
Shortly after being sworn in as Alabama’s newest governor, Republican Robert Bentley insulted many of his constituents by telling a church crowd that those who have not accepted Jesus as their savior are not his brothers and sisters.
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Both the left and right are blaming each other for Saturday’s shooting spree at political event in Tucson, AZ . . . and simultaneously claiming moral high ground as they point their fingers and exacerbate polarization.
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You might not think this an easy question to answer, requiring months of research, digging into the histories of the candidates. Or we can just look at the letter they signed.
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Last week, the Catholic League unleashed its latest volley in the Religious Right-created “culture war” — an attack on atheist and humanist advertising campaigns. Driving the point home, the attack was tied to a shipment of Christian nativity scenes to each and every governor.
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The religious right claims that morale and unit cohesion will be damaged by openly-gay servicemembers. The Pentagon’s new poll of troops yanks the teeth from this argument.
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Christine O’Donnell has announced that she regrets her “I’m not a witch . . . I’m you” ad. Why? Not because it’s divisive. Because people are making fun of it.
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While interviewing Colorado Senate candidate Ken Buck today, conservative radio personality Laura Ingraham announced her firm belief that homosexuality is not a choice.
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In Zogby Interactive’s latest poll of likely voters, the support for a “generic Republican” Congressional candidate once again took the lead over the “generic Democratic” candidate, a shift from recent previous poll results.
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State Senator Bill Brady, Republican candidate for Governor of Illinois, announced last week that he would not prevent the teaching of Creationism in publicly-funded schools. This week, he holds the lead in the four-way race.
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In a campaign speech last week, Senate hopeful and Tea Party darling Sharron Angle of Nevada declared that two cities in the US were presently under Shariah law. One is not. The other? It doesn’t exist.
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