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Gay Republicans Ask for Social Issue Cease-Fire

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…e (which was already banned by statute) in 2004.” The new Congressman from Florida, Alan West, compares homosexuality to adultery and opposes the lifting of DADT, and Mississippi’s newest Congressman Alan Nunnelee is proud of his work to prevent gay couples in the state from adopting children. Instead of pushing against social issues in Congress and in elections, perhaps GOProud should have been informing its constituents about the true nature of…

Surprise: Local Press Does Good Job Covering Anti-Islam Campaigning…

By Hussein Rashid

…on his own shady business practices. This article prompted a follow-up in Florida. The strength of the local reporting reveals the vested economic interests in perpetuating a conflict narrative with Muslims in America. Unfortunately, the national media has a harder time wrapping itself around that narrative. NPR’s Intelligence Squared debate asked whether “Islam was a religion of peace?”, as though that couldn’t be asked of any religion. Interest…

Religious Groups Call On Justice Department to Protect Muslims

By Sarah Posner

…arson at a planned Tennesse mosque site and the planned Quran burning at a Florida church on September 11, a coalition religious groups will meet this afternoon with Attorney General Eric Holder, as part of an effort to urge the Obama administration to do more to protect the religious freedom and safety of Muslims in the United States. In a meeting with Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Tom Perez on August 30, the Baptist Joint Committee…

DREAMing of Faith

By Sarah Posner

…ia, VA; Pastor Joel Hunter of Northland, A Church Distributed in Longwood, Florida; and Pastor Rich Nathan of Vineyard Columbus in Columbus, Ohio. They all discussed the biblical and moral imperative to welcome the stranger; Nathan noted how the push for immigration reform “has united the religious community, even for those of us who consider ourselves conservatives.” Many of those conservatives, though, support immigration reform, but not for gay…

The Exorcist Files, Getting Mad at God, The Obama Prayer…

By Michael J. Altman

A sergeant in Manatee County Florida was suspended for 26 hours after he left a Bible verse circled and labeled the “Obama Prayer” on a colleague’s desk. The verse was from Psalm 109: “Let his days be few, and let another take his office.” A new study shows that everyone gets mad at God, even atheists. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals found a war memorial cross in San Diego unconstitutional because it was a government endorsement of religion. The…

Christianity and Gun Control

By Sarah Posner

…own hall meeting. November 9, 2010—U.S. Representative-Elect Allen West of Florida’s 22nd Congressional District hires conservative radio talk show host Joyce Kaufman as his Chief of Staff. On July 3, Kaufman told a crowd of Tea Party supporters, “I am convinced that the most important thing the Founding Fathers did to ensure me my First Amendments rights was they gave me a Second Amendment. And if ballots don’t work, bullets will.” GOA contends t…

Religious Conspiracy Theories About Giffords Shooting Emerge

By Sarah Posner

Pastor Carl Gallups of Hickory Hammock Baptist Church in Milton, Florida, has produced two videos about the attempted assassination of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords that glorify Gun Owners of America, claim that Giffords knew her assailant, assert that owning guns is a “God-given right,” and that gun control leads to genocide. One of Gallups’ claims, that Giffords subscribed to Loughner’s YouTube channel, is now being touted by Jerome Corsi, the conspi…

Monty Python does Religion

By Hussein Rashid

I am convinced that the pastor in Florida named Terry Jones is in fact the Terry Jones of Monty Python in disguise. First he wants to burn the Qur’an, now he wants to put it on trial. Think about it for a second. Put a book on trial. It’s like putting a rock on trial. It doesn’t really do anything. Perhaps he wants to compare it to the Bible to see which is more violent? But what does that do? The film Holy Wars makes the great point that you hav…

Creationism and Evolution are Competing ‘Myths’

By Kelly E. Hayes

…e presence of other creationist museums in Arkansas, Texas, California and Florida suggests that the war is far from over. It remains to be seen whether the leaders of the creationist movement will be able to effectively mobilize enough American voters to bring about the kinds of sociopolitical changes for which their paradigmatic model provides a superhuman charter. It is clear, however, that supporters of evolution would do well to implement a n…

The Zeitgeist Debate

By Sarah Posner

…ious movement, attracting the attention of the local Fox News affiliate in Florida, where Venus is based, which gave it a glowing treatment, calling its founder, Jacque Fresco, who believes all our problems are caused by “BS — bad science,” a “brilliant man.” In the segment, Fresco complains that other countries want to hear about his futuristic “system,” but that the United States does not. The Huffington Post’s associate green editor, Travis Wal…