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How the Sexual Revolution Changed America Forever

Nancy L. Cohen, Counterpoint Press. February 5, 2012.

With a little pharmaceutical ingenuity, the double standard relaxed its clawing grip on female humanity.

Breasts Yes, Vaginas No? How to Fight Back Against Komen "Race for the Cure" Foundation's Bizarre Capitulation to Right-Wingers

Amanda Marcotte, AlterNet. February 1, 2012.

How the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation put their corporation-friendly image before women’s actual health concerns.

5 Signs the Christian Right Still Wields Too Much Power in America

Peter Montgomery, AlterNet. January 31, 2012.

This political and cultural movement will not be sinking beneath the horizon anytime soon -- despite media reports to the contrary.

Why Is There So Much God in Our Politics? The Religious Right's Theocratic Plan for the 2012 Election

Rob Boston, Church & State Magazine. January 6, 2012.

In an unusually religion-soaked primary season, faith has been front and center for months. What's next?

Rick Perry, Michele Bachmann Kowtowing to Christian Extremists -- What Kind of America Do These Radicals Want?

Joseph L. Conn, Church and State. October 27, 2011.

Why is the Religious Right playing such a large role in the presidential campaign?

Religious-Right Homophobes Whine That They're Being Oppressed

Joshua Holland, AlterNet. September 29, 2011.

It's important to remember that we are talking about people opposing core civil rights for American citizens.

10 Signs God Is Furious With the Right

Paul Rosenberg, AlterNet. September 16, 2011.

Whatever disaster strikes, there's always an upside in religious rightland, always somebody to point the finger at with glee. Let's turn the tables.

The Religious Right Sugar-Daddy Who Brought Us Rick Perry

Bill Berkowitz, Talk To Action. September 7, 2011.

Outside of Texas, Dr. James Leininger is a relatively unknown multi-millionaire. Inside the state he's known as the "Sugar Daddy" of the religious right.

Why the Mainstream Media Are Clueless About the Religious Right

Adele M. Stan, AlterNet. August 16, 2011.

Though it has shaped American politics for the last 40 years, the religious right still baffles reporters.

Are Michele Bachmann's Views About 'Christian Submission' Even More Extreme Than She's Letting On?

Frank Schaeffer, AlterNet. August 15, 2011.

The people, churches and groups that shaped Bachmann's thinking are far more anti-woman than most Americans fully comprehend.

The Shocking Stories of How Christian Homes Treat Troubled Teens

Kathryn Joyce, Mother Jones. August 15, 2011.

Cut-off from parents and the outside of world, troubled teens are forced to endure the physical and psychological abuse of these Christian teen homes.

The Biggest Religious Movement You Never Heard of: Nine Things You Need to Know About Rick Perry's Prayer Event

Paul Rosenberg, AlterNet. August 6, 2011.

Perry's endorsers are not just a random group of radical evangelists but part of a large and little-understood international religious movement.

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.

The Religious Right and GOP Escalate Battle to Destroy Public Schools

Joseph L. Conn, Church & State Magazine. June 5, 2011.

The push for vouchers is not about “education reform," but part of a national drive to radically privatize education.

I Was a Right-Wing Evangelical Pastor -- Until I Saw the Light

Jason Childs, Church & State Magazine. May 21, 2011.

The fundamentalist political movement is the beginning of a cultural revolution that will take our nation to a very dark place.

10 Great Things About America That Drive Conservatives and the Religious Right Insane

Rob Boston, AlterNet. May 15, 2011.

Religious Right groups and their allies in the Tea Party claim to respect American values, but much would change if they had their way.

The 12 Worst (and Most Powerful) Christian Right Groups

Rob Boston, Americans United for Separation of Church and State. May 2, 2011.

The Religious Right in America is lavishly funded and politically well connected. These groups raise more than three-quarters of a billion dollars annually, mostly tax-exempt.

Meet GOP Hopeful Tim Pawlenty's New Campaign Manager -- He's on a Mission from God

Bill Berkowitz, BuzzFlash. April 21, 2011.

Tim Pawlenty has made perhaps the most significant move yet along the long buck-filled road to the Republican Party's presidential nomination.

The Religious Right Joins the Assault on Unions -- Not Obeying the Boss Is 'Sinful'

Micah Uetricht, Campus Progress. April 20, 2011.

The labor battles in this country are increasingly becoming holy wars, but religious foot soldiers don’t always see an anti-worker agenda as part of God’s plan.

GOP Presidential Hopefuls Are Alienating the Rest of the World by Fusing Christian Superiority with Blatant Revisionist American History

Andrew Belonsky, AlterNet. January 10, 2011.

Fusing American exceptionalism with Christian superiority, Republican presidential hopefuls act to alienate our allies -- just when we need them most.

What Happened When Fundamentalist Christians Tried to "Cure" Me of Homosexuality

James Voss, Truth Wins Out. January 7, 2011.

A young gay man recounts his soul-crushing experience being "rehabilitated" by the Christian Right.

Will War Between the Religious Right and Libertarians Tear the Tea Party Apart?

Stephanie Mencimer, Mother Jones. November 20, 2010.

The tea party's social conservative and libertarian wings are poised for a showdown that could decide the fate of the movement.

Alan Grayson: the Democrat Who Punches Back, Enraging GOP Hacks and Tea Party Billionaires

Mark I. Pinsky, The Nation. September 29, 2010.

Alan Grayson is up against a Tea Party conservative. The billionaire Koch brothers, through their organization Americans for Prosperity, have dropped $250,000 in negative TV ads.

Newt Gingrich Teams With Anti-Gay Zealot Lou 'Uganda' Engle For U.S. Cyber-'Revival'

Frederick Clarkson, Talk To Action. September 1, 2010.

We have entered the era of cyber-organizing by the religious right, and Newt Gingrich, futurist, is all over it.

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.