Robert George

The "Intellectual" Gurus of the Extreme Santorum/Romney Religious Right That the Media Has (mostly) Ignored

Frank Schaeffer | Posted 04.30.2012

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Frank Schaeffer

Romney is a fake religious right "conservative." But the fact that he has to pretend to be to the right of the Pope on "social issues" tells us all we need to know about the intellectual climate inside today's Republican Party. How did the Republicans get to be this way?

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Newt and the Loony Religious Fringe That Now Runs the Republican Party

Frank Schaeffer | Posted 02.27.2012

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Frank Schaeffer

Every single one of the sops Newt Gingrich is throwing the far right has been scripted for him by generations of so-called Reconstructionist "thinkers" and Roman Catholic ideologues pushing America steadily in the direction of Americanized theocracy.

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Media Omission: Romney Supported Personhood Four Years Ago

Jason Salzman | Posted 01.21.2012

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Jason Salzman

The most fair and accurate way for journalists to describe Romney's position on personhood is to write that he's flip-flopped on the issue over the years.

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When Where They Teach Overrides What's Being Said About Sex Ed

Dr. Yvonne K. Fulbright | Posted 01.03.2012

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Dr. Yvonne K. Fulbright

Given the power such a relationship holds, people should seriously question if any academic should be allowed to name their university affiliation when pushing a personal, values-laden agenda.

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Jon Ward

GOP Hopefuls To Discuss Social Issues At Forum: 'They're Going To Be Uncomfortable'

HuffingtonPost.com | Jon Ward | Posted 11.04.2011

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WASHINGTON –- If Wednesday's Republican presidential primary debate, the first in which Texas Governor Rick Perry will participate, is a test for al...

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'Traditional Marriage' Declaration Seeks More Christian Signatures

Posted 10.04.2011

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By Bruce Nolan Religion News Service NEW ORLEANS (RNS) Nearly 200 pastors, policymakers and other New Orleans-area Christians were urged to sign a...

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Kagan, Gays, and the Bogus Right Wing Ideas Factory

Nathaniel Frank | Posted 05.25.2011

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Nathaniel Frank

As Elena Kagan has emerged a front-runner for President Obama's nomination to the Supreme Court, the right wing's opposition playbook has not been updated in decades. But the world has changed around it.

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Princeton's Robert George: Sophistry Disguised as Scholarship

Wayne Besen | Posted 05.25.2011

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Wayne Besen

The feature article in this week's New York Times Magazine refers to Princeton professor Robert P. George as the "intellectual architect" of the extreme right.

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Gay Rights and the Natural Law Farce

Nathaniel Frank | Posted 05.25.2011

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Nathaniel Frank

Yes Robert George, reason plays a role in deciding natural rights. But if we're going to use reason, let's use real reason, and not lean on our ivy-league credentials to pass off homophobia as genuine rationality.

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