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Evangelical lawyer: Atheists want to ‘finish the job’ terrorists started on 9/11
An evangelical lawyer and professor from Jerry Falwell’s Liberty University on Wednesday warned that atheists were trying to “finish the job” that terrorists started when they attacked the United States on Sept. 11, 2011. On Wednesday’s Faith and Freedom broadcast from Liberty Counsel, host Matt Starver and Liberty University law…
Christian law firm: Anti-LGBT parenting study shows ‘true science always’ reinforces the Bible
Members of a law firm associated with Rev. Jerry Falwell’s Liberty University on Monday claimed that “true science” always strengthened Bible teachings like LGBT couples are bad parents. On Monday’s Faith and Freedom radio broadcast,” Liberty Counsel’s Steve Crampton and Harry Mihet pointed to a debunked New Family Structure Study…
GOProud: Romney pandering to big government theocrats
GOProud, a group representing LGBT individuals in the Republican Party, blasted Mitt Romney for giving a speech a Liberty University on Saturday. The university in Lynchburg, Virginia is the biggest Christian campus in the United States and was founded by the controversial televangelist Jerry Falwell. GOProud noted that Falwell once…
Gingrich: ‘Transvestite’ invited me to ‘exorcism of Jerry Falwell’
Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich recently told a story about a “transvestite” he met to explain why he doesn’t agree with “San Francisco values.” Gingrich explained a 2006 fundraising pitch, in which had asked for donations so that conservative accomplishments were not “lost to the San Francisco values of would-be…
Bachmann suggests Liberty University the greatest ‘in the history of the world’
Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann did a little pandering Wednesday during her visit to Jerry Falwell’s Liberty University. “Is there any better university in the history of the world?” she asked the crowd of students, who she called “Christian warriors.” “I think we all know it is awesome to be…
‘NRA’ draws louder cheers than ‘Christian values’ at Perry’s Liberty University event
Rev. Jerry Falwell may have founded Liberty University, but students there seemed more interested in firearms than Christ during a Wednesday event featuring Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry. Mention of the National Rifle Association (NRA) drew noticeably louder cheers than did the notion of “Christian values,” which only prompted a…
Virginia court upholds health reform laws
After hearing two prominent challenges to the Affordable Care Act, an appeals court in Virginia has decided to uphold the laws and toss both suits on procedural grounds. Both Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli and arch conservative Jerry Falwell’s Liberty University had challenged the federal government’s ability to levy an…
Minimizing historical injustices
One of the most fascinating phenomenon aspects of collective psychology to me is collective willful ignorance. I wrote about this some in terms of Wikileaks and how it disturbs collective unknowing, and I think Ricky Gervais touched on it when talking about atheism as a matter of letting yourself know…
Religious Right objects to being called the Religious Right
Sometime the truth hurts. For the fundievangelical/American Taliban/bible-beating movement, being associated with the term “Religious Right” (coined by one of their own, Jerry Falwell) is now problematic since the term has become associated with ignorance and bigotry purportedly justified by scripture. Too bad, so sad. (Christianity Today): Phrase ‘Religious Right’…
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