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Bachmann Beats Palin at Christian Testimony

By Anthea Butler

…e that God has called. Perry’s prayer and fasting rodeo, Perry’s NAR Christian mafia, and Bachmann’s earnest testimonies have sucked all the air out of Palin’s flimsy testimony. Bachmann and Perry both are hitting the perfect pitch of Republicanity, while Palin has missed the bus by trusting her story to a right-wing filmmaker. Judging by her weird appearance on last week’s Hannity, where she repeated her trademark phase “don’t retreat, reload,” P…

Gun Owners of America Celebrates Defeat of Gun Control Amendments

By Sarah Posner

…, to protect the life that was given them.” In 2011, at a campaign stop in Des Moines, Iowa, Pratt presented then-Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) with a “Defender of the Second Amendment” award. Paul’s son, now Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), who this week had the gall to say President Obama was using the Newton families as “props,” was looking on. Pratt’s speech in giving the elder Paul an award (transcribed it below) is filled with conspiracy theories, falsehoods,…

Pastor Hosting Bachmann Claims No Endorsement, Just Invite to “True Follower of Christ”

By Sarah Posner

…nounced today that she will be speaking at First Assembly of God Church in Des Moines this Sunday. Of course it’s not unprecedented for presidential candidates to speak at churches, and First Assembly’s pastor, Dave Beroth, is quick to claim he is not endorsing Bachmann. But, it appears he is endorsing her leadership abilities as a follower of Christ. I asked Beroth, about why he invited Bachmann to speak, and whether he’d be inviting other candid…

Huckabee Teams Up with Citizens United to Promote Fetal Personhood

By Sarah Posner

…do with their current pregnancy.” Dr. Douglas Laube, Board Chair of Physicians for Reproductive Choice and Health, echoed this view, describing Levatino’s reaction as “normal” given his circumstances, but noting that his patient’s reaction was not discussed. “I see it as a disconnect,” said Laube. “It does not connect logically with a reason not to support the right to choose. It’s his feelings versus her right to choose.” Lisa Harris, Assistant…

Bachmann Hails Beginning of End of “Shari’ah-Compliant Terrorism”

By Sarah Posner

Michele Bachmann’s comment on the killing of bin Laden, via the Des Moines Register: Tonight’s news does not bring back the lives of the thousands of innocent people who were killed that day by Osama bin Laden’s horrific plan, and it does not end the threat posed by terrorists, but it is my hope that this is the beginning of the end of Sharia-compliant terrorism. Of course there is such a thing as shari’ah-compliant finance, which is an actual, a…

On Abortion, Mitt Romney vs. His Own Campaign Website

By Sarah Posner

Mitt Romney told the Des Moines Register editorial board yesterday that “There’s no legislation with regards to abortion that I’m familiar with that would become part of my agenda.” Perhaps Romney should familiarize himself with his own campaign website, in particular the “values” section, which covers marriage, family, and life, but not honesty (emphases mine): Mitt Romney is pro-life. He believes it speaks well of the country that almost all A…

Where Joe the Plumber and Allen West’s Gun Control Conspiracy Theory Comes From

By Sarah Posner

…manship of Pat Buchanan’s 1996 presidential campaign over his ties to militias and neo-Nazis, portrayed liberals as “servile” people who “want the government to do everything for them.” He called gun control a “Nazi concept,” echoing a common conspiracy theory on the far right: that the US Gun Control Act of 1968 was modeled on a Nazi law, and is intended to make the citizenry helpless in the face of a “tyrannical” government bent on committing ge…

Gingrich on “Teh Gay”

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…grich has hit the conservative Christian trifecta by sitting down with the Des Moines Register’s editorial board to affirm that opposition to marriage equality stating that there is a “big difference between saying that you’re to have an acceptance of people’s lifestyles and saying that you’re now going to normalize that as a standard for the whole country.” Gingrich also told the editorial board that gay and lesbian people can choose to be straig…

“Saints Are Only Human”: Leaving the Church, But Heeding this Pope’s Lessons

By Elizabeth Colmant Estes

…“For me, this is all so amazing,” Rebecca confessed. “I grew up in California. And I am a descendant of the Mescalero Apache tribe. I’ve visited many missions. I love the one in Carmel. In school all children study mission history. Everyone does a history project to build a model of a mission. I cannot believe Junipero Serra is being sainted by Pope Francis and I am a witness.” I was stunned. As much as anyone present, Rebecca had a right to be an…

We Went Through Amoris Laetitia Section by Section So You Wouldn’t Have To

By Anthony Adams

…ualism is bad. Also, he notes but offers no explanation for the decreasing number of marriages in many countries. I am glad to see that in Section 34 he understands this basic fact of contemporary western culture: The ideal of marriage, marked by a commitment to exclusivity and stability, is swept aside whenever it proves inconvenient or tiresome. The fear of loneliness and the desire for stability and fidelity exist side by side with a growing fe…