Archive for the ‘Theocons’ Category

Secularism vs. Theocracy Freedom vs. theocracy is appropriate for this image because today’s Democratic Party is anything but secular. Instead of standing up for our secular democracy, many have adopted a path of pandering to the religious. For us, regardless of our political leanings, it is about secularism vs. theocracy. Here’s how Adam Lee (Daylight [...]

More Deranged, Racist Ron Paul Newsletters Released by TNR “Only 8 to 10 sentences?”  By Charles Johnson Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul continues to evade responsibility for the ugly, deranged newsletters he sold for many years; recently he claimed that “only 8 to 10 sentences were offensive,” out of all these newsletters. This, dear readers, [...]

Gingrich Promises Presidential Commission On Ending The Separation Of Church/State Catholic Crusader Newt Gingrich has published a document vowing that “on Day One” of his presidency he will create a commission to investigate any attempt to enforce the separation of church and state. He also promises that he will thwart any attempt to stop the [...]

Romney Blasts Secularism, Endorses Mixing Church and State Wearing God on his sleeve by Charles Johnson How do you know when the Iowa Caucuses are approaching? When Mormon Mitt Romney starts sounding like Rick Perry, Michele Bachmann, and Rick Santorum, all rolled into one ranting Christian fundamentalist: Romney talks ‘war on religion’ in Iowa. “I [...]

Saint Paul: Inside Ron Paul’s effort to convince Christian conservatives that he’s their man As most lizards already know Ron Paul is just a paleocon theocrat in Libertarian trappings by Randall Gross — Wingnuts [Link: news.yahoo.com...] If the press weren’t so lazy they would pin down Paul on the large logical inconsistencies between his libertarian [...]

The Religious Right habitually camouflages it’s nefarious Christian Nationalist Worldview behind a phoney “pro-Israel” facade. Religious fanatic John Hagee believes god sent Hitler to exterminate Jews and thus, as act and prophetic directive of his god, obviously a righteous and just genocide. Like Catholic Hitler, John Hagee believes that unless Jews are converted to his [...]

Clergy Should Be Wary Of Religious Right Attempts To Politicize Churches, Says Americans United    September 28, 2011 ‘Pulpit Freedom Sunday’ Is Stunt To Lure Churches Into Illegal Electioneering, Watchdog Group Says Americans United for Separation of Church and State today called on the nation’s clergy to reject Religious Right attempts to turn houses of [...]

Make no mistake, Israel‘s existence is under threat TheDrum By ABC’s Ben Knight Updated September 24, 2011 12:17:39 Photo: Israel’s ultra-orthodox Jews don’t work, don’t pay taxes and don’t serve in the army. Not surprisingly, it’s a pretty sore point. Reuters: Gil Cohen Magen Map: Israel Let’s imagine for a moment that at this time next [...]

Bully pulpit? ‘Christian Nation’ advocate David Barton sues critics September 15, 2011 | Filed under: Barton, David,Christian Nation?,Court Battles,Persecuted Christian Majority,Views | Posted by: Rob Boston Pseudo-historian David Barton is on the attack again – this time in court. Barton, a prominent advocate of the discredited view that the United States was founded to be [...]

Baptising Beck ‎Wednesday, ‎14 ‎September ‎2011, ‏‎5:11:40 PM | Richard Bartholomew Warren Throckmorton has the latest on David Barton and Glenn Beck: David Barton is feeling the criticism from Worldview Weekend founder Brannon Howse. Today, Barton responded to some of those criticisms as he framed them. Howse is particularly concerned that David Barton’s partnership with [...]

Fear, Inc. The Roots of the Islamophobia Network in America Anti-Muslim graffiti defaces a Shi’ite mosque at the Islamic Center of America in Dearborn, Michigan. SOURCE: Getty Images/Bill Pugliano By Wajahat Ali, Eli Clifton, Matthew Duss, Lee Fang , Scott Keyes, Faiz Shakir |August 26, 2011 Download this report (pdf) Read the report in your [...]

Anders Breivik’s spider web of hate Anders Breivik’s manifesto reveals a subculture of nationalistic and Islamophobic websites that link the European and American far right in a paranoid alliance against Islam and is also rooted in some democratically elected parties. The Guardian has analysed the webpages he links to, and the pages that these in [...]

The Christian right‘s “dominionist” strategy By Sarah Posner Reuters/Richard Carson Rick Perry An article in the Texas Observer last month about Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s relationship with followers of a little-known neo-Pentecostal movement sparked a frenzied reaction from many commentators: Dominionism! Spiritual warfare! Strange prophecies! All the attention came in the weeks before and after [...]