Social Conservatives

The Extremism of Bobby Jindal

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 01.05.2009 | Living

Read More: Stem Cell Research, Abortion, Intelligent Design, Creationism, Louisiana, Bobby Jindal, Jindal, Evolution, Republican Party, Bobby Jindal Governor, Social Conservatives, Religious Right, Creation Musem in Kentucky, Public School System, Living News
Jeff Schweitzer

In spite of evolution's unprecedented success in explaining the living world, creationism has crept into the mainstream of American thought and into public school curricula in several states.

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Controversy, Controversy

Murray Fromson | Posted 12.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: Evangelical, Phyllis Schlafly, Barack Obama, Obama Inauguration, Melissa Etheridge, Rick Warren, Anti-Semitism, Social Conservatives, Evangelical Christians, Rick Warren Homophobe, Obama Administration, Obama Compromise, Obama Inauguration Day, Obama Progressive, Bipartisanism, Gay Rights, Religious Right, Obama Warren, Politics News
Murray Fromson

Obama is a compromiser, a political figure committed to building bridges, even to those who will give him heartburn as well as their support.

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Rick Warren Announcement Is Slap In The Face To GLBTQ Army

Scott Foval | Posted 12.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Equality, Barack Obama, Rick Warren, Glbtq, Scottsbigmouth, Social Conservatives, Rick Warren Invocation, Prop 8, Inauguration Day 2009, Obama Gay Rights, Rick Warren Obama Invocation, Obama Inauguration Day, Same-Sex Marriage, Gay Rights, Obama Change, LGBT Community, Obama LGBT, Religious Right, Gay Civil Rights, Obama Warren, Gay Marriage, Rick Warren Inauguration, Politics News
Scott Foval

Mr. Obama, by choosing Rick Warren, you have sent a shiver up the spine of every GLBTQ American who believed that you might actually be the voice and actor of real change.

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The Extinction of Right Wing Neanderthals; The Rising of Bottom-up Intelligence

Rob Kall | Posted 12.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Intelligence, Social Conservatives, Rightwing, Conservatives, Iq, Evolution, Bottom Up, Bottom-Up, Politics News
Rob Kall

I'm getting a feeling for what it might have been like for modern mankind to experience the dwindling disappearance of the Neanderthals. I hesitate to...

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A Fly in the Anointment: Bobby Jindal as the Republican Obama

Disgrasian | Posted 12.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Social Conservatives, Bobby Jindal Governor, Youth Vote, Bobby Jindal, Immigrants, Immigration, Youth Voters, The Republican Obama, Conservative Values, Barack Obama, Children of Immigrants, Immigrants American Dream, Creationism, Obama Youth Vote, American Dream, Religion and Politics, Bobby Jindal 2012, Stem Cell Research, Politics News
Disgrasian

It's true! Jindal is young, brown, and the child of immigrants. Since we, too, are young, brown, and the children of immigrants, I guess that means we're voting for Jindal in 2012!

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So What Now, Republicans?

Sahil Kapur | Posted 11.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: Science, Social Conservatives, Future, Republicans, Foreign Policy Hawks, Economic Elitist, Dick Armey, John J. Pitney Jr., Joe the Plumber, Politics News
Sahil Kapur

What's the Republican party to do now? They could continue alienating intellectuals and maintain their march of cultural ignorance, or the party can do some soul-searching and rediscover their core values.

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Ann Coulter Still Yapping

Ben Cohen | Posted 11.17.2008 | Media

Read More: John McCain, Ann Coulter, David Brooks, Conservative Media, Social Conservatives, Political Pundits, Ann Coulter John McCain, The Right, Religious Right, Barack Obama Victory, Ann Coulter Prop 8, Anti-Gay Marriage, 2008 Presidential Election, Media News
Ben Cohen

Coulter's solution to Republican problems is for it to become even more extreme than it already is. It's a recipe for disaster (and hopefully one that the Republicans decide to try).

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By Way of Clarification

Jayne Lyn Stahl | Posted 11.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: Social Conservatives, Hate Crimes, Matthew Shepherd, Proposition 8, Prop 8, No on Prop 8, Prop 8 Protests, Intellectual Freedom, Moral Ambiguity, Progressive Ideology, Ideology, Marriage Equality, Prop 8 Rally, Gay Rights, Larry King, Freedom of Thought, Marriage Equality in CA, Anti-Intellectualism, Bush Administration Intellectualism, Gay Civil Rights, Conservative Ideology, Gay Marriage, California Proposition 8, Politics News
Jayne Lyn Stahl

Ultimately, no one wins when ideology, whether progressive or reactionary, is allowed to prevail over diversity of ideas, and human will.

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After the Obama Win.

William Galston | Posted 11.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Obama Victory, Social Conservatives, Mid-Term Elections, Government Approval, Barack Obama Financial Crisis, Obama Wins, Obama Election Day, New Deal, Election Day, President Obama, Obama Administration, Franklin Roosevelt, Big Government, Barack Obama, 2008 Presidential Election, Obama Financial Policy, Democratic Majority, Obama Recession, Pew Research Center, Sarah Palin 2012, Financial Crisis, Lyndon Johnson, Small Government, Republican Party, Bush Approval Rating, Great Depression, President Elect Obama, Politics News
William Galston

On the critical issue of government's role, Democrats do not have a mandate. Rather, they have a chance to make their case.

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Americans Embrace Pro-Education, Pro-Prevention, Pro-Choice Values in Historic Election

Scott Swenson | Posted 11.05.2008 | Living

Read More: Supreme Court, Social Conservatives, Far-Right, Health, Abstinence-Only Programs, Comprehensive Sexuality Education, Teen Pregnancy, Values Voters, Barack Obama, John McCain, President Obama, Obama Wins, Obama Election Day, HuffPost Election Analysis, Election Day 2008, Election Day, Joe Biden, Election Results, 2008 Election, Sarah Palin, Election, Presidential Results, HuffPost Election Reaction, Election Reaction, Obama Presidency, Obama President, Presidential Election, Election Analysis, Living News
Scott Swenson

Social conservatives have a simple choice to make. They can recognize the US as a pluralistic nation with diverse beliefs and work with people they disagree with, or marginalize themselves.

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Focus On the Family Foresees Unrestricted Porn with Obama Presidency

Theresa Darklady Reed | Posted 11.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Pornography, Gays in Military, Early Voting, Barack Obama James Dobson, Sarah Palin, Same Sex Marriage, Obama Focus on the Family, Barack Obama, Social Conservatives, President Obama, Letter From 2012 in Obama's America, Obama Administration, Focus on the Family Letter, FCC Regulations for Cable, 2008 Election, Al Qaeda, 2008 Presidential Election, Fcc, Social Liberals, Obama Presidency, Religious Right, Focus on the Family, Politics News
Theresa Darklady Reed

Focus on the Family's "Letter from 2012 in Obama's America," tries to whip up fear by insisting that a future under a president Obama "could" see an end to the world as they wish to know it.

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The Fringe Right Bubble is Bursting

Caroline Presno | Posted 10.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Liberal, Bill Ayers, George W. Bush, Jimmy Carter, Michael Dukakis, Progressive Politics, Barack Obama, Willie Horton, Karl Rove, Republican Machine, Social Conservatives, Swift Boating, The Right, John Kerry, Conservatives, Liberalism, Progressive Liberalism, Attack Ads, Politics News
Caroline Presno

Now we have Republicans, Democrats, and Independents walking away from and speaking out against extreme rhetoric and deeds. The country is ready for an Obama administration.

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The Fall of the Right

Holly Regan | Posted 10.27.2008 | Home

Read More: John McCain, Social Conservatives, Palin, Religious Right, Obama, Mccain, Election 2008, Colin Powell Endorsement, Offthebus, National Review, Katie Couric Sarah Palin, Sarah Palin Katie Couric, Colin Powell Obama, Katie Couric, Christopher Buckley, Republican Party, Home News
Holly Regan

The moderates McCain once appealed to have been scared away by dirty politics and a vice presidential candidate who can't even hold her own against Katie Couric.

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Observations From an Ersatz American

Terrance Heath | Posted 10.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Americanism, Jingoism, Anti-Intelectuals, Social Conservatives, Patriotism, John McCain, Anti-Americanism, Joe the Plumber, Racism, Mccarthyism, Race, Politics News
Terrance Heath

As black gay male, a member of the upper middle class, a college-educated white collar worker, and a non-Christian and non-theist, I am one of the most irrelevant, least important voters in this election.

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McCain's Romney Blunder

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 10.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: Social Conservatives, Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, Presidential Race, Sarah Palin, Gop, The Economy, Snl, George Bush, Democrats, John McCain, Politics News
Earl Ofari Hutchinson

Romney would have been able to make a credible case that he was not a partisan GOP hack but a Republican who actually had to embrace bipartisan politics as governor of Massachusetts.

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McCain Flatlines With Women

Martha Burk | Posted 10.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Women's Rights, Lipstick, Social Conservatives, John McCain, Violence Against Women, Women's Issues, Barach Obama, Abortion Rights, Presidential Debates, Feminism, Social Conservative Supreme Court, Breast Cancer, Feminism Politics, Sarah Palin, Vice Presidential Debates, Feminist Politics, Feministsforobama, Politics News
Martha Burk

Weren't we all supposed to rush to McCain/Palin when Hillary folded her tent? After all, Palin wears a skirt and McCain obviously figured we girl voters were too dumb to know the difference.

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Clergy Stand Up for Marriage -- Same-Sex and Otherwise

Rev. Debra Haffner | Posted 10.20.2008 | Living

Read More: Religion and Politics, California Same-Sex Marriage, California Gay Marriage, Florida, Arizona, Gay Marriage, Same-Sex Marriage, Moral Values, Social Conservatives, Prop 8, Family Values, Living News
Rev. Debra Haffner

The conventional wisdom is that religious people oppose marriage rights for same-sex couples. The conventional wisdom is wrong.

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Social conservatives, I wonder...

Amitai Etzioni | Posted 10.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: Values Voters, Social Conservatives, John McCain, Conservatives, Family Values, Barack Obama, Politics News
Amitai Etzioni

Are social conservatives failing the most elementary test of ethics: to not discriminate? They seem to hand out boatloads of free passes to McCain and...

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McCain Apologizes For His Campaign But Not For the GOP

Josh Brusin | Posted 10.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Gop, John McCain, Mccain, Wedge Issues 2008 Election, Wedge Issues, Palin, Moral Values, Social Conservatives, Conservative Right, GOP Wedge Issues, Xenophobia, 2008 Presidential Race, Social Issue, Mccain Damage Control, Politics News
Josh Brusin

The Democrats need to take a big tent approach to the GOP's wedge issues. Divide and conquer only works when you have enough wherewithal to fight every divided battle

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Abuse of Power, Anger and Abortion Politics: Extremism Exposed

Scott Swenson | Posted 10.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Abortion, Countdown, Women's Rights, Video, Social Conservatives, Far-Right, John McCain, Pro-Life, Late-Term Abortion, Sarah Palin, Culture of Lies, Barak Obama, Abstinence-Only Programs, Bill Ayers, Partial Birth Abortion, Contraception, Pro-Choice, Politics News
Scott Swenson

Maybe McCain's last act of patriotism for the country he loves is exposing extremist elements by picking Palin and making Americans more aware of how this Culture of Lies has taken root.

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Religious Right Trolls "Horror Stories" to Oppose Gay Troops

Nathaniel Frank | Posted 10.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Unfriendly Fire, Palm Center, Religion, Karl Rove, Conservative, Culture War, Military, Gay, Gay Ban Military, Social Conservatives, General John Shalikashvili, Christian Right, Colleen Holmes, John Hutson, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Homosexuality Military, Will and Grace Effect, Elaine Donnelly Dont Ask Dont Tell, Politics News
Nathaniel Frank

I set out to learn if reason or prejudice was behind the gay ban in the military.

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The Billionaires - Pious Folks Are Plentiful

Clifford J. Tasner | Posted 09.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: The Billionaires, John McCain, Social Conservatives, Wedge Issues, Sarah Palin, Politics News
Clifford J. Tasner

2008-09-25-cliffordvideo.jpg Sarah Palin embodies the great Republican tradition of pandering to Social Conservatives.

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Obama Plays Offense Asserting Pro-Education, Pro-Prevention, Pro-Choice Values

Scott Swenson | Posted 09.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Naral Pro-Choice America, Social Conservatives, Far-Right, Democratic Congress, John McCain, Bush Administration Redefining Contraception as Abortion, Pro-Life, Joe Biden, Sex Education, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Guttmacher Institute, Nancy Keenan, Susan Cohen, Comprehensive Sexuality Education, Planned Parenthood, Cecile Richards, Pro-Choice, Politics News
Scott Swenson

Politically, Obama's embrace of the education and prevention agenda long encompassed in the phrase "pro-choice" represents a shift away from abortion politics as usual.

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Palin's Job: Fire Up and Keep Firing Up Pro-Lifers

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 09.03.2008 | Home

Read More: Pro Choice, Abortion, Social Conservatives, Vice Presidency, Right to Life, John McCain, Sarah Palin, Home News
Earl Ofari Hutchinson

Republican presidential contender John McCain is if anything a good listener. The instant he heard the loud squeals from Republican pro-life hawks tha...

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We Have Not Come A Long Way, Babe

Taylor Marsh | Posted 09.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Social Conservatives, John McCain, Sarah Palin, Right-Wing, Sarah Palin Reaction, Politics News
Taylor Marsh

At some point, women have to stand up and say no to insulting selections that make a mockery of the rest of us who have not only had to pay our dues, but wait our turn.

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