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The Barton Lies: New book exposes ‘Christian Nation’ advocate’s long list of distortions

The Barton Lies: New book exposes ‘Christian Nation’ advocate’s long list of distortions

Two professors at Grove City College have just released a book that demolishes David Barton's bogus 'scholarship.'

May 9, 2012 / No Comment / Read More

The Jefferson Lies: David Barton’s New Collection of Whoppers

April 13, 2012 8 Comments

I have obtained a copy of David Barton’s new book The Jefferson Lies: Exposing the Myths You’ve Always Believed About Thomas Jefferson. Within half an hour I had noticed several outrageous distortions of the truth.

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Barton: Obama is a "Christian Atheist"

February 16, 2012 No Comment

We have said it before, but it bears repeating: for the Religious Right, attacks on a political figure’s faith is an act of unmitigated anti-Christian bigotry … unless that candidate is President Obama.
In recent weeks, we have seen several exam…

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David Barton, Who Sues His Critics, Says Like The Prophet Jeremiah He Doesn't Care About Criticism

January 23, 2012 No Comment

Today on WallBuilders Live, Barton reflected on the alleged persecution of same-sex marriage opponents like himself. Barton compared himself to Jeremiah, which is actually modest for Barton who previously likened himself to Jesus Christ. He claimed tha…

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Barton Blames Theory of Evolution for State-Level Separation of Church and State

January 17, 2012 No Comment

On Monday, Janet Parshall hosted David Barton to use Martin Luther King Jr. Day as an opportunity for Barton to spew his right-wing reading of U.S. history and the Constitution. While Barton does not have degrees in history or law, he claimed that the …

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SCGOP Celebrates MLK Day with David Barton

January 17, 2012 No Comment

The South Carolina GOP hosted a luncheon yesterday for Martin Luther King Day that featured David Barton explaining how Democrats were responsible for slavery:

S.C. Republican leaders gathered to celebrate the legacy of Rev. Martin Luther King, J…

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‘Historian’ Barton Cites Michele Bachmann, Gets Her Made-Up Facts Wrong

January 9, 2012 No Comment

Lest we need any more proof that David Barton is not a real historian, or even someone with a vague grasp of current affairs, in the latest installment of WallBuilders Live he cites the research of well-known fact fabricator Michele Bachmann – an…

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David Barton's 'Outrageous Fabrication' about Thomas Jefferson

January 9, 2012 No Comment

David Barton has been actively promoting his soon-to-be-released book, The Jefferson Lies, and one of Barton’s central claims is that Jefferson actually wanted to use “The Jefferson Bible” to evangelize Native Americans. Craig Fe…

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Barton: God Established Elections

December 22, 2011 No Comment

In our coverage of David Barton, one of the things we have been highlighting in recent years is his insistence that all manner of governmental and social institutions came directly out of the Bible.
In Barton’s view, if something has any sort of parall…

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Barton: Hate Crimes Legislation Designed to Imprison Pastors

December 21, 2011 No Comment

I think that is has, by now, been pretty well established that David Barton is a Religious Right pseudo-historian with a stunning disregard for the veracity of his statements who is willing to sacrifice truthfulness for the benefit of promoting hi…

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