At Moms for Liberty Summit, ‘Mama Bears’ Declare Spiritual War on the ‘Radical Left’
“Mamas are the key political force in 2024 and we need to harness that energy!”…
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It’s Barack v. the Bible, Says Barton
David Barton’s post, “America’s Most Biblically-Hostile President,” details a theme that has become known to the public largely through the Gingrich/Santorum bloc: that Barack Obama has led the most actively anti-Christian administration in American history. But given Obama’s frequent Christian testimony—explicit enough to make most founding fathers uncomfortable with its public expression of private matters—how can this view be so widely held?
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‘Republicanity’—The GOP Transformation is Nearly Complete
Let’s just face the facts and not kid ourselves anymore. It’s time to wake up and smell the coffee… er, tea. The Republican Party is not a political party but is now a full-fledged religious movement.
Read MoreCan’t “Truss” a White Conservative’s Pledge
There’ll be no baby-making Barry White music played while reading the “The Marriage Vow: a Declaration of Dependence upon Marriage and Family.”
Read MoreThe Limits of David Barton’s “Freedom of Religion” Argument
Religious right historian makes explicit that he believes only Christianity is protected by the Constitution.
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Selling the Idea of a Christian Nation: David Barton’s Alternate Intellectual Universe
The issue is not Christian conservatives advocating their views in the public square. The problem, rather, is their claim (at least in places such as The Daily Show or the New York Times) that their Providentialist beliefs and readings of documents from the past represent a kind of legitimate scholarship that should have its place in the public “debate.”
Read MoreReligious Right Historian: Net Neutrality is “Unbiblical Socialism”
A window into a world where ‘freedom’ is purely economic.
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Jesus Hates Taxes: Biblical Capitalism Created Fertile Anti-Union Soil
While the current assault on unions seems driven mostly by the billionaire Koch brothers and corporate-funded groups, religious right leaders and activists have spent decades creating fertile soil for anti-union campaigns through the promotion of biblical capitalism.
Read MoreBeck’s Historian Bringing Seminar to Congressional Tea Partiers
Straining the constitution through a biblical grinder.
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Beck’s “Dream”—Our Nightmare
Only in the world of Glenn Beck can he both carry on the legacy of Martin Luther King and be the star student of a “biblical worldview” that minimizes slavery and claims that modern-day conservatives are the champions of racial justice.
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