The Indiana doctor who provided a needed abortion to a 10-year-old rape victim has been reprimanded by the state medical board for discussing the case with the media.
Republicans got even more bad news as a new poll of Indiana revealed that Democrat Evan Bayh is leading in the race for a Senate seat that Republicans thought would stay in their column.
“Make no mistake,” intones Beck. “We are being watched.” Queue the X-Files theme because the guy watching us wishes us no good if Cruz is his choice
While Americans focus on the primaries, Republicans are eliminating women’s rights.
In February of this year, a seven-year-old 2nd grade student in Indiana was “banished” from having any contact with other students because his teacher, a playground supervisor, and a school administrator concluded that the child’s “bad ideas” persecuted (offended) another student.
Dr. Richard Land calls opposing persecution of others “ugly…thuggish…brutish. It’s the totalitarian left in all of its ugly face.”
If you listen to the anti-gay rhetoric coming from the GOP, you realize just how desperately hateful and stupid these people are
Conservatives have for a long time controlled the discourse on freedom and liberty, but these are liberal ideals, and we must take them back
Pence’s words came against a backdrop where Republican lawmakers are continuing to cast legislative votes for,anti-gay discrimination.
This week a story in Georgia illustrates just how dangerous religious tyranny posing as religious freedom can be to the health of women.
A Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research poll finds Governor Pence’s popularity has dipped to a dismal 43 percent.
In a pointed response to the discrimination brought about by Indiana’s so-called “Religious Freedom” law, House Democrats announced a resolution to protect the civil rights of the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender community on the federal level.
The latest indication that Republicans will enjoin the Catholic bishops’ and religious right’s war against the Constitution, was disgraced former speaker of the house Tom Delay who said unapologetically that, “gays undermine his religious liberty.”
Louisiana GOP Governor Bobby Jindal announced that he intends to sign the “Louisiana Marriage and Conscience Act” into law.
Since the RFRA was revised, the Religious Right has gone full-tilt crazy with threats to “rise up” against their left-wing oppressors
An unprecedented victory over the Religious Right as the Indiana General Assembly and Gov. Pence bow to reality and change the law – again
One day people will wake up and wonder why they can no longer get the pill in their state, let alone an abortion. They can thank a Republican for the RFRA.
Americans are witnessing the profound and dangerous impact of the High Court’s Hobby Lobby decision to dismantle the 1st Amendment’s religious clauses and exempt religious devotee’s from adhering to state and federal laws.
The Religious Right is reacting as expected to opposition to Indiana’s embrace of religious tyranny – with lunacy and lies
A powerful CEO of a giant corporation took the time to say what few others have; “There is something very dangerous happening in states across the country” of people using religion as a legislative weapon.
Indy’s mayor issuing an executive order protecting the very people RFRA targets for persecution and conventions think twice about Indiana
“When new laws turn back the clock on progress, we can’t sit idly by. We are sending a message that discrimination won’t be tolerated.”
It is why although the law appears only to target the LGBT community and allow the ‘faithful’ to legally punish same-sex marriage partners by refusing to hire, serve, or provide them with medical care, it is important to remember there is no mention of gays in the law.
Angie’s List is the latest to stand up in opposition to Indiana’s discriminatory RFRA, and this one could cost Indiana 1,000 jobs
The far right’s war on the LGBT community took a variety of turns this week.
When Pink Floyd sang that “we don’t need no education,” I don’t think church ministries are what they had in mind.
Indiana is the latest state to proclaim religious tyranny, and the reaction (no NCAA?) is anything but what Hoosier bigots expected
If Pence signs the bill, the GOP will continue to be seen as a political party that caters to narrow-minded bigots, and deservedly so.
When Indiana Governor and presidential hopeful Mike Pence went to Israel he met Benjamin Netanyahu but not Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas
As the group of bishops were the instigators behind the Neo-American religious imposition as freedom ideology, it was not surprising that they came up with yet another twist on how they exercise “their” religious freedom.
Today marks an important day for marriage equality in the United States as the Supreme Court refused to review several circuit court rulings that strike down state bans on same sex marriage.
Market-based educational reform is an utter failure, and yet we still can’t shake the nasty remnants of its bad policy influence
All you uteri, gather round, the state has a job for you. You are hereby mandated to state control and surveillance as soon as you get pregnant.
The primary purpose of House Bill 933 is to perpetuate the bloat of the defense budget and decimate domestic programs.
The 2012 election was especially satisfying for the Presidency and the new faces that will show up in Congress, especially the Senate.
Incredible amounts of money were spent on the 2012 General Election. And lots of that money was wasted when expensive attack ads didn’t work
The GOP is headed into Election Day as the Party of Rape, a group of white fratboys who never grew up
Don’t let any of these scams steal your vote, but most importantly don’t let them intimidate you. Stay alert, but vote.
Unlike Mitt Romney, John McCain won’t continue to support ‘rape pregnancies are God’s will’ Richard Mourdoch unless the Republican Senatorial candidate apologizes.
NOW issued a statement Wednesday saying that Richard Mourdock (pregnancies from rape are ‘God’s will’) is ‘Romney Unmasked’.
Mitt Romney wants Richard Mourdock, who thinks rape pregnancies are a gift from God, changing things in Washington, D.C.
Dick Lugar lost to his Tea Party opponent in Indiana’s GOP primary. Is this a victory for Tea Party extremism or is it an opportunity for Hoosier Democrats?
If Lugar is a centrist than the true centrist position is an extreme left position just as Republicans insist and everything the left of that is beyond the pale
The Republican Party has gone to war with the Girl Scouts, accusing them training girls to be radicalized, anti-religious baby-killing feminazis
A new Indiana law would punish schools that stray from lyrical and melodic guidelines for the national anthem, stifling artistic expression.
GOP opposition to big federal government and support of states’ rights is a reaction to loss of control and does not extend to their socially conservative agenda
“Don’t bet against America. Don’t bet against the American auto industry!” Not something Republicans want to hear. They have been betting against both.
These ideologically-motivated refusals are perhaps not such a bright idea when you stop to think about it. The problem being of course, that not many people stopped to do any thinking leading up to these midterms and Republicans seem to be doing less thinking than most. It all became about rage and ideology. Nobody was thinking in practical terms. So they all decided to have a group foot shoot instead.
The Indiana midterms offer little for liberal and progressive voters. Evan Bayh’s retirement opens up an opportunity for an extremist Republican to replace him.
