The Westboro Baptist Church (“WBC”) announced that they will be picketing the funerals of the victims of yesterday’s bombings in Boston. Designated a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center, WBC is characterized on their SPLC page as “arguably the most obnoxious and rabid hate group in America.” WBC first made the announcement on their Twitter […]
It’s no great surprise that the conservative movement includes Christians possessing extreme right-wing political beliefs. Within the ultra Christian right, there are “soldiers for God” who are going out and attempting to overthrow government as representatives of God. One such individual is Bryan Jonathan Fischer, the Director of Issues for the American Family Association, regular contributor to […]
On Easter Sunday, an obviously very young boy (I would guess around 11 or 12 years of age) was captured on video protesting a North Carolina church’s recent pledge to stop performing marriage ceremonies until gay marriage is legal. Having grown up in Texas, I have seen children used in such a fashion over the […]
Congresswoman Michele Bachmann was invited to sit down with Bill O’Reilly tonight to talk about her controversial remarks regarding how American taxpayers are paying for a lavish White House lifestyle, but O’Reilly explained that Bachmann didn’t want to come on. Instead, O’Reilly spent the segment essentially tearing down Bachmann’s assertions and insisting that it’s ridiculous […]
Michele Bachmann tried to run away from CNN reporter Dana Bash who was attempting to question her about her unsubstantiated comments made about President Obama at the recent CPAC meeting. Bachmann had claimed at CPAC that there is an official presidential dog walker, the White House has five chefs working 24/7 and two full-time movie […]