Thursday, January 5, 2012
10 Ways Right-Wing Christian Groups Will Likely Shove Religion Down Your Throat This Year
10 Ways Right-Wing Christian Groups Will Likely Shove Religion Down Your Throat This Year: "A surging religious right means daunting challenges for keeping Church and State separate.
The following piece comes from Church and State Magazine, published by Americans United for Separation of Church and State.
You don’t have to look far or wide to see signs that the Religious Right was resurgent in 2011.
From the halls of Congress, where the U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly urged public schools to post “In God We Trust” displays in classrooms, to the Values Voter Summit in Washington, D.C., that was attended by 3,000 fundamentalist Christian activists, the Religious Right’s influence loomed large...."
The following piece comes from Church and State Magazine, published by Americans United for Separation of Church and State.
You don’t have to look far or wide to see signs that the Religious Right was resurgent in 2011.
From the halls of Congress, where the U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly urged public schools to post “In God We Trust” displays in classrooms, to the Values Voter Summit in Washington, D.C., that was attended by 3,000 fundamentalist Christian activists, the Religious Right’s influence loomed large...."
Americans Against The Tea Party: Michigan’s Undemocratic Emergency Managers Paid Si...
Americans Against The Tea Party: Michigan’s Undemocratic Emergency Managers Paid Si...: By Alex Seitz-Wald posted from ThinkProgress Economy on Jan 4, 2012 at 6:55 pm Last year, Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder (R) signed into law...
Monday, January 2, 2012
Virginia Republicans to require loyalty oath for primary voters
Virginia Republicans to require loyalty oath for primary voters: "Virginia’s Republican presidential primary is getting more exclusive by the day.
First the state party sparked controversy last week when it announced that neither Texas Gov. Rick Perry nor former House speaker Newt Gingrich had submitted enough valid signatures to appear on the March 6 primary ballot.
Now Republicans are also looking to place restrictions on just who can actually vote in the primary...."
First the state party sparked controversy last week when it announced that neither Texas Gov. Rick Perry nor former House speaker Newt Gingrich had submitted enough valid signatures to appear on the March 6 primary ballot.
Now Republicans are also looking to place restrictions on just who can actually vote in the primary...."
Motivated In Ohio: Beware the Dark Power
Motivated In Ohio: Beware the Dark Power: In 1873 Edward Ryan, Chief Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court, spoke to students at the University of Wisconsin. Sitting in the audi...
Giving Obama The Credit He Deserves For Defending The 99%
Giving Obama The Credit He Deserves For Defending The 99%: "Over the past 12 months, Americans were subjected to, and learned about, the extremists in the Republican Party who have lurched so far to the right that Ronald Reagan would be considered a Liberal. After assessing the economic damage Republicans caused nearly every American throughout 2011, 99% of the population can be grateful that Democrats control the Senate and that President Obama is in the White House.
Although Democrats are not perfect, they served as a barrier to unbridled tax cuts for the rich and more importantly; more drastic cuts to programs that 99% of Americans depend on. The difference between Democratic ideology and Republican’s hard-right, unregulated free market capitalism and government privatization is stark and without Democrats, Americans’ economic situation would be far worse. The events in Wisconsin and Florida, with Republican assaults on public employees, unions, and voters are but a glimpse of what happens when the GOP controls the executive and both houses of a legislature...."
Although Democrats are not perfect, they served as a barrier to unbridled tax cuts for the rich and more importantly; more drastic cuts to programs that 99% of Americans depend on. The difference between Democratic ideology and Republican’s hard-right, unregulated free market capitalism and government privatization is stark and without Democrats, Americans’ economic situation would be far worse. The events in Wisconsin and Florida, with Republican assaults on public employees, unions, and voters are but a glimpse of what happens when the GOP controls the executive and both houses of a legislature...."
Paul Says Quit Job If You're Sexually Harassed
What a load of bullshit. I got sexually harassed at work and got my coworker suspended for a week. I could of had his job if I had wanted it.
Schizoid Sexual Society: Focused on the Petty Sex Scandals, Ignoring the Ones That Really Matter
Schizoid Sexual Society: Focused on the Petty Sex Scandals, Ignoring the Ones That Really Matter: "Why isn't it a bigger scandal when politicians chip away at our rights to control our bodies and our sexuality?
In a year when America has been otherwise austerity-obsessed, we are still sex-scandal rich. But while we certainly flock like moths to the scandal flame when that flame is a photo of a Congressman's penis, isn't it just as much of a scandal when Congressmen (and women) want to redefine rape, criminalize abortion and sex work, and chip away at our rights to control our bodies and our sexuality? Why is the media so easily obsessed when casting aspersions on the real or imagined sex lives of the already powerful, but not when the powerful target the rest of us? Before we get all misty-eyed with nostalgia – or tear gas – let's look back on some of 2011's sex scandals, with attention to the ones that should have scandalized us all...."
In a year when America has been otherwise austerity-obsessed, we are still sex-scandal rich. But while we certainly flock like moths to the scandal flame when that flame is a photo of a Congressman's penis, isn't it just as much of a scandal when Congressmen (and women) want to redefine rape, criminalize abortion and sex work, and chip away at our rights to control our bodies and our sexuality? Why is the media so easily obsessed when casting aspersions on the real or imagined sex lives of the already powerful, but not when the powerful target the rest of us? Before we get all misty-eyed with nostalgia – or tear gas – let's look back on some of 2011's sex scandals, with attention to the ones that should have scandalized us all...."
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