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    • 6 Ratings
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    Catholic on Catholic civil war brewing

    MAY 24, 2012 1:16PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: religion, politics, catholic church, bishops, contraception, president obama, republican party, religious right, leadership council of women religious, sister joan chittister, ej dionne, fascism, pope pius xii, us conference of bishops, national catholic reporter, nazism, adolph hitler, religious freedom, first amendment, maureen dowd, health insurance mandate, homosexuality, new ways ministry, catholic charities, caritas, girl scouts, vatican, authoritarianism, papal infallibility, democracy, women's rights, obedience

    • 4 Ratings
    • 117 Views
    • 5 Comments
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    Do you believe in signs?

    MAY 16, 2012 9:22PM

    By thefuddler


    Topics: rainbow, npr, terry gross, c peter wagner, religious right, fundamentalist, dominionism, dominionist, fundamentalism, new apostolic reformation, bumper sticker, gay rights, gay, sexuality, sex

    • 2 Ratings
    • 196 Views
    • 6 Comments
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    Obama's Profile in Courage

    MAY 10, 2012 7:50PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: politics, religion, religious right, president obama, gay marriage, republican party, mitt romney, tony perkins, family research council, bigotry, george bush, john kerry, rick santorum, joe biden

    • 9 Ratings
    • 716 Views
    • 13 Comments
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    "War on Women" Just Tip of the Iceberg

    MARCH 13, 2012 12:51PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: politics, sandra fluke, bill maher, rush limbaugh, right wing, christian fundamentalism, orthodoxy, israel, netanyahu, women's rights, dinesh d'souza, andrew sullivan, feminazis, war on women, birth control, catholic bishops, religious right, theocracy, liberalism, conservatism, book of revelations, west bank settlements, likud, patriarchy, hillary clinton, women of the world summit, misogyny

    • Editor's Pick
    • 40 Ratings
    • 6036 Views
    • 99 Comments
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    It's Settled then: Women, We're at War

    MARCH 13, 2012 10:35AM

    By Ramonas Voices


    Topics: transvaginal probe, sandra fluke, rush limbaugh, rick santorum, religious right, patricia heaton, komen foundation, contraceptive rights, catholic bishops, barack obama

    • 1 Ratings
    • 268 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    Rush Limbaugh the Flying Monkey

    MARCH 5, 2012 12:41PM

    By Gordon Hilgers


    Topics: gordon hilgers, freedom of the press, freedom of speech, freedomworks, dick armey, american crossroads, karl rove, americans for tax reform, grover norquist, tea party patriots, tea party express, tea party nation, tea party, comedy, slander, hate speech, religious right, culture war, culture, contraception, sandra fluke, congress, fcc, federal communications commission, ronald reagan, the fairness doctrine, propaganda, goebbels, adolph hitler, hitler, conservative radio, radio talk, am radio, clear channel communications, the wizard of oz, rush limbaugh

    • 4 Ratings
    • 403 Views
    • 5 Comments
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    2012 - So far, a very bad year for sex, and for women

    MARCH 3, 2012 3:22PM

    By thefuddler


    Topics: rush, limbaugh, slut, contraception, health, sex, sexuality, religion, religious right, catholic, roman catholic, bishops, pedophilia, pedophile, child molester, priests, rape, abortion, war on women, war on sex, gay, lesbian, seme sex marriage, marriage, lgbt, washington state

    • 7 Ratings
    • 915 Views
    • 13 Comments
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    Are Right Wing Conservatives Hypocrites By Nature?

    FEBRUARY 23, 2012 12:23PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: george w. bush, reinhold neibuhr, newt gingrich, rick sandorum, franklin graham, community-building, liberalism, military industrial complex, washington monthly, alan wolfe, conservatism, e.j. dionne, family values, religious right, hypocrisy, rachel maddow, right wing, republican party, politics

    • 9 Ratings
    • 2113 Views
    • 16 Comments
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    Rick SATANorum's "Sly Lies" & Sociopathic Political Theology

    FEBRUARY 20, 2012 11:11PM

    By Ron Robinson


    Topics: comedy, business, books, feminism, family, science, politics, news, martin luther king, alec exposed, american legislative exchange council (alec), hitler, belief/religion, urine testing, welfare, bodily fluids, poor, poverty, republicans, death penalty, war, abortion, contraception, catholic bishops, jesus, false equivalence, atlas shrugged, john galt, liberals, conservatives, religious right, ralph reed, right-wing, michelle bachmann, ayn rand, american values network, red letter christians, jesuits, crusader christian, christianity, ron robinson, obama, media, political theology, sociopath, rush limbaugh, alice stewart, john sharlett, open+call, health

    • 2 Ratings
    • 297 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    The Right's War on Sex

    FEBRUARY 10, 2012 9:33PM

    By Isaiah Carter


    Topics: regressives, fundamentalism, potus, women, abortion, culture war, republican, primary, theocracy, open call, religious right, religion, abortion, reproductive rights, gop, contraception

    • 4 Ratings
    • 637 Views
    • 6 Comments
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    The Cancer Komen Must Cure is Right Wing Extremism

    FEBRUARY 5, 2012 9:47AM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: religious right, iraq, right wing, susan.g. koman for the cure foundation, planned parenthood, benjamin netanyahu, israel, religion, politics

    • 0 Ratings
    • 55 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Exuberant Liars

    JANUARY 24, 2012 1:52PM

    By tedo


    Topics: politics, conservatives, religious right, lying, government

    • 0 Ratings
    • 224 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Romney Schmomney and What’s Newt?

    JANUARY 22, 2012 12:55PM

    By Gordon Hilgers


    Topics: gordon hilgers, morality, ethics, finance, campaign 2012, economics, politics, napoleon, adultery, grand cayman island, taxes, religious right, evangelicals, evangelical voters, south carolina primary, south carolina, freedomworks, dick armey, tea party express, tea party nation, tea party patriots, tea party, americans for tax reform, grover norquist, american crossroads, karl rove, citizens united, gop, republican party, newt gingrich, willard romney, mitt romney

    • 0 Ratings
    • 1368 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Conservative Catholic Santorum Rejects Democracy

    DECEMBER 31, 2011 1:02PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: politics, right wing, republican party, catholic church, liberalism, conservatism, opus dei, rick santorum, religious right, freedom, liberty, social contract, john locke, morality, popular sovereignty, declaration of independence

    • 0 Ratings
    • 476 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    An open mind is a terrible thing to waste

    DECEMBER 14, 2011 9:39AM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: bigotry, public square. sharia law, freedom of religion, freedom of speech, toleration, theocracy, liberalism, enlightenment, reason, democracy, catholic church, fundamentalism, newt gingrich, religious right, religion, politics

    • 0 Ratings
    • 240 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Stepping Deftly Through The Holiday Greeting Minefield

    NOVEMBER 28, 2011 9:37AM

    By Naithom


    Topics: belief/religion, happy holidays, merry christmas, religious right, christmas

    • 0 Ratings
    • 272 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    Both sides not equally to blame for gridlock

    NOVEMBER 26, 2011 8:04AM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: fox news democrats, president obama, super-committee, david drum, propaganda, compromise, david brooks, republican party, religious right, right wing, economics, politics

    • 1 Ratings
    • 425 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    Mob Calling The Shots In GOP

    NOVEMBER 19, 2011 3:17PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: know-nothing, anti-intellectualism, ronald reagan, rush limbaugh, william buckley, paul begala, kathleen parker, financial crisis, oligarchy, wall street, evolution, science, religious right, republican party, tea party, populism, politics

    • 2 Ratings
    • 395 Views
    • 6 Comments
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    What does our inability to solve problems say about us?

    NOVEMBER 9, 2011 11:10AM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: religious right, christian nation, rachel maddow, fox news, conservatism, liberalism, religion, ideology, right wing, bankers, wall street, principle reduction, mortgages, financial crisis, republican party, economics, politics

    • 0 Ratings
    • 341 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    Do We Want to be a Country or a Tribe?

    NOVEMBER 7, 2011 11:33AM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: rule of law, nationalism, herman cain, ann coulter, racism, pat buchanan, democracy, freedom, liberty, politics, republican party, george will, tribalism, religious right, pluralism, conservatives, liberals

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