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History is Powerful: Why the Christian Right Distorts History and Why it Matters

Submitted by gbmaster on Sun, 2011-04-10 16:06
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Frederick Clarkson
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Spring 2007

"The notion that America was founded as a Christian nation is a central animating element of the ideology of the Christian Right. It touches every aspect of life and culture in this, one of the most successful and powerful political movements in American history. The idea that America's supposed Christian identity has somehow been wrongly taken, and must somehow be restored, permeates the psychology and vision of the entire movement. No understanding of the Christian Right is remotely adequate without this foundational concept.

Bryan Fischer’s and the GOP’s Special Christian First Amendment

Submitted by gbmaster on Sun, 2011-04-10 07:12
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Sarah Posner
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March 25, 2011 10:25AM

"People for the American Way is calling on GOP hopefuls Newt Gingrich, Mike Huckabee, and Haley Barbour "to publicly tell the American Family Association’s Bryan Fischer that the First Amendment applies to all Americans, when they appear on his radio show later today." Fischer, PFAW adds, "who has a long history of outspoken bigotry and intolerance, wrote a column earlier this week asserting that the First Amendment was meant to protect only Christians." Steven Benen points out that t

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