“My Name is Will and I’m Putting You on Notice”
…counter-rally to the anti-gay National Organization for Marriage’s wrap up of its “Summer for Marriage” tour. (Hat tip to Republic of Gilead.)…
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Don’t Cry For Me Argentina, Cry For the Catholic Church
…Rosario, and other large cities. Ironically, the first gay marriage in the Republic of Argentina took place in the Province of Tierra del Fuego, literally at the end of the world in 2009 when Alex Frye, the head of an AIDS organization, and Jose Maria Di Bello, an executive for the Red Cross, tied the knot. In that case the governor of the province urged a local clerk to register the union just six months before it became legal throughout the coun…
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Rand Paul and the Influence of Christian Reconstructionism
…. The stated goal of the Constitution Party is to reestablish America as a Republic organized around biblical principles and under the authority of Jesus Christ. An examination of the Constitution Party platform shows clearly the influence of this movement advocating not only positions on numerous issues that have long been developed and promoted by Rushdoony and his followers, but doing so in terms of the reasoning put forth by Reconstructionists…
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On Zion’s Mount
…t the United States is, in terms of political science, an anti-homeland: a republic of citizens from any or all ethnic, religious, and genetic backgrounds, a people united by their shared allegiance to the Constitution. In theory the United States could adopt any language as its official language, could take any size or shape, and contain any kind of terrain. By contrast, Native Americans generally have specific homelands tied to specific landform…
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Eternal Culture War: Pat Buchanan on Notre Dame and Sotomayor
…, not at all qualified to be a Supreme Court justice. Ever notice it’s the Republicans whose “affirmative action” picks aren’t qualified (as in Miers and Clarence Thomas)? A Cheney Fan In a recent commentary posted at MSNBC, Buchanan pointed out that “Dick Cheney is giving the Republican Party a demonstration of how to fight a popular president. Stake out defensible high ground, do not surrender an inch, then go onto the attack.” The man who serve…
Read MoreReligious Right: God Should Kill Health Care Reform to Save America from Herod
…We, black and white, brown and yellow, rich and poor, urban and suburban, Republican, Democrats, and independents, come together and rise against the spirit of Herod, a culture of death and moral relativism. We need your kingdom come and thy will to be done. Let this nation once again adhere to the very tenets of our republic, one truly committed to life liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, in Jesus’ name we pray. Now we know what Rodriguez mea…
Read MoreConservatives Stoke Fear of Fifth Column
…rion Fund, which has ties to the ultra-Orthodox Jewish group Aish Hatorah, promotes its films to neoconservative and Christian-right audiences, who no doubt hear a familiar ring to the charges of Myrick et al. But despite its efforts to make these charges seem like a “moderate” view, they are far outside the mainstream. When I wrote about the Clarion Fund and its films last year, Paul Barrett, an editor at Business Week and author of American Isla…
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C Street Scandal, the Media, the Future of the Family: An Interview with Jeff Sharlet
…deeply about the delicate balance between the Establishment Clause and the Free Exercise Clause. Respecting a politician’s freedom of religion doesn’t mean ignoring his religion—it means asking smart, sometimes tough questions about its role in his political life. For a relatively brief period you made the rounds, were interviewed in a number of mainstream media venues. Then, nothing! What happened? Actually, as an author, I was lucky. Spurred b…
Read MoreGeorgia Legislator Behind Bill Criminalizing Miscarriage is Christian Reconstructionist
…te legislature’s website claims he “has been called ‘the conscience of the Republican Caucus’ because he believes that civil government should return to its biblically and constitutionally defined role.” That same website has a nifty little option that allows you to sort proposed bills according to their sponsors; so it was easy to get a sense of what he means by government’s biblically-defined role. He sponsored legislation to eliminate restricti…
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Who is Mat Staver, Counsel for Anti-Gay Activist Against Suit from Uganda?
…udges” are subverting biblical principles; and that the very health of the republic is at risk because gay and lesbian people can be parents. In an October 1, 2008 posting on its website, Liberty Counsel asked supporters “to help us spread the word about the ongoing legal case that directly impacts the life of six-year old child Isabella and the future of this Nation,” adding that, if Vermont courts ruled against Miller, “then, on the issues of ma…
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