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Republicans for Choice Chair: Akin “Helpful for Us”

By Sarah Posner

…r than delegates to have a copy, and that the draft was still in progress. CNN reported this morning that the Committee was preparing “tough” anti-abortion language, but Stone said, as she was hurriedly returning to theCommittee meetings, “it could have been worse,” adding, however, “it could have been better.” The last draft that Stone saw, she told me, did not identify a human life amendment by name, and did not designate a particular version of…

Family Research Council is Attacked—Tony Perkins is Quick to Blame SPLC

By Evan Derkacz

…erkins keeps his mouth shut. I don’t see him criticizing that speech. The truth is, you can’t pick and choose what kind of rhetoric to condemn. Why a person commits an act of violence like this one is an incredibly complex question to answer—and it may well have to do with rhetoric. Language most certainly does have power (on that score, the FRC isn’t wrong). Unfortunately for Perkins and the FRC, attempts to draw any equivalency between the hatef…

A Bill Passes, Westboro Baptists Shrug

By Rebecca Barrett-Fox

…re laid to rest, it should be done with the utmost honor and respect. The news of the bill’s signing has been trumpeted by pro-military as well as pro-gay organizations. The Huffington Post called the legislation a “blow” to the church, which will be “severely limited” in its ability picket. Not so, declared the church. Member Steve Drain said in an interview with CNN on Friday that the law is “really not going to change our plans at all.” Given…

I Booed Romney For Jesus

By Anthea Butler

…rights movement—voter suppression—is the business of the Republican Party today. What separates Vice President Biden’s speech from Romney’s is an appreciation and respect for cultural differences. While Biden is not a natural preacher, his energy and lively delivery resonated with the crowd. It did not seem forced to hear Biden say “We are our brother’s keeper, we are our sisters’ keepers” as he closed out his speech. Calling on scripture, Biden…

Kirk Cameron’s Monumental Reveals Subtle Influence of Christian Reconstructionism

By Julie Ingersoll

…exclusively by Reconstructionists.) Some who write about Christian Reconstructionists and Rushdoony focus too much on the most extreme parts of his work, like biblical slavery and stoning as the biblical penalty for homosexuality. Unbelievable as those views are, it’s more important to focus on his views that actually have a hand in shaping our current political debates; particularly on education and gender. (It is important to note, however, as…

HBO’s Game Change Hits, But Sarah Palin Pic Misses Religion

By Anthea Butler

…ugh her home church, Wasilla Assemblies of God, which continues to play a crucial role in her thinking. It’s why, even now, when cornered by CNN while voting in the Alaska caucus and asked whether she would throw her name into the ring if the 2012 Republican convention were contested, she responded with the words: “anything is possible.” For those with ears to hear, they would hear the prayers of a woman who is relying on the prophecies about her…

All the Candidates’ Religion Problems

By Sarah Posner

…ssential part of the Republican base. Remember the incredulity about the emergence of someone with Michele Bachmann’s worldview on the national stage? The endurance of a candidate like Santorum—Catholic or not, running as the anti-Romney or not—proves that four, eight, twelve years from now, surprise is for those who are not paying attention….

Komen & Islamophobia, A New Conservative MO?

By Hussein Rashid

…of civil liberties. Again, The Daily Dish points out that the controversy erupted with the hire of a new VP for Policy, Karen Handel (since resigned), who ran a gubernatorial campaign with a plank of defunding Planned Parenthood. This is like trusting a report by Frank Gaffney on national security. No knowledge, just vitriol. Personally, this MO has proven so effective against Muslims for so long, I can easily see it spreading against other groups…

Which One Has the Religion Problem, Gingrich or Romney?

By Sarah Posner

…ding, or rather there wasn’t much following) produced a consensus for Santorum. But it didn’t matter, and neither did Santorum’s apparent greater fidelity to his shared faith with Gingrich. Gingrich’s bombast at the debates apparently went a long way, together with (possibly) support from the minority of religious right powerbrokers who did back him. Evangelical voters made up 65% of the South Carolina electorate, and 44% of them voted for a twice…

Jesus v. Religion Rap-Off

By Joseph Laycock

…rtain traditions from what the Scottish Common Sense philosophers called “true religion.” This cultural hierarchy is effective because it is hidden: if “true religion” is never defined, then only the cultural elites can determine who is practicing it. What is new about Benthke’s poem is that the term “religion” has itself become a pejorative label. This is no doubt due to an increased suspicion of organized religion among the millennials. This is…