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Gun-related murders? Blame it on the gays
Tuesday, 21 April 2009, 11:30 am | Bill Berkowitz
There's a link between the epidemic of gun-related murders in the U.S. and the campaign for same-sex marriage, says Morality in Media's Robert Peters. Three days before the 1994 mid-term elections, Newt Gingrich decided the time was right to link the ... More >>
`Tea Parties' or McCain-Palin Militia Reunions?
Wednesday, 15 April 2009, 12:22 pm | Bill Berkowitz
In December of 1773, colonists in Boston - then a town in the British colony of Massachusetts - protested against the British government after officials in Boston refused to return three shiploads of taxed tea to Britain. More >>
Iowa OKs Gay Marriage, WWCD?
Thursday, 9 April 2009, 1:47 pm | Bill Berkowitz
Has Iowa adhered to its long history of justice or is preventing two men from marrying each other no different than prohibiting a man from marrying his house plant. More >>
Christian Zionists and the New Israeli Government
Tuesday, 17 March 2009, 2:20 pm | Bill Berkowitz
In early April of last year, at a conference in Jerusalem of American evangelicals organized by Pastor John Hagee, Benjamin Netanyahu told the audience that Israel had no better friends than America’s Christian Zionists. “This is a friendship ... More >>
Berkowitz: Christian Right Wing vs Attorney Gen.
Sunday, 8 February 2009, 3:40 pm | Bill Berkowitz
In its Action Alert dated February 4, headlined "Obama nominates pro-p*rn, pro-abortion lawyer for the number 2 position in the office of the Attorney General," the American Family Association's Donald Wildmon writes: "President Obama has nominated David ... More >>
Evangelical Author Mike Evans Seeks To Bomb Iran
Thursday, 5 February 2009, 10:16 am | Bill Berkowitz
The best-selling conservative evangelical author hammers away at Carter, rips a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian crisis, and keeps Iran in his crosshairs More >>
Black Preacher's Crusade Against Hate Crimes Laws
Wednesday, 4 February 2009, 12:54 pm | Bill Berkowitz
Bishop Harry Jackson, the African American head of the High Impact Leadership Coalition, has raised his profile by joining with top-shelf Religious Right groups in opposing gay rights and the inclusion of gays in hate crimes legislation. More >>
Berkowitz: Republican Benefactor Launches Comeback
Friday, 30 January 2009, 3:28 pm | Bill Berkowitz
OAKLAND, California, Jan 28 (IPS) - While the alleged Ponzi scheme of New York investment manager Bernie Madoff has claimed significant chunks of the fortunes of a number of well-known charities, celebrities and not-so familiar millionaires, over the years ... More >>
Obamunism? Traditional Values Coalition Coins Term
Tuesday, 27 January 2009, 2:29 pm | Bill Berkowitz
Despite the fact that much of the air was sucked out of Washington, D.C. by the nearly two million people that personally witnessed the historic and inspirational inaugural of President Barack Obama, and the flurry of activities in his first 72 hours, the ... More >>
Virtual Islam: Peace, Love, and Some Understanding
Saturday, 24 January 2009, 4:11 pm | Bill Berkowitz
After spending a year exploring life in digital Islamic communities, a new project finds that people are building new narratives to find ways to coexist; their report even includes a policy recommendation for the Obama administration’s diplomacy ... More >>
White House Website Now 'Sodomite Publication'
Friday, 23 January 2009, 3:39 pm | Bill Berkowitz
It took less than a day for both the editor at Covenant News and the American Family Association's Rev. Donald Wildmon to lose that "We are One" feeling, and get all dyspeptic over a bunch of agenda items listed in the category of "Civil Rights" posted ... More >>
The Fallen Have Risen: Charles Colson honored
Monday, 15 December 2008, 11:41 am | Bill Berkowitz
Bill Berkowitz: The Fallen Have Risen: Charles Colson honored by White House by Bill Berkowitz A BUZZFLASH GUEST CONTRIBUTION More >>
Busy Days For ‘eBay of Prophecy’
Tuesday, 25 November 2008, 11:06 am | Bill Berkowitz
RD News Round-Up—November 24, 2008: Religious Right’s ‘Obama Watch’; RaptureReady.com getting readier; Focus on the Family’s ‘I Stand for Christmas’ campaign; Proposition 8: The Aftermath; Huckabee’s revenge; Christian doctrine cures OCD? More >>
The "Failed" Presidency of Barack Obama
Tuesday, 25 November 2008, 10:11 am | Bill Berkowitz
Calm down already The sky isn't going to fall if _____ (fill in the blank) is in the Cabinet or _____ (fill in the blank) is a close advisor. Although the inauguration of President-elect Obama isn't scheduled for a number of weeks, the nattering nabobs ... More >>
Religious Right Down but Not Out
Monday, 10 November 2008, 6:05 pm | Bill Berkowitz
OAKLAND, California, Nov 6 (IPS) - The election of Sen. Barack Obama as the first African American president of the United States will not mark the end of the religious right. More >>
Anti-Obama conservative PAC Man IV
Tuesday, 30 September 2008, 12:30 am | Bill Berkowitz
Our Country Deserves Better PAC aims to 'define' Obama's 'weaknesses' and make him 'an unacceptable choice to serve as our nation's next president and Commander in Chief' More >>
Swiftboating Obama on the Cheap
Monday, 29 September 2008, 12:20 am | Bill Berkowitz
OAKLAND, California, Sep 25 (IPS) - In 2004, the so-called Swiftboating of Sen. John Kerry's U.S. presidential campaign changed the course of history by helping defeat the Massachusetts senator, and the tactic appeared to become an instant blueprint ... More >>
Christian Right Summit Still Wields Clout
Friday, 5 September 2008, 12:53 am | Bill Berkowitz
OAKLAND, California, Sep 3 (IPS) - If the Republican Party's vice presidential nominee, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, survives the slings and arrows of intense media coverage, her next major appearance could be before an adoring crowd of conservatives and Christian ... More >>
Freedom's Watch smearing candidates with robocalls
Thursday, 4 September 2008, 12:14 am | Bill Berkowitz
'Shady soft money group' going after Senate and House seats Early last month the Republican lobbying group Freedom's Watch (FW) launched a series of television and radio advertisements criticizing congressional Democrats for going on vacation instead ... More >>
Jeremiah Wright is the gift that keeps on giving
Friday, 22 August 2008, 4:08 pm | Bill Berkowitz
In 1962, two years after losing the presidency to John F. Kennedy, Richard M. Nixon ran and lost the governor's race in California. At a post-election press conference, Nixon famously told reporters that they wouldn't "have Richard Nixon to kick around ... More >>
