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AlterNetNovember 19, 2009.
Schaeffer: "There is a crazy fringe [receiving] messages that have been pouring out of FOX News ... talking about doing away with Obama, asking God to kill him."
Max Blumenthal, AlterNet. October 29, 2009.
The controversial Christian right figure baselessly trashed Obama, and Nobel laureate and Holocaust survivor Wiesel calls him "dear pastor." What gives?
Bill Berkowitz, Religion Dispatches. October 12, 2009.
It was a hot summer full of sex scandals for GOP members of "The Family," the exclusive conservative Christian group with designs on DC power.
Rob Boston, Church and State. September 28, 2009.
Religious conservatives, safely out of the public eye, let loose a string of shocking diatribes at the Values Voter Summit.
Chris Hedges, Truthdig. June 30, 2009.
Progressives must embrace emotion and passion to counter the force of corporate propaganda.
Joshua Holland, AlterNet AlterNet: PEEK. April 6, 2009.
Or is this some smart strategy at work?
Frank Rich, The New York Times. March 16, 2009.
This economic crisis spells an exodus for the Christian ayatollahs and the culture wars of the past 40 years.
Pam Chamberlain, The Public Eye. March 6, 2009.
Evangelical students have moved past their elders into more tolerant territory.
Geoffrey Dunn, Huffington Post. February 23, 2009.
If the Christian Right really wants to confront teen pregnancy, they'd be smart to listen to Bristol Palin and absorb her real-life wisdom.
Richard Kim, The Nation. November 6, 2008.
The Christian right outmaneuvered gay rights activists when it came to reaching out to California's huge minority populations.
Michelle Goldberg, The Nation. September 29, 2008.
The religious right can be confident that they'd have a fundamentalist in the White House with Sarah Palin.
Sandhya Bathija, Church & State Magazine. August 27, 2008.
A new law in Louisiana allows teachers to bring in "supplemental textbooks" about evolution, the origins of life and global warming to science class.
Tarso Luís Ramos, Pam Chamberlain, The Public Eye. July 31, 2008.
The Christian Right is adamant about their hatred of abortion and same-sex marriage. Now they're adding undocumented immigrants to the list.
Douglas MacKinnon, Huffington Post AlterNet: PEEK. July 29, 2008.
"When the Capitol Hill newspaper Roll Call labels your latest novel "a Christian Jihad," angry emails are sure to follow."
Matt Taibbi, RollingStone.com. July 28, 2008.
John McCain can't stand sucking up to the Christian right. Is this the end of the GOP's unholy alliance?
Ali Gharib, AlterNet. July 26, 2008.
There was nothing moderate about the fundamentalist, apocalyptic, Christian-right ideology of the attendants and speakers at the CUFI conference.
Amanda Marcotte, Pandagon AlterNet: PEEK. April 16, 2008.
The Christian right pursues a pipe dream of revoking a right Americans have grown accustomed to.
Jeremy Adam Smith, Public Eye. April 11, 2008.
To really understand the politics of the Christian Right, we need to look not only to public activity, but to private matters.
Rob Boston, Church and State. March 10, 2008.
Frank Schaeffer, John Whitehead and Cal Thomas have repudiated the theocratic movement they once led. Here’s why.
Chris Hedges, Truthdig. February 12, 2008.
Christian extremists are preaching a war against tolerance to target and persecute all Muslims, including the 6 million who live in the U.S.
Church and StateFebruary 2, 2008.
Congress has mandated that the phrase "In God We Trust" has greater prominence on the new presidential dollar coins.
Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!. November 21, 2007.
Craig Unger shares the untold story of how a band of true believers seized the executive branch, started the Iraq war, and still imperils America’s future.
Susie Bright, SusieBright.com. October 31, 2007.
Don't be fooled by NY Times Magazine's feature story this weekend about the religious right's nice, new image. Christian power is not about holding hands and thinking good thoughts.
Chris Hedges, Truthdig. May 19, 2007.
The war against abortion has nothing to do with the protection of life. It is a war against an open society -- a cover for assaults against sexual pleasure and personal choice.
Chris Hedges, Truthdig. April 24, 2007.
A look at the cult-like recruiting tactics of the Christian right, including the manipulative and highly successful practice of "love bombing."
