Tag: religious right

Bryan Fischer at 2009 Values Voter Summit (from Americans United's Flickr)

Bryan Fischer: Andreas Lubitz’s Supposed Gay Tendencies May Explain Why He...

Until yesterday, the most outrageous thing a religious right pundit has said about the crash of Germanwings Flight 9525 came from Pat Robertson, who...
Robert Jeffress in his pulpit at First Baptist Church of Dallas (from his Facebook)

Fundie Pastor Robert Jeffress: 9-11 Was Punishment For Abortion

Just days after the September 11 attacks, Jerry Falwell declared that abortionists--among many others--were responsible for the planes slamming into the World Trade Center...
Laurie Roth (courtesy TeaParty.org)

Wingnut Talk Show Host: Obama Proved He Hates Israel By Not...

Right-wing talk show host Laurie Roth was none too pleased when President Obama didn't personally thank Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu after Netanyahu likely...
Bryan Fischer at the 2009 Value Voters Summit (courtesy Americans United's Flickr)

Bryan Fischer Thinks Large Number Of Bilingual Americans Is Sign Of...

Last month, the American Family Association announced that it had removed Bryan Fischer as its chief issues analyst. However, it still allowed him to...
Dave Daubenmire at an Operation Save America rally in New Orleans (from Daubenmire's Facebook)

Christian Talk Show Host: Only Creationists Should Be On Jury In...

As I've mentioned several times, it seems that lately the religious right has gotten more and more extreme by the minute. The latest evidence...
A Tea Party rally in Houston in 2009 (courtesy luna715's Flickr)

GOP Primary Voters: Separation Of Church And State Bad, Christianity As...

Last week, Public Policy Polling took the pulse of the Republican primary field. It found that Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker seems to be the...
Benjamin L. Corey with two of his fans in Maine in 2014 (from Corey's Facebook)

Christian Left Blogger Benjamin L. Corey Calls BS On Fundies’ Persecution...

As a proud member of the Christian Left, I've always wondered--when will more of us stand up and be counted? One member who has...

‘Fifty Shades Of Grey’ Dominates Weekend Box Office

Note to Hollywood movie studios: Controversy sells more tickets than all the advertising in the world. "Fifty Shades of Grey," which has been debated, dismissed,...

Brownback Says Fewer Divorces Will Save Kansas $$$

Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback (R) and his hand-picked, Republican-heavy legislature?want to make divorce more difficult to get. Are you kidding me? Divorce is always hard...

Colorado State Representative: ‘Take Back America For The Kingdom Of God’

If you've never heard of David?Klingenschmitt, don't feel bad. Even though he's a member of the Colorado legislature, he is not that well-known outside...
South Carolina state representative Jonathon Hill (from his Facebook page)

South Carolina State Rep Wants To Know If Judicial Candidates Believe...

As we all know, the religious right's insistence that all it wants is a place at the table for socially conservative Americans is a...
Bryan Fischer at 2009 Values Voters Summit (from Americans United's Flickr feed)

Bryan Fischer Tries–And Fails–To Spin Ouster As American Family Association Spokesman

In case you missed it, on Wednesday night it was announced that the American Family Association had pushed out Bryan Fischer as its chief...

Bryan Fischer Loses His Paycheck–But Not His Mic, At Least For...

As you may recall, late last night the American Family Association ousted Bryan Fischer as its top spokesman and issues analyst. Reportedly, Fischer got...
Bryan Fischer at 2009 Values Voters Summit (courtesy Gage Skidmore's Flickr)

Bryan Fischer Fired By American Family Association

MSNBC's Rachel Maddow dropped a bombshell on Wednesday night--one of the religious right's most loathsome characters is out of a job. The American Family...
Alex McFarland sitting with James Dobson in 2014 (from McFarland's Facebook)

Religious Right Pundit Alex McFarland: Protest Of Response Prayer Rally Was...

The religious right likes to keep up the pretense that all it wants is a place at the table. But occasionally, a prominent religious...
Mike Huckabee at Thomas Road Baptist Church (courtesy Wikimedia Commons)

Mike Huckabee’s Bright Idea For Ending School Shootings–Mandatory Prayer And Chapel...

Mike Huckabee dropped any pretense of being a kinder, gentler religious right leader when he callously declared literally hours after the Sandy Hook shootings...
Ted Cruz at the 2011 Values Voter Summit (courtesy Wikimedia Commons)

Ted Cruz Wants Constitutional Amendment To Take Marriage Equality Out Of...

When the Supreme Court announced that it would finally weigh in on whether all 50 states must allow LGBT couples to legally marry, I...

Are Liberals Too Boring To Win Elections?

As a Bleeding Heart Libertarian (Left-Libertarian, Liberal Libertarian) Canadian born on the West Coast, I have been inundated with predominantly conservative policies in a...
Brian Camenker with conservative talk show host Susan Smith in 2013 (from Smith's blog)

Religious Right Activist Defends Bans On Same-Sex Marriage–And Bans On Interracial...

We already knew that the religious right is running out of options to defend bans on same-sex marriage. Just how desperate they are became...
Sandy Rios at a 2014 convention (from Rios' Facebook)

Sandy Rios Is Looking For Radical Muslims Under Every Rock

Over the years, I've wondered--how in the world is Bryan Fischer still on the payroll with the American Family Association? This is, after all,...