Eye on the Right-Wing

"No Lie Is Too Low For Them": What the Terri Schiavo Affair Can Teach Us About Today's Right-Wing Zealots

Written by Bill Berkowitz Friday, 02 April 2010 06:40

The Terri Schiavo case was a prime example of how the Republican Party -- aided and abetted by the Religious Right and a formidable array of right-wing foundations, think tanks, public relations firms and conservative legal entities -- used a deeply personal issue, and turned it into an attack on fundamental rights, and, failing that, an attack on the failure of government officials, aka "judicial activists," to stand up for life.

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This 'Blame The Gays' Defense Of The Vatican Basically Makes No Sense At All

Written by Jason Linkins Thursday, 01 April 2010 06:15

In case you missed it, the novel defense of the Catholic Church being mounted by Bill Donohue of the Catholic League over the whole matter of Vatican officials covering up the crimes of a Wisconsin priest who molested upwards of 200 deaf boys is to blame the gays. Wow: first the gays get blamed for the massacre at Srebrenica, now this!

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Catholic League: Church Abuse Scandal Is A Crisis Of ‘Homosexuality,’ Not ‘Pedophilia’

Written by Igor Volsky Thursday, 01 April 2010 06:02

Recently, the Catholic Church — and even the Pope himself — have been coming under increasing criticism for failing to appropriately discipline church officials who had sexually abused thousands of children. The Catholic League's response is that there is a connection between homosexuality and molestation.

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These Women Are Concerned

Written by BarbinMD Wednesday, 31 March 2010 06:52

Damn President Obama! How dare he appoint  someone who believes in equal employment opportunities to help oversee equal employment opportunities.  'Homosexual fanatic' Chai Feldblum is the primary author of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA).

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Study: Just 13% of Voters Are Tea Baggers – And Their Anti- Establishment Rage Fails to Connect with 72% of Americans

Written by Jon Ponder Tuesday, 30 March 2010 07:10

Unlike real protest groups — the ones that are antiwar, anti-abortion or pro-civil rights, etc. — tea baggers do not have a central unifying objective (or one they’ll admit too, at least). Reinforcing this, a Bloomberg poll released late last week found that tea baggers fervently hold beliefs that are diametrically contradictory.

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