Focus on the Fallacies of James Dobson
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.
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.
Christine Wicker | Posted 07.07.2008 | Home
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.
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach | Posted 07.06.2008 | Politics
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.
Ira Forman | Posted 07.02.2008 | Politics
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.
Linda Seger | Posted 06.30.2008 | Politics
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?
AP | LIZ SIDOTI | Posted 06.29.2008 | Politics
MONTREAT, N.C. — John McCain met Sunday with evangelist Billy Graham and his son, Franklin, at the family's mountaintop retreat. The Republican...
Christine Wicker | Posted 06.28.2008 | Home
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.
Robert S. McElvaine | Posted 06.27.2008 | Politics
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.
Bill Press | Posted 06.25.2008 | Politics
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.
Jim Wallis | Posted 06.25.2008 | Politics
James Dobson is insinuating himself into this presidential campaign, and his attacks against his fellow Christian, Barack Obama, should be seriously scrutinized.
Frank Schaeffer | Posted 06.24.2008 | Politics
With enemies like this, Senator Obama doesn't need friends. Dobson's comments will energize his fellow evangelicals to vote for Barack.
Chris Rodda | Posted 06.18.2008 | Politics
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.
Leonce Gaiter | Posted 06.17.2008 | Home
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
Christine Wicker | Posted 06.17.2008 | Politics
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.
Gary Hart | Posted 06.16.2008 | Politics
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.
Cristina Page | Posted 06.14.2008 | Politics
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.
The Huffington Post | Posted 06.06.2008 | Politics
"With clients like Focus on the Family, Franklin Graham, and Campus Crusade for Christ, Mark DeMoss may be the most prominent public relations executi...
Menachem Rosensaft | Posted 05.30.2008 | Politics
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.
Paul Helmke | Posted 05.28.2008 | Politics
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.
Chris McGowan | Posted 05.27.2008 | Politics
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...
Robert S. McElvaine | Posted 05.27.2008 | Politics
Barack Obama has had his Rev. Wright Problem, but John McCain has created for himself a serious Rev. Wrongs Problem.
Cristina Page | Posted 05.23.2008 | Politics
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.
Christine Wicker | Posted 05.16.2008 | Politics
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.
Evan Derkacz | Posted 05.12.2008 | Politics
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."
Frank Schaeffer | Posted 05.11.2008 | Politics
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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Wayne Besen | Posted 07.07.2008 | Politics