House GOP Hires Lawyer to Prevent Federal Recognition of Same-Sex Marriage
And they’d like taxpayers to foot the bill.
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Welcome to the Shari’ah Conspiracy Theory Industry
The support of many Republican presidential candidates demonstrates the success of a cottage industry based on the conspiracy theory that totalitarian Islamic radicals are bent on infiltrating America, displacing the Constitution, and subverting Western-style democracy in the U.S. and around the globe.
Read MoreReligious Right Doubles Down on DOMA
The National Association of Evangelicals eagerly reasserts its opposition to any recognition of same-sex relationships.
Read MoreObama Administration Won’t Defend Federal Defense of Marriage Act in Court
The latest in a long line of victories for marriage equality.
Read MoreObama Missing Islam Opportunity with Religious Freedom Ambassador
Rev. Dr. Suzan Johnson Cook, Ambassador-at-Large for Religious Freedom nominee, has no international policy experience.
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In Wake of Murder in Uganda, LGBT Group Protests Prayer Breakfast
Yesterday morning President Barack Obama gave the keynote address at this year’s National Prayer Breakfast, a longstanding tradition among presidents since Dwight D. Eisenhower. The breakfast also drew Braveheart screenwriter Randall Wallace and husband of recent Arizona shooting victim… This isn’t anti-religion; this is anti-hatred.
Read MoreOh, For God’s Sake
Fox News says that Pres. Obama “misquoted” the Bible because he used the New International Version instead of the King James… Wait, what?
Read MoreAt National Prayer B’fast Obama Defends His Faith… Again
Some unsolicited advice on how Mr. Obama should talk about his faith.
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Captain America v. The Collective: Redemption in Tucson
Like superheroes, the Captain America redemptive hero does all the work, requiring no sacrifice from us. The prophetic model, like Martin Luther King Jr., asks us to see collective meaning in suffering.
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Why Can’t We Take Death Seriously? The Obama Administration’s Latest Retreat
The truth is that the administration simply caved before the still potent specter of so-called “Death Panels”—a specter created last year by the likes of Sarah Palin, John Boehner, and other disingenuous opponents of health care reform. Let’s just say that in this new year, Team Obama is worried to death (pardon the expression) about defending its signature health care law from further assaults from the newly-emboldened Republicans.
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