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(VIDEO) American Family Association’s Bryan Fischer comes out as AIDS denialist

By | 01.06.12 | 9:05 am

Adding to an ongoing list of controversial statements, American Family Association President Bryan Fischer is now claiming that HIV is not the cause of AIDS or the AIDS epidemic.

Founder of group financing Pastor Policy Briefings, ‘The Response’ endorses Perry

By | 10.27.11 | 11:50 am

Image by Matt MahurinWhile Gov. Rick Perry drew criticism for the political overtones to the August prayer rally he hosted just days before he announced his run for the presidency, The Response also focused national attention on the American Family Association, the controversial conservative group funding the event.

(VIDEO) Maddow speculates ‘awkward’ encounter between Fischer and Romney at Values Voter Summit

By | 10.03.11 | 11:33 am

Blogs lit up late last week, when it became apparent that even though the American Family Association’s (AFA) Bryan Fischer is not listed as a scheduled speaker at this weekend’s Values Voter Summit, Fischer will be there to speak, directly after GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney.

‘Reclusive’ evangelical organizer David Lane bemoans the rise of secular judges, media

By | 09.26.11 | 6:00 pm

Image by Matt MahurinDavid Lane, the influential California-based activist the New York Times has called “a stealth weapon for the right,” typically avoids the mainstream media spotlight — as he has since the mid-1990s, when he began mobilizing evangelical pastors and their congregations to vote during “Pastor Policy Briefings” and the Texas Restoration More…

Christian voter drive organizer says tie to Perry’s ‘Response’ came as surprise

By | 09.09.11 | 3:16 pm

Image by Matt MahurinPrayer-goers who attended Gov. Rick Perry’s “Response” in August may have been surprised to find themselves on a mailing list encouraging them to take part in an ambitious Christian voter mobilization effort two weeks after the rally.

‘The Response’: Step one in a conservative Christian voter mobilization drive

By | 08.22.11 | 5:46 pm

Image by Matt MahurinThose who signed up to attend “The Response,” the all-day prayer event hosted by Gov. Rick Perry earlier this month, are now being asked to partake in an ambitious voter registration effort targeting conservative Christians, ending a months-long dance around the question of whether the event was political in nature. More…

Despite ties to the Aga Khan, Perry has avoided broadly embracing Islam

By | 08.16.11 | 1:21 pm

A recent Salon article exploring the “surprisingly warm” relationship between Texas Gov. Rick Perry and the Muslim community leans on the Republican presidential candidate’s ties to the Aga Khan, religious leader of the Ismailis — a sect of Shia Islam — as evidence he is well-connected to at least More…

In 2012, there’s a name for the place where prayer meets politics: Rick Perry

By | 08.11.11 | 12:04 pm

Prayer, piety and God is what “The Response” was about, according to those organizing Gov. Rick Perry’s all-day prayer and fast last weekend — but critics said the governor was playing political opportunist, using religion to fuel his presidential aspirations.

Road to ‘The Response’ marked by months of protest and resistance

By | 08.08.11 | 4:37 pm

Since Texas Gov. Rick Perry announced his plans to host a prayer and fasting event earlier this summer — one that would be primarily sponsored by an extremist evangelical organization designated by the Southern Poverty Law Center as an anti-gay hate group — criticism swelled in two directions­.

Some religious right leaders warn of ‘paganism’ at Perry’s prayer event

By | 08.05.11 | 12:57 pm

The Response, a prayer and fasting event featuring rumored presidential candidate and Texas Gov. Rick Perry and financed by the American Family Association, has drawn heat from faith leaders and the civil liberties groups who say the event leaves out people who are not conservative Christians and More…