Social Conservatives

Abuse of Power, Anger and Abortion Politics: Extremism Exposed

Scott Swenson | Posted 11.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Abortion, Countdown, Women's Rights, Video, Social Conservatives, Far-Right, John McCain, Pro-Life, Late-Term Abortion, Sarah Palin, Culture of Lies, Barak Obama, Abstinence-Only Programs, Bill Ayers, Partial Birth Abortion, Contraception, Pro-Choice, Politics News

Maybe McCain's last act of patriotism for the country he loves is exposing extremist elements by picking Palin and making Americans more aware of how this Culture of Lies has taken root.

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Religious Right Trolls "Horror Stories" to Oppose Gay Troops

Nathaniel Frank | Posted 11.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Unfriendly Fire, Palm Center, Religion, Karl Rove, Conservative, Culture War, Military, Gay, Gay Ban Military, Social Conservatives, General John Shalikashvili, Christian Right, Colleen Holmes, John Hutson, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Homosexuality Military, Will and Grace Effect, Elaine Donnelly Dont Ask Dont Tell, Politics News

I set out to learn if reason or prejudice was behind the gay ban in the military.

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The Billionaires - Pious Folks Are Plentiful

Clifford J. Tasner | Posted 10.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: The Billionaires, John McCain, Social Conservatives, Wedge Issues, Sarah Palin, Politics News

Sarah Palin embodies the great Republican tradition of pandering to Social Conservatives.

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Obama Plays Offense Asserting Pro-Education, Pro-Prevention, Pro-Choice Values

Scott Swenson | Posted 10.20.2008 | Politics

Politically, Obama's embrace of the education and prevention agenda long encompassed in the phrase "pro-choice" represents a shift away from abortion politics as usual.

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We Have Not Come A Long Way, Babe

Taylor Marsh | Posted 10.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: Social Conservatives, John McCain, Sarah Palin, Right-Wing, Sarah Palin Reaction, Politics News

At some point, women have to stand up and say no to insulting selections that make a mockery of the rest of us who have not only had to pay our dues, but wait our turn.

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Rick Warren's Carnival of Confession

Wayne Besen | Posted 09.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Gop, Glbt, Social Conservatives, Homosexual, Ex-Gay, Obama, Mccain, Religious Right, Right Wing, Gay, Democrats, Presidential Debates, Wayne Besen, Evangelicals, Politics, Religion, Rick Warren, Saddleback, Same Sex Marriage, Russia, Republicans, Scott Mcclellan, Politics News

While Rick Warren is an improvement over Focus on the Family's James Dobson, he must teach evangelicals there is a better way than the selfishness of modern conservatism.

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Conservatism Is Dead; Long Live Liberalism? (Part II)

Amitai Etzioni | Posted 07.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Social Conservatives, Fiscal Conservatives, Conservatives, Liberals, Liberalism, Communitarianism, Blue Dogs, Conservatism, Blue Dogs Coalition, Blue Dog Democrats, Politics News

The conservatives' well of ideas may well have run dry, but the American majority has hardly turned liberal. So could the most compelling ideas be neither conservative nor liberal but communitarian?

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Focus on the Fallacies of James Dobson

Wayne Besen | Posted 07.15.2008 | 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

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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Social Conservatives Still In Charge of Republican Party

Rep. Barney Frank | Posted 07.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: Social Conservatives, Internet Gambling, Regulation, Congress, Internet Gambling Ban, FInancial Markets, Republicans, Politics News

Leading economically conservative organizations who argued the proposed gambling regulations would interfere with the functioning of our financial system had the support of less than 10% of Republican congressmen.

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Conservative Movement Juggernaut Scaife Admits To Affair

Vanity Fair | Joseph Gross | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Bill Clinton, Social Conservatives, Conservatives, Conservatives Bill Clinton, Monica Lewinsky, David Brooks, Vanity Fair, Clinton Right-Wing Conspiracy, RIchard Mellon Scaife, Politics News

Over many years, in the five households the couple shared, the wife hired scores of servants to help take care of her rich husband. Then, in 2005, she...

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Romney Strategy Threatened By Huckabee Ascent

Washington Post | Michael Shear | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Social Conservatives, John McCain, Mitt Romney Massachusetts, Rudy Giuliani, Romney Flip Flop, Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney Iowa Caucus, New Hampshire, Fred Thompson, Iowa Caucuses, Mitt Romney, Governor Romney, Mike Huckabee Leading Polls, Romney Huckabee Iowa, 2008 Election, Politics News

A year ago, former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney gathered his campaign team for the first time at his suburban Boston home. There were PowerPoint...

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Giuliani Woos Christian Right

AP | JIM KUHNHENN | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Religious Right, Social Conservatives, Rudy Giuliani, Christian Conservatives, Politics News

Rudy Giuliani tried to find peace with a restless bloc of the Republican Party Saturday, telling religious conservatives not to fear him for his stand...

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Religious Right: GOP Candidates 'All Flawed'

AP | LIZ SIDOTI | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Hillary Clinton, Social Conservatives, Republican Presidential Candidates, GOP Candidates, Politics News

Leading Republican presidential candidates, all flawed in the eyes of influential social conservatives, sought Friday to convince the restive group th...

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Google Logos Draw Conservatives' Ire

Los Angeles Times | Jim Puzzanghera | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Right Wing, Social Conservatives, Conservatives, Google, Business News

Should the world's most-used search engine be more of a Yankee Google Dandy? Google Inc. occasionally features light-hearted doodles on its colorful ...

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Religious Conservatives Take A Back Seat In '08 Elections

The New York Times | LAURIE GOODSTEIN | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

Read More: 2008 Elections, Gop, 2008 Presidential Primary, Social Conservatives, Values Voters, Religious Right, Evangelical Christians, Republicans, Conservatives, Republican Party, Republican Presidential Candidates, Home News

AFTER the 2004 elections, religious conservatives were riding high. Newly anointed by pundits as "values voters" -- a more flattering label than "reli...

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Bad For Business: Execs And Managers Bolting GOP

The Wall Street Journal | JACKIE CALMES | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: 2008 Elections, Deficit Hawks, Social Conservatives, Alan Greenspan, Republican Party, Businessmen, Business News

The Republican Party, known since the late 19th century as the party of business, is losing its lock on that title. New evidence suggests a potential...

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Experts Proclaim Religious Right Powerless In '08 Primaries

McClatchy Newspapers | Steven Thomma | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

Read More: Republican Presidential Candidate, 2008 Elections, 2008 Presidential Primary, Social Conservatives, Conservatives, Religious Right, Republican Presidential Primary, Republican Party, Home News

Palm Sunday two years ago was a glorious day for Christian conservatives. A president who'd proclaimed Jesus his favorite philosopher was racing back...

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