What Religious “Hostility” Looks Like
Tony Perkins’ sudden survey paints a picture of Christians under siege.
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Family Research Council is Attacked—Tony Perkins is Quick to Blame SPLC
The FRC prez argues that his org’s designation as a hate group is what drove the shooter.
Read MorePastor Convicted in Lisa Miller Child Kidnapping Case
Former partner files RICO suit against Liberty U School of Law and others.
Read MoreIn Which I Actually Defend Joel Osteen
…against Albert Mohler, who blasts him for attending same-sex weddings.
Read MorePhyllis Schlafly: Rick Perry Out to Undermine Traditional Marriage
In the process implies that gays can’t be middle class.
Read MoreGingrich on “Teh Gay”
Newt Gingrich seems to be getting his conservative Christian credentials all locked up.
Read MoreRepublican Candidates Face Mythical Gays
There was a time when politicians could get away with bashing gay people because they were invisible. That time appears to have passed.
Read MoreLifeSite Complains that Local Boy Scout Chapter is Not Homophobic Enough
But no word on the association’s failure to protect kids from abuse.
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How Iowa Became a Stronghold of the Religious Right
“I prefer to think of Iowa as I saw it through the eyes of a ten-year-old boy,” Herbert Hoover, the only Iowan ever elected president of the United States, wrote at the beginning of his memoir. “Those were eyes filled with the wonders of Iowa’s streams and woods, of the mystery of growing crops.”
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Why Rick Santorum Can’t Just Say: God Doesn’t Want You To Be Gay
It’s been widely observed that religious foes of LGBT equality frequently make arguments of convenience. These arguments are usually guised in the language of rhetorics other than that of religion.
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