Organizers argued (unconvincingly) that “The Response” was about prayer, not politics. But groups like the American Family Association (AFA), which paid for the rally and its webcast, and organizations like the Family Research Council, whose president was among the speakers, are not designed to win souls but to change American law and culture through grassroots organizing and political power-building. They have a corrosive effect on our political culture by promoting religious bigotry and anti-gay extremism, by claiming that the United States was meant to be a Christian nation, and by fostering resentment among conservative evangelicals with repeated false assertions that liberal elites are out to destroy religious liberty and silence conservative religious voices.
Category Archives: Christianity
Article/Video: “Fact Sheet: Gov. Rick Perry’s Extremist Allies”
Perry told James Dobson that the rally was necessary because Americans have “turned away from God.” The following is an introduction to the groups and individuals who Gov. Perry has allied himself with in planning this event.
Audio: “Harvey: Gays And Lesbians Should Be Banned From Teaching”
Harvey, who once claimed that the NEA was using scholarships to make kids gays, on the other hand contends that schools should ban gay and lesbian teachers until they “leave that behavior behind.” Her view is not uncommon in the Religious Right, and Harvey insists that “no homosexuality should be in our schools, period.”
Video: “Perkins Tries And Fails To Downplay The Extreme Views Of ‘The Response’ Organizers”
While Perkins attempted to give Perry cover about the extreme views of the prayer rally organizers, The Response represented the extent Republican leaders and Religious Right groups will go to jockey for the support of even the most fringe figures and elevate their voices.
Video: Fischer: “We Need “Men Of Christian Faith” In Military So God Can Give Them Winning Battle Plans”
Article: “Christian Terrorism in Texas: Planned Parenthood Attacked”
In a recent act of Christian terrorism in America, a Planned Parenthood was targeted in an arson attack in McKinney, Texas. But I’ll bet you didn’t hear about it–and if you did, I’ll bet you didn’t hear the criminals described as being almost certainly “Christian”. Why do you suppose that is?
Article: “Norway Attacks: Anders Behring Breivik was Active Member of Far-Right Party”
“[…] very few people attend services. Latest figures suggest just 2 per cent of Norwegians attend church weekly, the lowest percentage in Europe.”
Article: “This Tragedy Marks the End of Norway’s Innocence”
“[…] with a quality of life, wealth and social equality […] repeatedly recognised by the United Nations as the best country on Earth to live[…]”
Article: “Radical Right-Wing Christian Terrorism in Norway”
“So if a radical Muslim kills it’s an act of Islamic terrorism, but if a radical Christian kills it’s the act of a madman?”
Blog Post: “Right-Wing Christian Fundamentalist Charged Following Norway Terror Attack”
“[…] has been described as a right-wing Christian fundamentalist by the Norwegian police.”