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Book Burning and the Scapegoating of Islam

By Eric Reitan

…nation (and much of the world) watched Terry Jones, pastor of a minuscule Florida congregation, threaten to burn copies of the Qur’an on September 11, then abruptly change his mind only to have notorious hater Fred Phelps jump into the gap. But while much of the media attention to this story has actually revolved around, well, the media attention itself, this is a good time to ask ourselves what it means, historically and symbolically, to burn a…

Gays and Lesbians Must Protest Islamophobia

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…mpending burning of Qur’ans this weekend at a small church in Gainesville, Florida, is a stark reminder of why gay and lesbian people cannot be hoodwinked into an alliance with any party that actively hates another group of people for any reason. Islam, like Christianity, has a history of being anti-gay (as one of my sisters loves to remind me, “Muslims don’t like your kind”), but that’s no excuse for gays and lesbians to be anti-Muslim. Instead,…

Christian Nationalist Legislator Introduces Anti-Trans ‘Millstone Act’ Suggesting Biblical Retribution

By Andrew L. Seidel

…s. Remember, the entire burlesque is meant to camouflage their inadequacy. Florida Gov. Ron Desantis just exempted gas stoves—appliances that may actually be harmful to human health—from Florida’s six percent sales tax. Nevermind that 92% of Floridians chose electric stoves before this was made into an issue. Now, as my colleague Annika Brockschmidt discussed recently, victims of these hucksters can buy a possibly harmful appliance and then flock…

Personalities, Politics and Penises: National Baptist Convention Dodged a Bullet

By Jonathan L. Walton

…e exposed in 1997 after his then wife discovered and set ablaze a $700,000 Florida home that he owned with his mistress. The arson set off a full-scale financial investigation revealing that Lyons had used his position to bilk major corporations and charities out of over $5 million. Lyons subsequently pled guilty and was sentenced to five years in prison for fraud, extortion, racketeering, grand theft and tax evasion. It seems to me, then, that th…

No Henpecked Men Here:
The Black-Robed Regiment Before Beck

By Sarah Posner

Chuck Baldwin, Florida pastor, admirer of the John Birch Society, Ron Paul devotee, lifelong member of Gun Owners of America, and 2008 Constitution Party presidential candidate, had a Black Robed Regiment long before Glenn Beck did. Baldwin’s evolution from Jerry Falwell’s ally in Florida — he served as the state chair of the Moral Majority in the 1980s — to uber-patriot penning columns like his 2004 “I Am A Conservative Christian, And The Religi…

Romney’s Religion of Happiness vs. Gingrich’s Religion of Grievance

By Sarah Posner

…most recent Public Policy Polling survey, Gingrich is leading Romney among Florida evangelicals, 37-33%. But the evangelical makeup of the Republican electorate (38%) in Florida is virtually the reverse of South Carolina, where they comprised 65% of voters, and which is why, in part, Romney is headed toward victory here tomorrow. At the Romney rally, the verdict on Gingrich was mixed. Liz Reiman, a Romney voter from Jacksonville, said she had been…

Crossing the Rubicon? Mar-a-Lago Raid Enflames Right Wing Fantasies of Christian Caesarism

By Annika Brockschmidt & Thomas Lecaque

…online conservative pundit machine is dealing with the FBI raid on Trump’s Florida home, Mar-a-Lago—comparing it to the actions of a Roman dictator, calling for a new secession movement, or likening the FBI to Nazi brownshirts. On August 9th, the FBI executed a warrant to search the premises for boxes of classified material that the former president had removed from the White House and never returned. According to Politico, Trump is being investig…

Speaking with Palestinian-American Republican Who Confronted GOP at Debate

By Haroon Moghul

…is is important because it’s a tight race. And there are a lot of Arabs in Florida (as indeed there are a lot of Muslims), and they might be up for grabs. As Hassan put it, “I’m economically and socially conservative”; in fact, we had a hard time getting time with him because he’s a busy businessman, the kind of entrepreneurial type who’s supposed to be naturally, organically Republican. When I asked him if his treatment by the leading GOP candida…

DeSantis is More Polished and Less Bombastic Than Trump — But is He Less of a Threat to Democracy?

By Annika Brockschmidt

…rom this otherwise extremely underwhelming election night for Republicans: Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. And while the Democrats’ surprisingly strong performance has bought American democracy some time, it doesn’t mean that the Right’s attack on democracy is over just because Republicans have become—at least privately—increasingly disgruntled with Trump. And herein lies the danger of DeSantis becoming Trump’s successor, or even being lauded by Ne…

Keep These Satanists Out of Congress!

By Joseph Laycock

On April 1, Jake Rush, a conservative congressional candidate from Florida, was outed for his involvement in vampire role-playing games. The story, which was apparently spread by supporters of his opponent, incumbent Ted Yoho, accused Rush of living a “bizarre double life” and dropped plenty of choice words like “ritual,” “occult,” and “Satanic.” Unfortunately for Yoho’s supporters the appeal to moral panic may have backfired. Rush released a st…