We will take action in short order to follow the President’s instruction to safeguard the deeply held religious beliefs of Americans who provide health insurance.
“You’ll find almost verbatim wording in many clauses of the Constitution to passages in the Bible. It’s a one-to-one correlation on the wording.â€
The lies from Trump’s team would have sent religious Republicans into near-fatal apoplexy if it was a Democratic administration.
He said “Lord, we have gone to killing the most innocent amongst us,” ignoring God promising Samaria’s “pregnant women” will be “ripped openâ€
A ruling for theocracy will effectively demolish church-state separation and neuter the First Amendment’s religious clauses.
This is the right of a woman and her doctor.These decisions should be made between the two of them with open, careful, honest, truthful consults. Not the legislature.
Bachmann complains Trump’s opponents are “rebelling against God” to create “a manmade, one-world system” the Bible doesn’t even mention
“We declare the reversal of the decree of ’73, Roe v Wade … We declare the reversal of Roe v. Wade. The powers of Nazgul, witchcraft and death are being reversed now over this nation.â€
The Pope wasted little time lashing out at fake Christians whom he said would be better off being a non-believer, an atheist, than a “bad Christian.â€
“[Stephen] Miller’s language about ‘judicial supremacy’ comes straight from the mouths of Religious Right leaders” who view “federal courts as obstacles”
Lively says “Obama’s personal priorities” mean “Today’s alphabet soup of intelligence agencies could easily be condensed to just four letters: LGBT”
“There is zero part of me that understands why a rapist or someone who got someone pregnant against their will, maybe incest, would have any right in that decision.â€
Indiana SB 118 “Removes provisions allowing a pregnant woman to decline to view the fetal ultrasound imaging and hear the fetal heart tone.”
According to the First Amendment, it is a problem when a public servant, speaking of the whole of the American people says something like, “To worship our lord and celebrate our nation at the same place is not only our right, it is our duty.†The First Amendment says it is our right. By forbidding…
“Our government has been perverted to be used to advance an ungodly agenda†and “undermine American values both abroad and here at home.â€
Democrats, religious and non-religious, believe all have an equal voice but Republicans believe if you’re not Christian, you get no voice
The FADA “Prohibits the federal government from taking discriminatory action against a person” who acts “in accordance with a religious belief”
O’Reilly says, “Don’t like Christmas? Ignore it.” Right. Like Evangelicals ignore the things they don’t like.
We are told Trump’s “bloodline goes back to the Davidic dynasty.†In other words, a descendant of Mary, the mother of Jesus, or, worse, the family of Jesus himself
“[T]he serious enemies are the priests of the different religious sects, to whose spells on the human mind its improvement is ominous.”
*The following is an opinion column by R Muse* Over the course of the last several years no small number of pundits and commentators have trumpeted the demise of the religious right and their masters at the Vatican. As the recent election appeared to look bleak for Trump, and by extension the Republican Party…
Fact-checker Daniel Dale counted, from mid-September till the campaign’s close, a total of 560 Trump lies, “or a neat 20 per day.”
“[I]f you live in the blue—any spot that’s blue—I would say, ‘Oh God, help me. Oh God forgive me.’ Because those are the ones who came against the will of God in this election.â€
“It’s like cancer…So it’s like cancer. And it’s a like a malignant cancer, though, in this case. It has metastasized.”
Economic growth, declining deficit, lower taxes, and historical record of job creation means “the country going in the wrong direction.”
The Defense Authorization bill should be about making our country safe; not about codifying evangelical Republican hatred and intolerance.
Instead of a White House firewall to stop the Koch GOP Congress’ disasters, the Kochs and evangelicals have a fascist with a rubber stamp.
The blatant expression of hatred for all things not white, not Christian, and not conservative over the past year brought shame on America.
“That fog that’s on Christians is the collective witchcraft that comes over the Body of Christ because there’s spirits being authorized to be released”
Evangelical women support for Trump stood at 58 percent in mid-October. Barely above half. Romney had 77 percent in 2012
The fault lines among evangelicals that the election of 2016 has exposed are likely to reshape national politics for years to come.
“I think you have a duty…to have the courage to stand up and tell the truth; tell the truth about those who would impose a totalitarian secularism on us”
“I know that there’s demonic forces in that city. I have personally met people that refer to themselves as witches, people that say they advise the senior leadership of the country.
“Imagine what our country could accomplish if we started working together as one people, under one God, saluting one flag.”
The first federal disaster relief act was the Congressional Act of 1803, “A Bill For the relief of the sufferers by fire, in the town of Portsmouth.â€
On the contrary, we have seen religious laws against abortion, contraception, marriage equality, religious diversity, education, and even global warming
It is astonishing what conservatives hold against President Obama and Hillary Clinton, based on nonsense they themselves have invented
Rubio readily admits that “Microcephaly is a terrible prenatal condition and it’s a lifetime of difficulties. But I’m pro-life.”
“The rise in pregnancy-related deaths coincide with Republican lawmakers slashing family planning funds.”
Phil Robertson has threatened to run for president, because apparently he’s a better solution to nonexistent problems than the guy he is endorsing, Donald Trump. But I don’t think that’s the real story here. The real story is Robertson’s almost incomprehensibly high levels of hypocrisy. It’s breathtaking. According to Robertson, who says “spiritual warfare is…
Farah objects to Jesus being called a Palestinian, even though by the time of his birth the region had been called Palestine for 500 years
“In God’s line of authority, “it seems very clear in the scripture that a woman should not be in authority over men, which would limit a woman from being the president of the United States of America.”
Republicans will end up with a platform that will be Victorian in its moralizing and deeply critical the modern American family.
Bill O’Reilly likes to write fake history, much like David Barton, and he has proven himself to be just about as impervious to facts as Barton. His work is so bad it is difficult to believe he is not really “pulling a Colbert.” He is that over the top. On Wednesday’s edition of Fox News’…
Judge Reeves noted that “the title, history and text of the law showed it to be the State’s attempt to put LGBT citizens in their place.”
“Neither the House nor the Senate has held hearings on the terrorism directed at law enforcement officials…by antigovernment zealots such as the Bundys.”
Trump met with Troy Newman, who says the federal government has a responsibility to execute abortion providers
“We have no long term alternative but to quarantine them… prohibiting them from residing anywhere within the civilized nations of the Earth.”
“Thank you to the LGBT community! I will fight for you while Hillary brings in more people that will threaten your freedoms and beliefs.”
“I am not surprised that Republicans recruited candidates who resort to outright racist and discriminatory statements and tactics given their standard bearer, Donald Trump.”
Dobson’s solution to transgender people using a restroom is for Christian fathers to do what real men would do 100 years ago: shoot transgenders.
“We see the left creating these spiritual ghettos where we are forced into…trying to quarantine faith so it’s more easily controllable.”
Robertson offers old, outdated beliefs even he doesn’t understand or really care about except as a cloak to sanctify his bigotry
“North Carolina’s HB2 is deeply discriminatory and violates civil rights law in all kinds of manners.”
This amendment authorizes taxpayer-funded discrimination; no taxpayer should be discriminated against because he or she is the ‘wrong’ religion.”
“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
Oklahoma evangelical Republicans force doctors to give patients deceptive and unscientific advice just to keep their medical licenses.
“Republicans want to provide extremists with a road map to every woman in the state who’s exercised her constitutional right to choose.”
“The fervency with which someone follows their religious faith, a biblical faith, is nearly always a direct indicator of how well they will follow the Constitution.”
Cruz says he will illegally order an investigation of Planned Parenthood and end requirement of contraceptive method coverage for employers
Klingenschmitt sees demons everywhere, so maybe that’s what he thought he saw when he called security to eject a journalist asking a question
“In many states, it’s legal to fire someone for being gay,” says Bernie Sanders – nowhere can you be fired for being Christian
These leaders came together to “guide their congregations’ prayers toward protecting a woman’s right to access an abortion.â€
It is critical Americans understand the context of Rafael’s use of Josiah, who executed priests, psychics and entire cities to obtain mercy
Trump says “I do want somebody that’s political, because I want to get lots of great legislation we all want passed.”
The archbishop’s complaint reveals the Church’s patriarchal mindset that women, young or old, are the clergy’s property to control
A U.S. District Court Judge informed a school board that proselytizing and prayers were not suited for a public school board meeting
Kasich subscribes to the Republican delusion that the road to peace depends upon forcing extremist Christianity down Muslim throats
They’re falling over themselves with dire predictions, like Tony Perkins’ “I’m afraid we may not have another election for our republic.”
Ohio’s John Kasich and Sam Brownback of Kansas are just the latest Republicans to use abortion to distract their residents from bad policies
From the grave, an epic smackdown of Phil Robertson and Ted Cruz by James Madison, who reveals exactly what America can expect from a Cruz presidency, that establishment of religion brings only superstition, bigotry and persecution
Ryan says prayer comes first, when disaster strikes their home districts, it’s money that comes first. Prayer is what they offer for other people.
Some may argue that evangelicals lack any humanity, because if they did they would not be driven by inhumanity toward anything not Christian
Graham’s big lie: “You talk about us being a secular government, a secular society — that’s only taken place in the last few years.”
After invoking his status as a National Rifle Association hero, Jeb brought up GOP overreach in the case of Terri Schiavos
This is funny: Ted Cruz, who has been proclaimed messiah by his father, says that “for seven years, we’ve had a president in the White House who has had a messiah complex.” What makes it more funny is that Cruz went on to David Brody Monday about what a messiah he is, that he is…
According to a new poll, when voters were informed about the religious Republican drive to ban access to legal abortion in the states, they were “disgusted and angry” and two-thirds of voters want Republicans stopped in their tracks.
Donald Trump is doing his best to kiss up to the Ted Cruz religious fanatic crowd, those who see America as a theocracy. Trump is a rock star among white supremacists but he wants to appeal not only to people who hate people on account of their skin color but who hate people on account…
Brooks slammed Cruz for manufacturing “an atmosphere of menace” but Cruz’s scorched-Earth religious agenda is right out of the Old Testament
By calling out Trump and calling for respect for differences in modern marriage, Haley has placed herself between a rock and a hard place
When Ted Cruz selected Family Leader’s Bob Vander Plaats as his national co-chair, he signaled his dependence on a minority of extremists
Americans should not underestimate Christian crusader Cruz and his spiritually-armored preachers’ concerted efforts as a wrong maneuver.
The rise of Trump, like the rise of the religious right, is the predictable outcome of Reagan transforming the GOP into a vehicle for theocracy
If these evangelicals in the Republican ranks had even the slightest clue how fortunate they are to live in a secular society they might rein in the perpetual sniping that their religious rights are being abridged by a secular government.
Mike Huckabee grasps like a sinking man to the missteps of Ted Cruz, but even Ted Cruz could never be bad enough to save Huckabee
Hate group leader Tony Perkins got Religious Right bosses to rally behind proven hater Ted Cruz, but will it make a difference?
The reality is that the purpose is to punish the federal government for not adhering to Catholic and evangelicals’ religious edicts
Carly Fiorina, said that the Colorado shooter’s motive for killing other Americans was a valid one and she duly lashed out at the left
The SPLC says hate groups “have beliefs or practices that attack or malign an entire class of people,..for their immutable characteristics.”
To a substantial number of people if they talk like ISIS and behead people for religious non-compliance like ISIS, the Saudis are ISIS-like.
We can do better than a presidential candidate who embraces a fictional set of values and the need to send Elsa from Frozen back to hell
Jeb Bush says “Islamic terrorism” isn’t really about religion but he sure doesn’t want any Muslims in this country – even refugees
It turns out the American people don’t agree with Republicans that it’s all that important what candidates believe about the Bible
Donald Trump hints at boycotting Starbucks and he asserts that he will be having Americans saying “Merry Christmas” again.
“Let it Go” is “Satan’s rebellion anthem.” Fans are “rejecting God’s law,” become “enemies of God” and God “does go to war against you.”
MIchele Bachmann shows what a true friend of Israel she is by calling for the conversion of the Jews as soon as possible
Now if only Democrats would make a special effort to demonstrate to moderates that a major contributor to this country’s problems is conservative Christians and moderates pandering to evangelical fanatics forcing religion on the country, voters might wake up.
Jindal insists he just wants the right to live his Christian faith, but what he really wants is to force US to live HIS Christian faith
David Barton who invents fact like nobody else, claims conservatives like him don’t open their mouths unless they know all the facts
The GOP is jumping on the Dark Age bandwagon to stop scientists from finding cures to myriad infirmities and debilitating and deadly diseases