Rep. Ted Poe: Obama Administration Is "Anti-Religious"
Speaking with Family Research Council president Tony Perkins on Washington Watch last week, Texas Republican Rep. Ted Poe accused President Obama and his administration of promoting policies that are...
View ArticleRep. Hartzler Says Government Shouldn't Accommodate "Fringe Religions"...
Back in November, Family Research Council president Tony Perkins charged that the Obama administration “has been the most hostile toward religious freedom” and particularly “hostile toward...
View ArticleRep. Franks Warns that Obama Will "Abrogate" the Constitution
Rep. Trent Franks (R-AZ) appeared on WallBuilders Live today where he joined right-wing historian David Barton and his cohost Rick Green in attacking the judiciary, which Franks called “the biggest...
View ArticleIn New Ad, Perry Attacks Gays, “Obama’s War on Religion"
Rick Perry is out with a new TV spot that uses a seasonal “War on Christmas” theme to attack gays serving openly in the military and accuse President Obama of waging a “war on religion.”Just last week,...
View ArticleChuck Colson's Latest Pathetic Claim that LGBT Rights is Undermining...
Today on his radio bulletin Breakpoint, Manhattan Declaration co-author Chuck Colson claimed that the Obama administration has abandoned freedom of religion in order to advance LGBT rights. While...
View ArticleFRC: Obama Out to 'Destroy' Religious Liberty, America Itself
Religious Right leaders have long relied on bogus claims of anti-Christian persecution to energize their supporters – and they’ve cranked up the volume on those claims since Barack Obama’s election....
View ArticleIssa Stacks Hearing to Attack Contraception Compromise
Rep. Darrell Issa, who has followed through on his threat to turn his Committee on Oversight and Government Reform into an attack dog on the Obama administration, today held a one-sided hearing...
View ArticleIssa Stacks Hearing to Attack Contraception Compromise
Rep. Darrell Issa, who has followed through on his threat to turn his Committee on Oversight and Government Reform into an attack dog on the Obama administration, today held a one-sided hearing...
View ArticleFRC Slams Obama 'Sin Requirement'
“Stop Obama’s Sin Requirement” screams the envelope of the latest direct mail letter from the Family Research Council. The letter inside takes the Religious Right’s attacks on the Obama to new depths...
View ArticleCo-opting King: Why the Right Tries to Claim MLK
Right-wing politicians like North Carolina’s Jesse Helms used to demonize Martin Luther King as a subversive and communist. Conservative legislators in some states resisted creating an MLK holiday for...
View ArticleBilge from the In-box
Here’s a Friday treat: highlights from recent right-wing direct mail. In the past week or so, in addition to an invitation to this September’s Values Voter Summit:Jerome Corsi, a rabidly Obama-hating...
View ArticleChallenging the Right's Religious Liberty Claims
The ongoing campaign by the Religious Right and its conservative Catholic allies to redefine religious liberty in America – which has been covered extensively by PFAW and Right Wing Watch– is the focus...
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AFA Lunch at VVS: Call for 'Aggressive' and 'Offensive' Church in Culture War
The American Family Association hosted a luncheon on Friday at the Values Voter Summit. The featured speaker, Rep. Randy Forbes, was a no-show, though the audience was assured his non-appearance had...
View ArticleRep. Southerland 'Shocked' And 'Insulted' By Obama Speech Supporting...
President Obama can do nothing right in the eyes of the GOP, it seems: Even the president’s National Prayer Breakfast speech defending religious freedom has stoked the ire of one Republican...
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Right-Wing 'Religious Freedom' Narrative Taken To Its Logical Extreme With...
During the controversy over Hobby Lobby’s refusal to provide its employees with contraception insurance coverage and the outrage over Duck Dynasty star Phil Robertson’s being denied his supposed...
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Phyllis Schlafly's Ludicrous Lie
Most RWW readers probably had little intention of reading Phyllis Schlafly’s latest column, entitled “Obama’s War on the First Amendment.” But just in case you were interested, we can spare you the...
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Religious Right Sees Opportunity In Supreme Court Prayer Ruling
Religious Right groups are celebrating yesterday’s Supreme Court ruling upholding sectarian prayer at official public meetings– like city council sessions – and narrowly defining what would amount to...
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Tony Perkins, Arbiter Of Christianity, Says Pro-Gay Christians Don't Have...
Family Research Council President Tony Perkins implied today that Christians who support gay rights don’t have the same religious rights as conservative Christians because “true religious freedom” only...
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Benham Brothers Reveal What Love And Liberty Mean To The Religious Right
In the past week, David and Jason Benham have become the folk heroes du jour for the Religious Right, with everyone from Glenn Beck to Bobby Jindal declaring them martyrs to the homosexual movement’s...
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Rick Santorum Presents Latest 'Religious Persecution' Movie
Two current Religious Right fixations — the “persecution” of American Christians and the need for conservatives to do more to influence the pop culture — have come together in movies like “Persecuted”...
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Tony Perkins Uses Meriam Ibrahim To Promote Anti-Obama, Anti-Gay Agenda
The Family Research Council’s Tony Perkins has excitedly touted a big “get” for this week’s Values Voter Summit: Meriam Ibrahim, the Christian woman who was persecuted by the Sudanese government over...
View ArticleScott Lively: 'Religious Freedom' Only Applies To Christians, And That's Why...
In an interview with The Dove TV on Friday, anti-gay activist Scott Lively insisted that Christians are being denied their First Amendment rights because of gay rights, while simultaneously asserting...
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Religious Right: Bible Dictates Laws & Economic Policy But Islam Not a...
Donald Trump’s call to bar all Muslims from entering the country was widely recognized as an appeal for explicit religious discrimination and generated significant pushback. But many of Trump’s...
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Tony Perkins' Selective Posturing on Religious Liberty
Family Research Council President Tony Perkins’ self-important “State of the Family” address on Monday was not just about chaos and blood in the streets caused by marriage equality and other...
View ArticleThe Year Bryan Fischer Became 'Mainstream'
Back in 2011, when Mitt Romney was in the starting months of his presidential campaign, he accepted an invitation to speak at the Values Voter Summit, an annual event organized by the Family Research...
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