![Christianist or Dominionist: What’s in a name? Christianist or Dominionist: What’s in a name?]()
A handful of terms are in use to describe Christians who want to control society. Other than consistency, does it matter which one is used? Are they interchangeable?
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![Was Bachmann debate “submission” question offensive, sexist? Was Bachmann debate “submission” question offensive, sexist?]()
There were plenty of fireworks during last night’s Republican debate in Iowa. Generally bypassed in analyses is a question asked of Michele Bachmann: “As president, would you be submissive to your husband?”
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![Pay for prayer? Christian Scientists demand Oregonians fund “spiritual health care” Pay for prayer? Christian Scientists demand Oregonians fund “spiritual health care”]()
The Christian Science church demands that the State of Oregon’s healthcare exchange require insurance plans to pay for “spiritual health care” — that is, prayer — alongside real medicine.
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![Bachmann: My husband, to whom I am subservient in all things, is off limits Bachmann: My husband, to whom I am subservient in all things, is off limits]()
Presidential candidate Michele Bachmann doesn’t want the press checking out her husband’s beliefs. Or anything else about him. But she has publicly declared herself subservient to him in all things; doesn’t that make him as much a candidate as she?
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![Anti-Jihadists’ missed opportunity Anti-Jihadists’ missed opportunity]()
In Anders Behring Breivik, the anti-jihadist movement had an opportunity to prove their point. Instead, they chose to declare themselves innocent, thus setting their own movement back farther than Breivik ever could.
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![American right wing declares selves the real victims of Norway terrorist American right wing declares selves the real victims of Norway terrorist]()
Ranging from the predictable — crying that their diatribes played no role in Breivik’s ideology — to the bizarre — accusing the Labour Party of Norway of executing their own in a false-flag operation — the American right wing is grasping at straws attempting to distance itself from Christian Dominionist terrorist Anders Behring Breivik.
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![Herman Cain gives thumbs-up to mosque bans Herman Cain gives thumbs-up to mosque bans]()
GOP Presidential candidate Herman Cain has announced that church-state separation means Americans can ban mosques from their communities.
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![Tea Party Nation slides from fringe to insane Tea Party Nation slides from fringe to insane]()
A post emailed to all members of Tea Party Nation today illustrates the small organization’s slide from semi-fringe conservatives to full-on loons.
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![Fools rush in: Bachmann and Santorum’s “Marriage Vow” pledge misstep alienates millions Fools rush in: Bachmann and Santorum’s “Marriage Vow” pledge misstep alienates millions]()
GOP Presidential candidate Michele Bachmann became the first — and probably only, other than nonentity Rick Santorum — to sign on to a Religious Right group’s sex-obsessed and racist “Marriage Vow” pledge.
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![David Barton and “slavery for nonbelievers”. Really? David Barton and “slavery for nonbelievers”. Really?]()
David Barton. Just hearing his name makes my stomach turn. The man is on a mission to distort American history in his quest to “prove” the United States was founded as a “Christian nation”. But does his website promote the enslavement of non-Christians?
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