Texas, of course, isn’t the only place where the religious right is promoting the lie that Christmas is under attack by alleged Christian haters and secularists. Americans United for Separation of Church and State takes a look at how the religious right has distorted — or just plain made up — stories supposedly showing Christmas [...]
From today’s TFN News Clips: “What the American people ought to pray is that somebody can’t make the vote tonight. That’s what they ought to pray.” – U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., proposing from the Senate floor yesterday a prayer before an important vote on health care legislation. Observers took offense at the possibility that Sen. [...]
With the new year approaching, it’s worthwhile to remember what we’ve heard from the religious right in 2009. We will start today where we began the year: with the religious right’s efforts to undermine science education by watering down instruction on evolution in public school science classrooms. “Jeffrey Dahmer Believed in Evolution.’” – The subject [...]
The Dallas Morning News yesterday noted that Texas Gov. Rick Perry, when he was a Democrat, supported Al Gore’s 1988 presidential campaign. Then it quoted Gov. Perry’s criticism Wednesday of the former vice president’s position on global climate change policy: Speaking to a builders group in Dallas, Perry — once a Democrat — was asked about his past relationship [...]
TalkingPointsMemo now has a full report up on last night’s “prayercast,” an event hosted by the far-right Family Research Council to oppose health care reform in Congress. A couple of quotes from speakers helps reveal the tone of the event: From Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C.: “Whether they’ve been mesmerized by the president or just convinced somehow [...]
Last night the far-right Family Research Council hosted a 90-minute “prayercast” against health insurance reform efforts in Congress. Never mind the abuse of faith to kill efforts to make health care accessible and affordable for all Americans, rich or poor, healthy or sick. That’s become fairly common rhetoric from the right in recent months. But the [...]
The Baptist Joint Committee, which advocates out of traditional Baptist principles for separation of church state, has listed its top stories from 2009 dealing with religious liberty. Curriculum battles over science and social studies in Texas public schools missed the Top 10 but got an “honorable mention.” Because of the BJC’s work as a legal [...]
From today’s TFN News Clips: “It is, in many respects, a war. Not a war that’s fought with guns. But it’s a war of ideas. It’s a war for the heart and soul of America. Who are we? And what are we to become? And that war is on many, many fronts. That war is on [...]
Sometimes it’s instructive to note the bizarre and bitter paranoia that infects the far right in America. Texas offers plenty of examples, including the folks at Texas Eagle Forum. In fact, TEF’s new president, Pat Carlson, seems to harbor the same fear of everything foreign that the group’s past president, Cathie Adams, does. In a new e-mail [...]
