TagsTagsHow do you know when the Iowa Caucuses are approaching? When Mormon Mitt Romney starts sounding like Rick Perry, Michele Bachmann, and Rick Santorum, all rolled into one ranting Christian fundamentalist: Romney talks 'war on religion' in Iowa. "I know there are some people who would like to make this nation ...
Mitt Romney, Republican Party, War on Christmas, Separation of Church and State, Establishment Clause, Religious Right
Just to drive home the point that the Republican Party has become the anti-science bad craziness party, Michele Bachmann came out today and joined Rick Santorum in calling for creationism to be taught in public school science classes. BACHMANN: I think what you’re advocating for is censorship on the part ...
Evolution, Creationism, Michele Bachmann, Anti-Science, Bad Craziness, Intelligent Design, Fundamentalism, Establishment Clause
Here we go again with the right wing's bizarre obsession with evolution. For more than a century religious conservatives have been waging a war of denial against reality itself, and there's no sign of a cease fire yet. Rick Santorum has long been known as one of the GOP's most overt ...
Evolution, Creationism, Intelligent Design, Fundamentalism, Rick Santorum, Establishment Clause
Creationist-friendly officials in Kentucky are moving forward with plans to grant tax breaks to the ridiculous "Ark Encounter" theme park, thereby ensuring the state's status as a laughingstock for the entire world, for many years to come. The six-member board voted unanimously to approve the incentives for the Kentucky Speedway ...
Kentucky, Separation of Church and State, Establishment Clause, Bad Craziness, Answers In Genesis, Anti-Science, Creationism, Evolution, Amish Carpenters
Although the vast majority of creationist politicians are Republicans, here's a monumental facepalm of a story from Kentucky, where Democratic Governor Steve Beshear is proposing to hand over millions of state dollars and tax breaks to a dishonest fundamentalist Christian group run by fanatics, to build a ludicrous creationist "theme ...
Evolution, Creationism, Anti-Science, Answers In Genesis, Bad Craziness, Establishment Clause, Separation of Church and State
Here’s an excellent essay by Phil Plait on a timely subject, as the Christian right pushes harder than ever before on many fronts to erase the line of separation between church and state: Are the Ten Commandments really the basis for our laws? As we ramp up to the mid-term ...
Right Wing, Religious Right, Establishment Clause, Ten Commandments
This love note comes from an admirer of Sarah Palin, who searched Google for LGF (using a web connection at New Jersey’s Science & Technology University), read my post about Palin’s theocratic daydreams, then used our contact form (with a fake return address) to let me know exactly how he ...
Hate Mail, Email, Little Green Footballs, Sarah Palin, Right Wing, Establishment Clause, Theocracy
Glenn Beck deserves some credit today for exposing Texas gubernatorial candidate Debra Medina as a 9/11 Truther. Medina was known as the “tea party candidate,” which shouldn’t surprise anyone who’s been following the recent bad craziness at tea party events. It’s not mentioned in this article, but she has also appeared ...
Establishment Clause, Theocracy, Wallbuilders, David Barton, Nut Sandwich, Freakazoid, Fanaticism, Religious Right, Extremism, Far Right, Glenn Beck
Well, it’s the Christmas season, and you know what that means — time for the annual War on Christmas! Bill O’Reilly’s ramping up to cover one outrageous story of horrible persecution after another, with a flashy animated rotating “War on Christmas” logo, as atheists and pagans do their best to ...
Religion, Christmas, War on Christmas, Hyperventilation, Religious Right, Establishment Clause, Constitution
Joe the Plumber weighs in on the pressing issue of “queers:” In the last month, same-sex marriage has become legal in Iowa and Vermont. What do you think about same-sex marriage at a state level? At a state level, it’s up to them. I don’t want it to be a federal ...
Bigotry, Establishment Clause, First Amendment, Constitution, Theocracy, Homophobia, Gay Rights, Joe the Plumber
A textbook example of being unclear on the concept of “the separation of church and state.” Kim Struiksma doesn’t think evolution should be taught in schools. So the 25-year-old Blaine resident, along with a group of friends from her church, have fashioned Initiative 1040, which “concerns a supreme ruler of ...
Evolution, Creationism, Religion, First Amendment, Establishment Clause, Theocracy
Mike Huckabee is appearing on the Sean Hannity show on Fox News tonight, to throw some more red meat to fundamentalist zealots with his cretinous claim that the stimulus bill persecutes Christians. Never mind that pesky Establishment Clause of the First Amendment of the United States Constitution. Huckabee wants to throw ...
Economy, Finance, Business, Democrats, Congress, Pork, Stimulus, Establishment Clause, Mike Huckabee
Mike Huckabee is at it again, joining Jim DeMint in claiming that the stimulus is ‘anti-religious’. Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee warned supporters Tuesday that the $828 billion stimulus package is “anti-religious.” In an e-mail that was also posted on his blog ahead of the Senate’s passage, Huckabee wrote: “The dust ...
Economy, Finance, Business, Democrats, Congress, Pork, Stimulus, Establishment Clause, Mike Huckabee