Archive for the ‘religion in politics’ Category

Do Dead Iraqis Have “Literary, Scientific or Artistic Value?”

Monday, June 9th, 2008

In 2005, the Christian right demanded that the Bush Administration crack down on the obscene death and maiming occurring in Iraq adult pr0n. And so it is according to the LAT, that a jury has been empanelled in a California federal district court to watch six hours of “fetish pornography” that includes acts of defecation, as well as man and/or woman on dog/snake/turtle etc. The producer of the films, Ira Isaacs, insists that he is an artist and his films works of art. But he concedes: (more…)

Posted in Behind bars, free speech, religion in politics, your friend the state | 3 Comments »

If Dennis Prager is Not a Self-hating Jew, He is Simply Insane

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008

Sen. John McCain finally threw Rev. John Hagee and Hagee’s endorsement under the bus when it was revealed by a number of sources, including Sam Stein at HuffPo, that Hagee sermonized in the 90s about Hitler as God’s glorious tool of righteousness (Stein has the audio, so one may listen for oneself): (more…)

Posted in GOP morons, neoconservatives, religion in politics, sheer lunacy | 12 Comments »

If I Hear One More Evangelical Christian Pundit, Blogger or Politician Whining About How Persecuted their Religion is, I Swear to The Flying Spaghetti Monster My Head Will Explode, Part 6,384

Saturday, April 26th, 2008

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You might think that the United States Armed Forces — charged with protecting the Constitution and the rights therein for all Americans — might not itself discriminate on the basis of religion or irreligion. Yet the New York Times reports that when Specialist Jeremy Hall held a meeting last July for atheists and freethinkers at Camp Speicher in Iraq, an officer attended to berate him, shrieking (according to Hall and one other attendee): (more…)

Posted in abuse of power, religion in politics, the war in iraq | 8 Comments »

Is Parental Opting for Prayer Over Medicine Criminal?

Wednesday, April 9th, 2008

Madeline Kara Neumann was only 11 when several weeks ago the she died of entirely treatable diabetes, even as her parents eschewed medical science for prayer. According to The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Madeline died due to: (more…)

Posted in liberalism, libertarianism, police, religion in politics | 67 Comments »

If only Scalia had been right

Friday, April 4th, 2008

In an article this week for TNR entitled Legal Bondage, Jeffrey Rosin gives moral legislation in the US a clean bill of health, despite Justice Scalia’s alarmist dissent five years ago in Lawrence v. Texas warning that the majority’s decision to decriminalize sodomy would send the country down the “slippery slope” of unchecked moral degeneration: (more…)

Posted in GOP morons, abuse of power, education, feminism, gay rights, neoconservatives, religion in politics, sex work | 79 Comments »

(Update) More on Prof. Kmiec’s Endorsement of Obama

Wednesday, March 26th, 2008

Below I wrote about my Republican, devout Catholic and former Constitutional Law professor Doug Kmiec’s having endorsed Barack Obama’s candidacy. He has just given an interview to Beliefnet in which he expands on that decision, and says that the responses he’s received have been running 4-1 in his favor. Also, declares Kmiec, my emphasis: (more…)

Posted in Republicans who have had enough, religion in politics, the war in iraq | 15 Comments »