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Culture Warriors vs. Sex for Pleasure: Why the Right Wing is Wrong When it Comes to Sex

Lara Riscol, AlterNet. March 25, 2012.

If prescribing to dogmatic absolutes worked, then the most conservative Christian red states wouldn’t have the highest rates of teen pregnancy, divorce and porn consumption.

Is America on the Verge of Theocracy? 4 Fundamentalist Ideologies Threatening U.S. Liberty

Henry A. Giroux, TruthOut.org. March 7, 2012.

Extremists shape American politics to unabashedly pursue legislative policies that favor the rich and punish the poor.

The Christmas War on Atheism: What's the Religious Right Whining About When It's Really Non-Believers Who Are Under Attack?

Alex DiBranco, AlterNet. December 22, 2011.

Right-wing Christians are waging a war on non-believers' right not to have religion shoved down their throats.

Happy Birthday, Bill Hicks: Why We Can Still Learn From, And Laugh At, The Great Critic and Comedian

Kristen Gwynne, AlterNet. December 20, 2011.

Hicks was one of America's best stand-up comics, but also established himself as an insightful critic of American politics and mainstream culture.

Why Many Evangelical Christians Are More "Un-American" Than US Muslims

David Sirota, Salon. November 29, 2011.

A new poll suggests that American Christians (unlike Muslims) are likely to put their faith before their country.

Why the Christian Right Becomes More Extreme As America Grows More Tolerant

Richard L. Fricker, Consortium News. July 25, 2011.

The political movement is “revenge”-based, rather than rooted in any particular Christian philosophy.

For God's Sake: The Idiocy of "Divine Inspiration" In Politics

Cliff Schecter, AlterNet. July 15, 2011.

How conservatives- and professional athletes - use "God" to justify invalid arguments and fend off criticism.

How American Evangelism Triggered the Murder of Gays Overseas

Valerie Tarico, Away Point. May 10, 2011.

In Africa the marriage of Christianity and homophobia is thriving, thanks in part to American fundamentalist Christians.

Hard-Right GOP Senators Throw Kiddie Tantrums on Christmas, Forgetting Our Founders' Heroics During the Holidays

John Nichols, The Nation. December 24, 2010.

Ruin a Republicans' Holiday shopping schedule, and bizarrely you'll be told must be a very poor Christian indeed.

Why Religious People Are Scared of Atheists

Greta Christina, AlterNet. December 16, 2010.

Religious believers commonly attack atheists simply for existing. Do out-of-the-closet atheists -- even polite ones -- challenge attempts at theocracy?

What Happened When I Yelled Back at the "Christians" Calling My Wife a Murderer

Aaron Gouveia, The Good Men Project. October 25, 2010.

These people aren't used to being confronted. They prey on the weak and they pounce on the wounded. But I chose to fight back.

How Radical Christian Conservatives May Succeed in Destroying Democracy

Chris Hedges, Truthdig. October 15, 2010.

There will be no swastikas this time but seas of red, white and blue flags and Christian crosses. There will be no stiff-armed salutes, but recitations of the Pledge of Allegiance.

The Family: Secretive Christian Group of Conservative Lawmakers Building a 'God-Led' Government

Anna Clark, AlterNet. October 8, 2010.

Jeff Sharlet, the journalist who helped expose a cohort of powerful lawmakers promoting a Christian Agenda at home and abroad, discusses his new book.

Right-Wing Religious United Front Against Women, Gays and Freedom From Religion

Kathryn Joyce, Religion Dispatches. September 27, 2010.

Religious right-wing groups are uniting to fight the culture wars.

Why Do Arrogant Christian Leaders Want Their Religion to Take Over the World?

Rev. Howard Bess, Consortium News. September 27, 2010.

Many Christian leaders have decided that their religion should be dominant in the world. Where did they get that idea? Certainly not the teachings of Jesus.

Christian Right Bigots Are Hiding the Truth -- Early Christians Condoned Gay Marriage

Daniel C. Maguire, Consortium News. August 22, 2010.

Many of the world's religions -- including Christianity -- supported same-sex unions, a reality obscured by modern-day shrill, conservative commentary.

Shameless Schemers Like Sarah Palin, the Tea Partiers and Right-Wing Christians Trying to Start a New Religious War Against Muslims

David Rosen, CounterPunch. August 15, 2010.

The building of a Muslim community center two blocks from the site of the WTC has become the latest controversy in America's long fought religious wars.

Evangelicals' Stealth Mission to Sneak Jesus into Our Public Schools

Rob Boston, Church and State. August 13, 2010.

Fundamentalist evangelists are hiding their religious agenda to sneak into public schools and preach to a captive audience of students.

Christian Fundamentalists Fight for the Right to Discriminate Against People Whose Sex Lives They Don't Like

Amanda Marcotte, RH Reality Check. August 3, 2010.

The words "religious freedom," in the mouths of social conservatives, mean protecting the right of fundamentalist Christians to persecute others.

Right-Wing Crazies Who Fight Witchcraft and Demons Are Taking Over a State Near You

Bruce Wilson, Talk To Action. July 26, 2010.

A radical, right-wing charismatic evangelical movement is burrowing into the power structures of major American cities and states.

Extremist Christians Aim to Create Armed Militias Against "Godless" Federal Government

Sarah Posner, Julie Ingersoll, Religion Dispatches. July 12, 2010.

Christian Reconstructionists believe civil government should be reformed according to the dictates of biblical law. Some advocate for followers to take up arms.

Why Women Dominate the Right-Wing Tea Party

Ruth Rosen, openDemocracy.net. July 5, 2010.

Without its grassroots female supporters, the Tea Party would have far less appeal to voters frightened by economic insecurity and the disappearance of a white Christian culture.

How Christian Moralizing Drives Kids to Dangerous Sex

Amanda Marcotte, RH Reality Check. June 8, 2010.

Sexual shaming can dramatically increase the likelihood that an individual will look for excuses and rationalizations for not using contraception.

Fox News' Shameless Christian Crusade

Simon S. Maloy, Media Matters for America. January 9, 2010.

At Fox News, religion is easy: Christianity is right and good and must be defended from its relentless persecutors, and other faiths are dangerous, inadequate, or a joke.

God's Divine Sperm? Lib Church Shakes Up Story of Jesus' Birth

Tana Ganeva, AlterNet. December 17, 2009.

"Poor Joseph. God is a tough act to follow."

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