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The Rise of the Religious Right in the Republican Party

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March-2007

Historical Revisionism in the NCBCPS Curriculum, Talk To Action, March 31, 2007

The Religious Right in 2008, Talk To Action, March 30, 2007

Time Magazine Cover Story Promotes Christian Supremacy, Talk To Action, March 30, 2007

Focus On The Hysterics: Dobson Throws A Fit Over U.S. News Report, Americans United, March 30, 2007

Is Battle Cry Coming to a City Near You? Talk To Action, March 29, 2007

DeVos Wages War On Public Education, But Meet His Brother In Law... Talk To Action, March 27, 2007

The Texas Baby Purchasing Act of 2007: It's Not a GOP Secret Anymore, Talk To Action, March 27, 2007

Partisan Pursuit: TV Preacher's 'Religious Freedom' Group Shores Up Support For Bush Administration, Wall of Separation, March 27, 2007

What Do We Want? Chastity! When Do We Want It? Now! Mother Jones, March 23, 2007 -- a report on the recent BattleCry event in San Francisco

Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army, Dailykos, March 25, 2006

Barton Revises History to Promote the National Council On Bible Curriculum In Public Schools, Talk To Action, March 24, 2007

Reprise: Reconstructionists, Southern Baptists and Education, Talk To Action, March 23, 2007

The Religious Right's Pyrrhic Victory: Marriage-Counseling Outfit Tosses Out Bible To Get Public Funds, Wall of Separation, March 23, 2007

Gimme That Old Time Religion (Bashing), Talk To Action, March 22, 2007

I have no use for the views of Sam Harris, the author of the best-selling book The End of Faith: Religion, Terror and the Future of Reason. I think he is one of the best friends the religious right has in American public life.

Reprise: SBC Takeover Leaders and the CNP, Talk To Action, March 22, 2007

Starke Bias: Fla. Town's Water-Tower Cross Shows Preference For Christianity, Says Judge, Wall of Separation, March 22, 2002

Investors: No Quarter for Convert-or-Die Videogame, Dailykos, March 22, 2007

Judge's Decision Upholds Ban On Publicly Funded Religious Indoctrination, But Allows Aid To Secularized Marriage Institute Program, Americans United, March 21, 2007

Lies We Teach Teenagers, TomPaine.com, March 21, 2007 -- on abstinence only sex education

IRD Attacks YOU. Do you know How ? New Documentary Outs Covert War, Dailykos, March 20, 2007

Renewal or Ruin? YouTube -- trailer about the Institute on Religion and Democracy

Born Free? Al Mohler's Brave New World, Talk To Action, March 20, 2007

Episcopal Church Rejects S.C. Bishop, Washington Post, March 17, 2007

Prosperity Gospel Preachers Under Pressure, Talk To Action, March 17, 2007

What I Learned at Jesus Camp: Freedom, Indoctrination, and Children, Talk To Action, March 16, 2007

Homosexuality May Be Based on Biology, Baptist Says, New York Times, March 16, 2007 -- strange twist of logic from the President of the leading Southern Baptist seminary

Reprise: From Reconstructionism to Dominionism, Part 2, Talk To Action, March 16, 2007

History is Powerful: Why the Christian Right Distorts History and Why it Matters, The Public Eye, Spring, 2007 (by Fred Clarkson)

The notion that America was founded as a Christian nation is a central animating element of the ideology of the Christian Right. It touches every aspect of life and culture in this, one of the most successful and powerful political movements in American history. The idea that America's supposed Christian identity has somehow been wrongly taken, and must somehow be restored, permeates the psychology and vision of the entire movement. No understanding of the Christian Right is remotely adequate without this foundational concept.

But the Christian nationalist narrative has a fatal flaw: it is based on revisionist history that does not stand up under scrutiny.

States Erase SOCAS, Using Tax Money to Fund Religious CPC's, Talk To Action, March 15, 2007

'The Gospel of Judas and the Shaping of Christianity' NPR's Fresh Air, March 14, 2007

Religion scholars Elaine Pagels and Karen King's new book, Reading Judas: The Gospel of Judas and the Shaping of Christianity , interprets and translates the recently discovered gnostic gospel of Judas.

Evangelical Group Rebuffs Critics on Right, New York Times, March 14, 2007

House Panel Should Reject Religious Discrimination In Head Start, Americans United, March 13, 2007

Fighting Evil, One Eve at a Time, Talk To Action, March 13, 2007

The Goy Who Cried Wolf: The Israel lobby gives America's leading Christian right warmonger a warm welcome. American Prospect, March 12, 2007

Evangelicals slam torture in war on terrorism, Reuters, March 12, 2007

Santorum signs on with Ethics and Public Policy Center, Talk To Action, March 12, 2007

Utah Uprising: Public School Supporters Seek Ballot Vote On School Voucher Scheme Wall of Separation, March 12, 2007

Christian Nationalist "Minutemen" Convening in Lexington, MA? Talk To Action, March 12, 2007

Book - American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War On America, Clarksville Online, March 11, 2007

New Criticism for Episcopal Bishop
Her Liberal Allies Wonder Why She Signed Ultimatum on Gays, Washington Post, March 11, 2007

The Theocratic Agenda Is Heading for a Statehouse Near You, Alternet, March 10, 2007 -- this post by Rob Boston comes from the current Church and State magazine. It's about the role of ALEC in state legislatures. It appears that since the theocrats lost control of Congress, they are moving aggressively into the states.

Evangelical Environmentalism, New York Times, March 10, 2007

Does AIPAC Event Speaker Believe In "Satanic Liberal Jew" Conspiracy? Talk To Action, March 10, 2007

A Youth Ministry Some Call Antigay Tests Tolerance, New York Times, March 9, 2007 -- Battlecry is back... in San Francisco again.

"Be Jewish In Five Easy Days", The Twelve Tribes Of Hagee, Talk To Action, March 9, 2007

Reprise: Learning to be Patient Revolutionaries, Talk To Action, March 9, 2007

'The Jesus Machine' Tracks James Dobson's Rise, NPR's Fresh Air, March 5, 2007

Idaho Science Teachers say "No" to Intelligent Design, Wall of Separation, March 5, 2007

For updates on the Heins Vs. Freedom from Religion Foundation case being argued at the Supreme Court, click here.

"Pro Israel" Christian Leader Blames Jews For The Holocaust, Talk To Action, March 5, 2007

Hand That Feeds, Talk To Action, March 3, 2007 -- a shocking expose about Wade Horn, President Bush's appointment as Assistant Secretary for Children and Families in the Department of Health and Human Services. Horn oversees an annual budget of  47 billion dollars.

Evangelical's Focus on Climate Draws Fire of Christian Right, The New York Times, March 3, 2007

The Conservatives' "Secular Problem," Campaign for America's Future, March 1, 2007

 

Last updated: March-2007