End Times, Barack Obama, Jesus Thieves, Sermon on the Mount, Religious Right, Politics News
Robert S. McElvaine

I'll take the Christianity of a Jesus Follower like Barack Obama over that of a Jesus Thief like James Dobson any day of the week.

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God Bless Barack Obama

Bill Press | Posted 06.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: James Dobson, Religious Right, Constitution, Separation of Church and State, Leviticus, Barack Obama Religion, Politics News
Bill Press

Obama is standing up to the religious right, saying that when making the laws that govern our nation, we don't turn to the Bible. We base our laws on the only sacred text all Americans worship: The U.S. Constitution.

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Dobson and Obama: Who is 'Deliberately Distorting'?

Jim Wallis | Posted 06.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Call to Renewal, James Dobson, Religious Right, Morality, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Evangelicals, Barack Obama James Dobson, Politics News
Jim Wallis

James Dobson is insinuating himself into this presidential campaign, and his attacks against his fellow Christian, Barack Obama, should be seriously scrutinized.

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Dr. Dobson Has Just Handed Obama Victory

Frank Schaeffer | Posted 06.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Attacks on Obama, Dr. Dobson, Focus on the Family Radio Program, Richard Cizik, Crazy for God, Obama, Republicans, Religious Right, Francis Schaeffer, James Dobson, Barack Obama, Politics News
Frank Schaeffer

With enemies like this, Senator Obama doesn't need friends. Dobson's comments will energize his fellow evangelicals to vote for Barack.

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Stephen Mansfield vs. Mikey Weinstein

Chris Rodda | Posted 06.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: Military Religious Freedom Foundation, Religion, Religion and Politics, Stephen Mansfield, Dan Rather, Mikey Weinstein, Church, Military, Religious Right, Politics News
Chris Rodda

Campus Crusade's total revenue for 2006 was $497,516,000. This mega-fundamentalist organization is hardly some rinky-dink little group of religious enthusiasts that's barely capable of running a church.

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Democrats Were Never Anti-Religious

Leonce Gaiter | Posted 06.17.2008 | Home

Read More: Religious Right, Stephen Mansfield, Doug Giles, Focus on the Family, Evangelical Christians, Mark DeMoss, Barack Obama, Obama Religion, Obama Values, Obama Church, McCain Religion, Obama Spirituality, Democrats Evangelicals, Home News
Leonce Gaiter

The right wing evangelical agenda was never a quest for freedom; it was a quest to deny it to others. This year might see significant political, and yes, spiritual growth among the evangelical voting population

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Obama Separates The Men From The Boys

Christine Wicker | Posted 06.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: Obama's Father's Day Speech, Evangelical, The Fall of the Evangelical Nation, Evangelical Vote, Christine Wicker, Religious Right, Barack Obama, Father's Day, Black Vote, Black Voters, Barack Obama Religion, Religion and Politics, Obama Black Voters, Politics News
Christine Wicker

In his Father's Day sermon, Obama made big progress with three tough voter groups, and all without making the slightest reference to any of them.

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Whose Flag Is This, Anyway?

Gary Hart | Posted 06.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: Flag Pin, Patriotism, Barack Obama Flag Pin, Religious Right, American Flag, Ronald Reagan Legacy, Obama Flag Pin, Politics News
Gary Hart

Here's a modest proposal: all of us who support Barack Obama for president should now wear flag pins. This will signal that we are all just as patriotic as anyone on the right.

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Better Fathers: Courtesy of the Sexual Revolution

Cristina Page | Posted 06.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Family Man, Sex, Fathers, Contraception, Religious Right, Pro-Choice, Father's Day, Women's Liberation, Family Values, Politics News
Cristina Page

Little attention has been paid to the impact that women's liberation has had on men -- Gen X dads spend significantly more time with their children than baby-boomer fathers.

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Religious Right Figure Gets Chills: Obama Could Win 40 Percent Of Evangelicals

The Huffington Post | Posted 06.06.2008 | Politics

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"With clients like Focus on the Family, Franklin Graham, and Campus Crusade for Christ, Mark DeMoss may be the most prominent public relations executi...

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Why Does Joe Lieberman Continue to Stand With Hagee?

Menachem Rosensaft | Posted 05.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, John Hagee, Holocaust, Religious Right, Joe Lieberman, Joe Lieberman and John McCain, Lieberman Hagee, Politics News
Menachem Rosensaft

Lieberman knows better. His in-laws survived the Holocaust. I cannot understand how he can justify standing alongside a man who preaches that the murder of millions of Jews somehow had a divine purpose.

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Rev. Rachel Smith: God Not Guns

Paul Helmke | Posted 05.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Gun Violence, Guns and God, Bible, God, Corinthians, Guns, Religion, Religious Right, Nra, Politics News
Paul Helmke

As an ordained minister, Rev. Smith also founded a project to to encourage congreagations to see gun violence prevention as a ministry in their communities.

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McCain's Dilemma: Who's Next After Hagee & Parsley?

Chris McGowan | Posted 05.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: John Hagee, Jerry Falwell, Rod Parsley, Paul Crouch, George W. Bush, James Dobson, Mccain Endorsements, Religious Right, John McCain Hagee, McCain Hagee, Tim LaHaye, Trinity Broadcasting Network, John McCain, Pat Robertson, Tbn, Politics News
Chris McGowan

John McCain is damned if he does and damned if he doesn't accept endorsements from popular leaders of the Christian Right, many of whom have taken con...

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McCain & the Rev. Wrongs

Robert S. McElvaine | Posted 05.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Religion, John McCain, Grand Theft Jesus, John Hagee, Jesus, Religious Right, Christianity, Hitler, Rod Parsley, Barack Obama, Jesus Thieves, Politics News
Robert S. McElvaine

Barack Obama has had his Rev. Wright Problem, but John McCain has created for himself a serious Rev. Wrongs Problem.

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Swine Song

Cristina Page | Posted 05.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: Family Research Council, Anti-Contraception, Reproductive Rights, Contraception, Religious Right, Planned Parenthood, Bush, Title X, Politics News
Cristina Page

As the Bush presidency nears its end, the Christian Right is bellying up to the trough for a final feeding. They are hoping to get one more shot at their arch nemesis: the Planned Family.

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The Evangelical Swing Vote

Christine Wicker | Posted 05.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: Religion and Politics, Religious Right, Evangelical Christians, Swing Voters, Voters, Evangelicals, Politics News
Christine Wicker

The swing-vote evangelicals are three to five times as numerous as evangelicals who toe the Religious Right political line. Who says? The evangelicals themselves.

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Historical Revisionism Jujitsu: Religious Right Celebrates End of Interracial Marriage Ban

Evan Derkacz | Posted 05.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: Religious Right, White Supremacists, Tony Perkins, Civil Rights, Gay Marriage, Politics News
Evan Derkacz

Conservative groups tend to adjust their views to give the Groundhog Day-like impression that to believe in what is (now) the culturally appropriate view is eminently "traditional."

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Arianna Huffington is Correct: McCain Has Changed

Frank Schaeffer | Posted 05.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, 2008 Election, Religious Right, Iraq, Mccain, Republican Lunatic Fringe, Gary Bauer, 2000 Election, Pandering, Politics News
Frank Schaeffer

A vote for McCain is a vote against a viable Republican Party. It's a vote for the poisonous lunatic fringe that's taken over the heart of the Party and driven people like Arianna and me out.

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