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VIDEO: Cliff Stearns tells Pat Robertson why he’s investigating Planned Parenthood

By | 10.14.11 | 1:59 pm | More from The Florida Independent

Rep. Cliff Stearns, R-Ocala, yesterday appeared on the 700 Club to talk about his recently launched investigation into the finances and policies of Planned Parenthood.

Pat Robertson’s law firm defends Texas bus driver who would not take woman to Planned Parenthood

By | 05.03.11 | 5:28 am | More from The Florida Independent

Pat Robertson’s American Center for Law and Justice recently provided legal defense for a public bus driver who was fired for refusing to take a woman to a Planned Parenthood clinic in Texas back in January 2010. According to the lawsuit, he was “More…

Bachmann’s presidential qualifications questioned by dean of her alma mater

Image by Matt MahurinRep. Michele Bachmann earned her law degree from televangelist Pat Robertson’s Regent University, but that doesn’t necessarily mean her alma mater backs her possible presidential bid.

Bachmann adds Jay Sekulow to list of constitution class teachers

Rep. Michele Bachmann has added religious right attorney Jay Sekulow to her list of instructors at her Tea Party Caucus constitutional classes. Sekulow is the head of the American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ), a conservative religious law group televangelist Pat Robertson founded because he thought the American Civil More…

An unexpected voice for decriminalizing marijuana: Pat Robertson

Pat Robertson, the host of the 700 Club and a former Republican candidate for president, has added his voice to a growing chorus calling for the decriminalization of marijuana, reports the news site The Raw Story.

In an episode of his widely watched show that focused on prison ministries, More…

Pat Robertson: Treat Muslims Like ‘Some Fascist Group’

By | 11.10.09 | 10:57 am

The post-Fort Hood right-wing attack on their fellow American citizens continues. Here’s conservative Christian commentator Pat Robertson yesterday on “The 700 Club,” via ThinkProgress:

That is the ultimate aim. And they talk about infidels and all this, but the truth is that’s what the game is. So you

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