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Tag Archives: Religious Right
“Paris Vaut Bien Une Messe”
Politico: Trump met with hundreds of evangelical leaders in New York earlier this week, and while some well-known figures — such as Liberty University’s president, Jerry Falwell Jr. — have endorsed the candidate, others are more hesitant to do so. … Continue reading
Posted in politics, Religion
Tagged 2016 Elections, Donald Trump, Religious Right
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The GOP: Losing Its Religion?
Writing in the Washington Post, E.J. Dionne ‘worries’ that GOP may be losing its religion Some extracts: But especially among Republicans, religious issues have taken a back seat in the party’s discourse and religious leaders are playing a diminished role … Continue reading
Superstitions Old and New
Raw Story: Televangelist Pat Robertson advised a mother on Monday that she could cure her son’s stomach pains by finding someone to cast out demons that were possibly caused by an ancestor who practiced witchcraft. In an email, a viewer … Continue reading
Posted in Science & Faith
Tagged Demons, environmentalism, Pat Robertson, possession, pseudoscience, Religious Right, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., superstition, Vaccines, Witchcraft
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God and Mr. Putin
Pat Buchanan, writing in Human Events, appears to suggest that Vladimir Putin may, so to speak, be on the side of the angels: In his Kremlin defense of Russia’s annexation of Crimea, Vladimir Putin, even before he began listing the … Continue reading
Posted in politics
Tagged Pat Buchanan, Religious Right, Russia, Russian Orthodoxy, Vladimir Putin
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Contrasts: Pussy Riot and the New ‘Useful Idiots’
Two of the formerly-jailed Pussy Rioters have been in Moscow today, bravely speaking at a demonstration to oppose what Putin is doing in Ukraine. Meanwhile, Right Wing Watch (I know, I know) reports that Concerned Women of America will no … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Pussy Riot, Religious Right, Russia, Ukraine, Vladimir Putin
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Huckabee, ‘Libido’ & Ambition
Over at Breitbart, John Nolte calls out Huckabee’s ‘libido’ comments for the gift to the Democrats that they were: While speaking before the Republican National Committee’s national convention Thursday, former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee blundered his way into the mainstream … Continue reading
Posted in politics
Tagged 2014 Midterms, 2016 Elections, Mike Huckabee, Religious Right, Republican Party
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The Return of the Clown Posse?
God must be a Democrat. First Rick Santorum says that he might be open to a 2016 run, now Mike Huckabee appears to be mulling a shot. The New York Times has the details: LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Former Gov. … Continue reading
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Tagged 2016 Elections, Mike Huckabee, Religious Right, Republican Party, Rick Santorum
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Mission to Moscow (Theocon Edition)
This is about a piece that comes from the Daily Beast, so a few caveats are in order, even if we ignore a headline (“Why American Social Conservatives Love Anti-Gay Putin”) that may not be the work of James Kirchick, … Continue reading
Posted in Church & State, politics, Religion
Tagged blasphemy and defamation of religion, homosexuality, Pussy Riot, Religious Right, Russia, Russian Orthodoxy, Theocons, Vladimir Putin
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Crashing the Party
The Daily Telegraph’s Damian Thompson: [T]he Tea Party wasn’t the Religious Right – at least, not at first. When Christian fundamentalists jumped on board, that’s when public support began to bleed away. There’s something to that, I think, not least … Continue reading
Heckuva Job, Akin
Medieval obstetrics expert Congressman Todd Akin crashed to humiliating defeat in his attempt to unseat Missouri’s Senataor Claire McCaskill. The Washington Post reports: McCaskill had 54.7 percent of the vote, Akin 39.2 percent and the Libertarian candidate Jonathan Dine 6.1 … Continue reading