A Christian group says it will target U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann over her opposition to President Obama’s jobs plan.
The group, Spirit of Faith Community, is planning a Wednesday afternoon demonstration at Bachmann’s Woodbury office using the biblical story of loaves and fishes to convince her to support a tax More…
The General Social Survey (GSS) is a biennial poll conducted by the National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago. It’s meant to collect data on opinions and beliefs held by people from a wide variety of demographics and backgrounds and has become a much-cited resource for sociologists More…
Last night the Kentucky Senate race between Attorney General Jack Conway (D) and ophthalmologist Rand Paul (R) took a turn to serious issues, like the worship of “Aqua Buddha.” While the GQ article linking Paul to a secret society at Baylor University that mocked Christianity has been out in More…
…are candidates for the State Board of Education asked whether they believe humans and dinosaurs roamed the earth together.
They both answered no, but the first full debate for the Board featured lengthy conversations about Christianity and creationism, as well as the role of sex ed in public schools. More…
When Glenn Beck scheduled a mass rally for Aug. 28 in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, many were skeptical of his claim that the proceedings would be fully nonpolitical, especially with former Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin scheduled to speak. To the surprise of his liberal critics, More…
TPM’s Justin Elliott and Versha Sharma collect statements from conservative groups calling for Muslim-Americans to be purged from the military in the wake of the Fort Hood shootings. Bryan Fischer of the American Family Association — well, some American families — writes, “It it is time, I suggest, More…
Add another conservative activist to the ranks of people blaming the Ft. Hood massacre on Islam. Here’s Gary Bauer, in his end-of-day email sent to supporters, arguing that while some Muslims are all well and good, “there are also ‘sleeper cells’ or ‘sleeper individuals’ who are jihadist ticking time bombs More…
Adam Serwer has an absolutely sterling post about the dangers of assigning collective guilt to American Muslims for the actions of Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan:
In the past few months, we’ve seen a number of shootings performed by white men with right-wing fringe beliefs–but while an attempt to
Ft. Hood’s commander, Lt. Gen. Robert Cone, said today that there are unconfirmed reports that Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan shouted “God is great” in Arabic before opening fire yesterday at the Army base. Again: we will soon be able to hear Hasan’s motivations in his own words. Even More…
Susan Jacoby in The Washington Post points out a largely overlooked exchange with Justice Antonin Scalia in that cross case heard by Supreme Court earlier this month. The case revolved around whether the government can keep a war memorial consisting of a solitary cross on public parkland. More…
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