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The GOP’s huge 2014 problem: The religious right is still calling the shots
Amanda Marcotte
After the Tea Party insurgency, the war on women became the central tenet of Republican orthodoxy
Why the Christian right’s persecution fantasies are so dangerous
Amanda Marcotte
Religious conservative groups invest an insane amount of energy in the myth that they're an oppressed minority
7 ways the Christian right makes bullying its primary agenda
Amanda Marcotte
From abortion-clinic harassment to mocking transgender students, far-right zealots are actually encouraging abuse
Sean Hannity: Forget insurance, let’s create an “adopt-a-woman” program for birth control
Katie McDonough
"Why should Americans be paying the $9 a month for birth control pills that you can get at Wal-Mart?"
9 worst right-wing moments of the week — polar vortex edition
Janet Allon
Rush Limbaugh concocts global-warming conspiracy theories, while a GOP pol sends one very racist email
Why this satanic goat statue has the Christian right so freaked out
Amanda Marcotte
The pagan idol reveals the hypocrisy at the heart of so much fundamentalism
5 reasons the contraception mandate matters for everyone
Katie McDonough
Ensuring women access to contraception is wildly important, but it's not all that's at stake in pending court cases
5 ways the Christian right is twisting religion to push conservative dogma
Amanda Marcotte
What would Jesus do? Let poor people starve, if these guys are to be believed
The Christian right wants civilization to collapse
Amanda Marcotte
The reason they're so obsessed with apocalypse? If they can't have the country, they don't want anyone else to
Christian conservatives have perfected playing the victim card
Amanda Marcotte
Scaring people can convince them to hand over their money
5 Christian right delusions about history
Amanda Marcotte
If these extremists are to be believed, Joe McCarthy was a decent man and the Founding Fathers were theocrats
Rush Limbaugh: Filibuster reform is like rape
Katie McDonough
"Can the women be raped? Well, all it would take then is half of the room," Limbaugh remarked
Gospel of selfishness pervades American Christianity
Amanda Marcotte
The philosophers of greed now use Christianity as their cover story
10 things conservative Christians got horribly wrong
Amanda Marcotte
Evangelicals and their ilk have used God to justify everything from Prohibition and segregation to slavery
5 Christian “hipsters” trying to make fundamentalism look cool
Amanda Marcotte
Young people are leaving the church in droves. Meet the young people trying to bring them back
How shameless Christian con artists took over the GOP
Amanda Marcotte
Conservative politicians are exploiting their voters the same way some church leaders exploit believers
No, America is not a Christian nation
Amanda Marcotte
Why is the Right so obsessed with pushing revisionist history?
4 reasons the Christian right longs for the apocalypse
Amanda Marcotte
One cynical explanation is that the end of the world would mean they get to have the last word
Christian delusions are driving the GOP insane
Amanda Marcotte
Why aren't Republicans more frightened of a shutdown and a default? Part of the reason is magical thinking
Texas fundamentalists want to teach Garden of Eden in science class
Amanda Marcotte
Fundamentalists on the state school board can force textbook publishers to rewrite entire portions of their texts
Why are so many Christians so un-Christian?
Amanda Marcotte
Many right-wing Christians vilify the poor, in direct contradiction to the teachings of Jesus. Why the hypocrisy?
Yes, weird Christian beliefs do influence America
Amanda Marcotte
Why it's so dangerous to write off the Pat Robertons and Glenn Becks as meaningless loons
10 weirdest right-wing Christian conspiracy theories
Amanda Marcotte
Fundamentalist Christianity is crawling with conspiracy theories, urban legends, and just plain bizarre beliefs
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