Politics

The National Organization of Marriage on Thursday accused the author of a civil unions bill of being contemptuous of religion after the Colorado lawmaker said Christian don't have the right to discriminate against gay and lesbian individuals.

Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff of California said Thursday that Republicans were unpopular simply because they were advocating unpopular policies.

Televangelist Pat Robertson on Thursday dismissed scientific evidence that large winter storms are linked to climate change, insisting that only "nutty" Ph.D.s believe the theory.

Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) says constituents are telling him that high-capacity magazines should not be banned because people need "at least 50 rounds" to shoot down government drones.

A Richmond police officer who reported fellow cops for allegedly threatening President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama has been fired from his job on the force.

Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) on Wednesday refused to apologized for calling a constituent a jerk, saying that he used the insult "all the time" and "it's supposed to be fun."

On Wednesday night's edition of Current TV's "The Young Turks," host Cenk Uygur welcomed Gawker.com writer Max Read for a discussion about the right wing media frenzy sparked by the "Friends of Hamas" canard that nearly derailed the confirmation of Defense Secretary nominee Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE).

A spokesperson for Whole Foods says that a store on Manhattan's Upper West Side has taken down an advertisement that featured Barack Obama's likeness, but insisted the company meant "no disrespect" by using the nation's first African-American president to sell chicken.

Republican Nebraska state Sen. Mark Christensen says that a fellow lawmaker might go to hell because "he doesn’t have the relationship that it takes to be a Christian or go to Heaven" after filibustering a bill that would expand prison work camps to provide labor for nonprofit organizations.

On her show Wednesday night, MSNBC host Rachel Maddow detailed how poor of a shape the Republican Party was in, pointing out the various ways the GOP was at battle with itself.

Geneticist Francis Collins, the director of the National Institutes of Health, said Wednesday that biomedical research had "never been under greater stress" due to budget cuts.

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) says that President Barack Obama "is the most radical president we've ever seen," but Republicans who failed to stick to conservative principles are also to blame for the nation's problems.

Conservative radio host Glenn Beck opposes gun control legislation in the wake of the massacre in Newtown, Connecticut because he says that it's a "medical fact" that video games are the "gateway drug" that lead to mass shootings.