Category Archives: Religious Right

Sure glad there’s no more racism

Posted on July 27, 2012 by

Racism is dead in America. We have a black president. QED. Anyone who tries to suggest that we still have work to do on race relations in America is playing the race card, being divisive, and should just shut up. … Continue reading →

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Michele Bachmann is a terrible human being

Posted on July 19, 2012 by

I touched on this very briefly in my post about conservative conspiracy theories, including the hilarious Rush Limbaugh theory about The Dark Knight Rises. At the end I talked about how one of these conspiracy theories has ended up actually … Continue reading →

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Forecast: Six months of crap

Posted on May 21, 2012 by

Happy Monday, Disagreeables! (Is that what we’re calling our readers? Okay.) Sorry for the lack of posting over the weekend; it was busy busy. Once again, I appreciate the gentle proddings from some of you to “get a new post … Continue reading →

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What could go wrong?

Posted on May 7, 2012 by

As some of you know, I grew up in a very conservative Christian home, and I graduated from a small Christian high school (BCHS) and a small Christian college (PLNU). One of my friends from high school is pretty active … Continue reading →

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Can America get to a politics of humanity on the abortion issue?

Posted on March 12, 2012 by

The political atmosphere in the United States has shifted from a politics of practicality to a politics of emotion. Mirroring the campaign season of 2004, which helped Karl Rove and the Grand Old Party rouse cultural conservatives using gay rights … Continue reading →

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GOP Translator

Posted on March 1, 2012 by

A friend of mine shared this with me.

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New rule: If you can’t say “vagina” you can’t legislate vaginas.

Posted on February 27, 2012 by

Republicans had already nearly overloaded the WTF processing centers of my brain with the freakout over a contraception coverage mandate in the Affordable Care Act that exempted churches and was more lenient than the existing laws in such states as … Continue reading →

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Guest Column: ‘Dougindeap’ on Absolute Separation of Church and State

Posted on February 27, 2012 by

Yesterday I wrote a column thanking Rick Santorum for bringing JFK’s speech about religion and politics into the national discussion. It’s truly a fantastic speech (it made Rick want to “throw up,” so you should already know it must great). I didn’t offer … Continue reading →

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In Which I Thank Rick Santorum

Posted on February 26, 2012 by

Today Rick Santorum frothed about a JFK speech from the 1960′s: “That makes me throw up and it should make every American who is seen from the president, someone who is now trying to tell people of faith that you will … Continue reading →

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Feel the Santorumentum

Posted on February 7, 2012 by

So apparently Rick Santorum had a clean sweep tonight in the three contests of Missouri, Colorado, and Minnesota.  CNN just showed the Colorado Republican Party Chairman calling his state for Santorum.  Final numbers haven’t been posted yet as I’m typing … Continue reading →

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