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By David Gibson - Politics DailyRelated Stories Obama Bestows Medal of Honor on Staff Sgt. Salvatore Giunta Army Sgt. Salvatore Giunta Earns Medal of Honor for Afghan Firefight Pentagon Nominates Medal of Honor for Living Veteran, First Since Vietnam While a divided nation last Tuesday finally rallied around one bright shining moment of patriotic glory -- President Obama's awarding of the Medal of Honor to Afghan hero Army Sgt. Salvatore Giunta -- a popular right-wing Christian commentator sharply split opinions even within his own camp. He blasted the award as "feminized" because it honors Giunta for saving his ...
Opinion: Religious Right and the Tea Party: A Marriage of Convenience?
By Barry W. Lynn - AOL News
(Sept. 28) -- Many Americans were alarmed in the 1980s when the religious right seemed determined to control everyone's life from the moment of conception until the moment of death. These days, many share a similar distaste for the tea party movement, which believes some mystical force called "The Market" will make all of America's problems dissipate in a frenzy of mergers and acquisitions that will trickle benefits to the unemployed, the uninsured and the underserved. ANOTHER VIEW The Tea Party Unites Fiscal and Social Conservatism -- Penny Nance, CEO, Concerned Women for ...
Constance McMillen's South: Land of Sex and Sin
By Suzi Parker - Politics Daily"What's happened to the Bible Belt?" That question was written on a poster plastered on Itawamba Agricultural High School in Fulton, Miss., after Constance McMillen, a lesbian high school student, wanted to take her girlfriend to the spring prom. This weekend, Constance will attend the Second Chance Prom. Its purpose is to create a safe space for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students and allies, "where everyone feels comfortable being themselves." This is a huge event for several reasons. But the main one: it's out in the open in Tupelo, Miss. – home of the American Family ...
Do We See a Little Too Much of Jesus on Cross?
By Joe Peacock - AOL News[EDITOR'S NOTE: This column was initially published with an unexpurgated version of the photo that you now see. St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church has since asked Janet Jaime, the artist who designed this crucifix, to modify it. To see thus work as it was originally designed, click on the image below.] (April 15) -- Remember when John Lennon said the Beatles were bigger than Jesus? I'm sure that's because he never saw this picture. The St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church in Warr Acres, Okla., has seen more than its share of controversy since artist Janet Jaime delivered unto them what ...
Kill Tilly? For the Bible Tells Us So . . .
By David Gibson - Politics DailyReactions to the tragic death of SeaWorld orca trainer Dawn Bracheau by a killer whale named Tillikum have ranged from anger at aquariums for keeping "Tilly" penned up to blaming Bracheau for wearing a pony tail that the whale mistook for a toy or food. Now a top official of the American Family Association has weighed in, arguing that according to the Bible, Tilly should have been killed the first time he was involved in the death of a human back in 1991 -- and that Scripture mandates the 12,000-pound orca must be put to death now. ...
How Right-Wing Talkers Crassly Exploited Ft. Hood Tragedy
By David Corn - Politics DailyOn Tuesday morning I accidentally had the chance to listen to Chris Plante, a Rush-wannabe radio talk-show host who appears on a D.C. station. He was going on and on about how the Fort Hood shootings have driven the nation apart. An agitated Plante noted that 9/11 had brought the country together, but that in the wake of the horrific Fort Hood attack there's been no unity. Why? Because, as his Web site noted, Democrats and liberals have been "trying desperately to convince America" that Nidal Hasan, the presumed shooter, was "just a crazy guy who spent too much time around deployed soldiers ...
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