Tag: religious right

Dutch Sheets speaking in Selma, Alabama (from Sheets' Facebook)

Religious Right Leader Dutch Sheets: Christians Are ‘God’s Governing Force On...

A prominent religious right leader thinks that Christians need to realize that they are "God's governing force on earth"--and once they realize this, they'll...

Guess What, Christian Right? You’re Not So Different From Muslims After...

I find it strange when Christian Conservatives post anti-Islamic stuff on their timelines and pages because they follow pretty much the same religion. Christianity...

Bobby Jindal’s Planning A Prayer Rally. We Have The Handout —...

Although he is already notorious for his stupidity as a Christian radical, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal is??achieving a new milestone: his?upcoming prayer rally's handouts...
Ben Carson at the 2013 Conservative Political Action Conference (courtesy Wikimedia Commons)

Ben Carson: Obama Is Acting Like Vladimir Putin

Ben Carson is making a lot of noises about running for president in 2016. He's already firmly established himself as a no-questions-asked conservative--after all,...
Mikey Weinstein speaking at the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs in 2012 (from Ian Terry's Flickr)

Wife Of Activist Who Fights For Religious Rights Of Soldiers Reveals...

For almost a decade, the Military Religious Freedom Foundation and its founder, Mikey Weinstein, have stood for the rights of servicemen who face religious...
Rick Santorum on the stump in Iowa in 2011 (courtesy Wikimedia Commons)

Rick Santorum: Separation Of Church And State Is A Communist Plot

As I've mentioned several times, the religious right's claims that it just wants a place at the table for socially conservative Americans gets exposed...

Texas Tries To Rewrite History (Again) With Deceptive Textbooks

// // Textbooks in Texas are making headlines again after the Texas Board of Education postponed a vote on Tuesday about whether or not...
Bryan Fischer speaking at the 2009 Value Voters Summit (from Americans United's Flickr feed)

Religious Right Pundits: Our Prayers Turned This Election

// // After the carnage of Tuesday night, a lot of us--including yours truly--are still wondering, "What in the world happened?" Well, at least...
The Mississippi State Capitol (courtesy Wikimedia Commons)

Mississippi Wingnuts Want To Declare Christianity The Official State Religion

A neo-Confederate group in Mississippi is gathering signatures for a proposed constitutional amendment that would declare Christianity to be the official religion of the...
Frank Turek (courtesy WikiMedia Commons)

Christian Apologist Frank Turek: States Can Nullify Federal Court Decisions On...

// //pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js If you follow the religious right for any period of time, you'll quickly discover that as unhinged as its spokesmen can sometimes sound...
Jody Hice, the Republican nominee in Georgia's 10th District (from Hice's Facebook)

Jody Hice: Lack Of Mandatory Prayer In Schools Made Penn State...

It's more or less an article of faith among Christian conservatives that our society went down the drain in 1962 and 1963, when two...
Kenneth Copeland preaching at Living Word Christian Center in Minneapolis, 2012 (from church's Flickr)

Kenneth Copeland: Obama Was Reelected To Turn Us Against Socialism

Wondering what the religious right's leaders are telling their followers in the last full week before Election Day? Well, the yeomen at People for...
Jesse Lee Peterson (from his show's Facebook)

Black Conservative Jesse Lee Peterson: Private Businesses Should Have Right To...

What if I told you that a conservative radio talk show host had said that private businessmen should be able to refuse to serve...

White Evangelicals Dwindling In South And They’re Taking The GOP Edge...

// // A number of pollsters are suggesting that the Republicans could very well take the Senate in a couple of weeks--enough that Nate...
Jody Hice, the Republican nominee in Georgia's 10th District (from Hice's Facebook)

GOP House Candidate Jody Hice: Liberals Using Schools As Indoctrination Camps

In the past few months, we've told you about Jody Hice, a Baptist pastor and right-wing radio talk show host from the Atlanta suburbs...
Bryan Fischer speaking at the 2009 Value Voters Summit (from Americans United's Flickr feed)

Bryan Fischer: Shepard Smith Condemned Ebola Fear-Mongering Because He’s A Gay...

// // Bryan Fischer, the chief policy analyst for the American Family Association, has said more than his fair share of unhinged stuff. But...
John Hagee speaking at a crusade in Branson, Missouri (from John Hagee Ministries' Facebook)

John Hagee: Ebola Is God’s Judgment On America For Dividing Israel

// // It says a lot about the state of our country's discourse that I found myself waiting for a religious Right leader to...
Jessa Duggar and her fiancé, Ben Seewald. (courtesy ABC News)

Duggar Daughter Blames Evolution For Holocaust, Then Likens Holocaust To Abortion...

It seems that the religious right is getting more and more extreme by the minute. After all, in recent months I've brought you examples...
Zach Dasher formally filing for his run for Congress (from Dasher's Facebook)

Phil Robertson’s Nephew Is Running For Congress–And Thinks Atheism Led To...

If you're on the fence about going out to vote in November, here's a big reason why you should go to the polls--as long...
Tony Perkins speaking at the 2011 Values Voter Summit (courtesy Gage Skidmore's Flickr)

Tony Perkins: Americans Wouldn’t Be Fighting For ISIS If Government Favored...

Every once in awhile, a major religious right leader is actually honest about what he and his compatriots want to this country--shred the First...