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Gun Group That Promotes Militias Thrilled With O’Donnell Victory

By Sarah Posner

…re Marco Rubio chased Gov. Charlie Crist out of the primary—and out of the Republican Party). All of the candidates supported by GOA-PVF were opposed by the Republican establishment in their respective primaries. And all of these candidates agree with Gun Owners of America that it is not enough simply to defeat anti-gunners in elections. They must also be replaced with leaders who will fight to restore Constitutional liberties that have been under…

Anti-Choice Groups Target Anti-Choice Democrats With Health Care Lies

By Sarah Posner

…-01) voted to expand federal funding of abortion.” Dana Goldstein, who has reported extensively on the intricacies of the funding provisions in the PPACA, debunked a similar falsehood when Sarah Palin claimed two weeks ago that the PPACA represented “the biggest advance of the abortion industry in America.” Anti-choice groups, including the SBA List and Americans United for Life, insist that the PPACA doesn’t explicitly exclude federal funding fo…

Chauvin Verdict isn’t a Turning Point in Equal Justice, But it Does Suggest a New Political Norm

By John Stoehr

…e people was spent down on January 6. It was bankrupted the day the Senate Republicans acquitted the traitor. That exhaustion of credibility is coupled with replenished credibility in the multi-racial corps of activists working broadly under the banner of Black Lives Matter. Even as the Fox fascists accused the Minneapolis jury of caving to violent threats by a “woke mob,” respectable white people saw for themselves that a rare instance in which a…

Dems’ New Faith Outreach Director “Pro-Life” and Against Marriage Equality (Updated)

By Sarah Posner

…UPDATE: The Rev. Carlton Veazey, president of the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice, issues this statement: Reverend Derrick Harkins has been a strong supporter of the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice’s National Black Church Initiative (BCI) as a member of its Advisory Board. The Obama Administration is to be commended for naming Reverend Harkins to lead faith outreach for the Democratic Party as it heads into the 2012 electi…

Uncle Sugar as Religious Bogeyman

By Sarah Posner

…words, “somebody has to be in charge.” Of course Huckabee isn’t the first Republican called to answer for his endorsement of biblical patriarchy. Just this week, New Mexico Republican Steve Pearce, in a new book, writes that “the wife is to voluntarily submit, just as the husband is to lovingly lead and sacrifice” and “the husband’s part is to show up during the times of deep stress, take the leadership role and be accountable for the outcome, bl…

Bachmann’s Constitutional Flameout

By Sarah Posner

…lly become part of the litmus test lexicon. Perhaps George should have had Rep. Chris Smith on hand, who once suggested creating a protected class of citizens based on “immaturity.” George then switched gears to ask about whether the religious conscience of foster care providers should be respected if they receive government funding but refuse to place children with same-sex couples. “I believe in equal protection under the law,” Bachmann replied,…

Bryan Fischer’s and the GOP’s Special Christian First Amendment

By Sarah Posner

…ythology and American exceptionalism? Bachmann and Gingrich, and any other Republican who hopes to burst out of the gate in Iowa. Rep. Allen West (R-FL), who was chosen to give the keynote address at CPAC, has said of Muslims: “We cannot allow them to come into our country and proselytize in their mosques and talk about overthrowing our government, our constitutional democracy, and replace it with shari’ah… it’s sedition.” (emphasis added on the t…

Catholic Conscience Over a Woman’s Life?

By Sarah Morice-Brubaker

…like you need to take care of her there.’’ And I was on a recorded line, I reported them as an EMTALA violation. And the physician [said], ‘This isn’t something that we can take care of.’ And I [said], ‘‘Well, if I don’t accept her, what are you going to do with her?’’ [He answered], ‘‘We’ll put her on a floor [i.e., admit her to a bed in the hospital instead of keeping her in the emergency room]; we’ll transfuse her as much as we can, and we’ll j…

Republicans Face Showdown With Religious Right Over Dropped Abortion Bill

By Sarah Posner

…a future date. At the same time, he said he hoped voters would contact the Republicans who reportedly were responsible for stymying the bill, notably Renee Ellmers of North Carolina, Jackie Walorski of Indiana, and Charlie Dent of Pennsylvania. This afternoon, there is a protest planned outside Ellmer’s House office. In a press release, Patrick Mahoney of the Christian Defense Coalition, which helped organize the protest, said, “Congresswoman Ellm…

The Suburban Shift Putting Republicans in Peril

By Murali Balaji

…ot wholly prepared—to deal with some of the demographic changes. A growing number of Hindu, Sikh and Muslim voters, for example, represent the parts of New Jersey that once boasted white, Christian, college-educated voters. While they’re not all Democrats, it’s easy to see how an administration that’s doubled down on xenophobia has imperiled Republicans’ outreach efforts. Similarly, in places like Orange County, California, the rise of Asian non-C…