Tag: religious extremism

Pat Robertson has made it loud and clear that if you oppose Trump, you oppose God's plan for this country. So no one expected...

Most longtime watchers of the religious right, including this writer, have known for some time that when push comes to shove, the religious right...

In the seven years since North Carolina's Republican Party seized control of the state legislature, we in the Tar Heel State have been treated...

The religious right insists that all it wants to do is give Americans with "traditional values" a place at the table. But from time...

Lately, whenever a natural disaster occurs, you can almost take it to the bank that some unhinged pastor is going to suggest that it...

Ever since movie mogul Harvey Weinstein was accused of paying thousands of dollars to keep accusations of sexual assault quiet, a number of right-wingers...

For almost four decades, the religious right has followed a simple formula--use social issues to wedge devoutly religious voters away from the Democrats when,...

There are two big reasons why Donald Trump's administration is not normal. For one thing, some of the nation's most notorious peddlers of conspiracy...

One of the most disheartening moments of the 2016 campaign came when the infamous "Access Hollywood" tapes came out, and the religious right still...

The 2017 Values Voter Summit drew to a close on Saturday. This year's edition, as in years past, was full to the brim with...

It was a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad week for Donald Trump. He acted like a self-absorbed jerk while visiting Puerto Rico in...

The days since Stephen Paddock opened fire on a crowd watching a concert on the Las Vegas Strip have seen what has become an...

Lately, whenever a mass shooting occurs, two things are as certain as death and taxes are in more peaceful times. You get conspiracy theorists...

The religious right latched onto Donald Trump in part because he made clucking noises about social issues that they liked. In return, the nation's...

It's already clear that many elements on the right really don't think much of the NFL players who have taken a knee in protest...

For almost a quarter-century, a fringe charismatic church in the North Carolina foothills has been under fire for abusive and cultish practices. But it...

For the better part of three decades, the religious right has insisted that all it wants is a place at the table for social...

In the aftermath of Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria ravishing the United States and Caribbean, we've seen a number of pastors revert to what...

Early on Wednesday morning, Puerto Rico was hit with the full fury of Hurricane Maria. The storm blasted Puerto Rico with winds of up...

Homophobia runs very deep in some elements of the religious right. In many cases, it can get to the point that basic standards of...