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Thomas Jefferson, Johann Gottfried Herder, and the Revived American Cult of Muscular Christian Nationalism

Posted on January 3, 2012 by Santi Tafarella

A bit of (good) advice for politicized Christian fundamentalists from Rob Boston: Jefferson and Madison worked together to end the government-established church in Virginia and guarantee religious liberty for all. Jefferson coined the metaphor of a “wall of separation between … Continue reading →

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Michelle Bachmann Conflates the Bible with the Constitution

Posted on November 24, 2011 by Santi Tafarella

In a recent interview with Christianity Today, Michelle Bachmann dodged a tricky question embedded in a larger question by conflating the Bible with the Constitution. Here was the tricky question: If the people want government to do something that goes … Continue reading →

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The New Flat Earthers: Catholic Geocentrists May Shadow the Republican Presidential Primary

Posted on September 26, 2011 by Santi Tafarella

There’s a budding movement among Catholics to assert that Galileo was, indeed, wrong about the earth going around the sun, and you can read a whole article in the Los Angeles Times about this movement here. In my view, the Catholic … Continue reading →

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Listen to Reason? The Laws of God vs. the Laws of Man

Posted on September 16, 2011 by Santi Tafarella

Below are some public mug shots of Amish men serving brief sentences in a Kentucky jail. Their crime? They refused to put yellow reflectors on their horse-driven buggies when using public roads. Their religion does not permit them to display … Continue reading →

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Michelle Bachmann Defines a Submissive and Subservient Woman

Posted on August 15, 2011 by Santi Tafarella

Here’s a stunner from CBS News: In 2006, [Michelle] Bachmann said her husband had told her to get a post-doctorate degree in tax law. “Tax law? I hate taxes,” she continued. “Why should I go into something like that? But the … Continue reading →

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Michelle Bachmann Watch: Homosexual Reparative Therapy as a Wedge Issue for 2012?

Posted on August 3, 2011 by Santi Tafarella

Every American election cycle seems to come with at least one socially conservative wedge issue that sharply divides right from left and draws (disproportionately right-wing) voters to the polls. Albert Mohler, president of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, predicts that 2012 will … Continue reading →

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John Ashcroft Watch: Will Michelle Bachmann Let the Mighty Eagle Soar Again?

Posted on July 20, 2011 by Santi Tafarella

Given Michelle Bachmann’s penchant for weird displays of public religiosity, do you suppose, were she to win the White House in 2012, that she might bring John Ashcroft back into the public eye, and into her cabinet? You remember George … Continue reading →

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Michelle Bachmann’s End Times Prayer

Posted on July 19, 2011 by Santi Tafarella

Ladies and gentlemen, the likely Republican nominee to be the next President of the United States:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      . At Salon, Alex Pareene asks a good question: If Michele Bachmann is a true Christian, she should rise bodily to Heaven during … Continue reading →

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In a Michelle Bachmann Administration, Would She Entertain the Idea of Making Glenn Beck Her Press Secretary?

Posted on June 28, 2011 by Santi Tafarella

Knowing that, at the end of this week, Glenn Beck will no longer be with Fox News, I watched the full hour of one of his parting shows. I wanted to see what impression he might leave me with—something to recall about him—and what struck me was his … Continue reading →

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Right Ring: Perry-Bachmann 2012?

Posted on June 19, 2011 by Santi Tafarella

The Herderian religious conservative governor of Texas, Rick Perry, at the recent Republican Leadership Conference in New Orleans, appears to have wowed the Christian fundamentalist dominated crowd. This is from NBC News: Of all the speakers of the three-day confab, Perry was … Continue reading →

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Ask the Whale Question of the Republican Presidential Field!

Posted on June 16, 2011 by Santi Tafarella

For the 2012 primaries, I’d like to see the following question asked of the Republican presidential candidate field (during a debate): Do you believe that, five days after the universe began, there were whales in it? Genesis 1 says that there … Continue reading →

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Dream Team?: Half-term Governor Sarah Palin and Congresswoman Michelle Bachmann in 2012?

Posted on April 9, 2010 by Santi Tafarella

Yes, they might. And it’s what the Republican crowd appears to want.

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Republican Health Care Reform Hysteria Watch

Posted on March 21, 2010 by Santi Tafarella

Now that the Democrats appear to have achieved a victory on health care reform some Republicans are, well, freaking out with end-of-the-world hysteria. This today in the Hill: Rep. John Campbell (R-Calif.) explained that “this is too big. We believe that this … Continue reading →

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