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Sarah Palin Close to the Nuclear Button

September 14th, 2008 · 5 Comments

Do I want to help give someone who believes in a divine plan to torture non-Christians, who is willing to start a war with Russia, the power to press The Button, and start a nuclear war?

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Tags: religion · republicans

Why Won’t John McCain Repudiate Loren Davis?

May 5th, 2008 · 2 Comments

So far, John McCain has not denounced Loren Davis at all. Why? Does John McCain actually believe Loren Davis Ministries, and think that there are satanic conspiracies all across the United States? I can’t believe that. The only conclusion I can come to is that John McCain’s campaign, knowing about these outlandish slurs, wants them to continue.

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Tags: ethics · republicans

Group That Attacks Obama Also Attacks the American Flag

April 22nd, 2008 · 10 Comments

We progressives understand that someone can wear a lapel pin of the American flag, and wave the flag around a lot, and still betray the principles of liberty, equality and justice that the flag is supposed to represent. That said, Loren Davis and his idea that the American flag is somehow a tool for demonic forces from Hell is quite insane - and another good reminder of the wisdom America’s founding fathers had in separating church and state.

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Tags: religion · republicans

Evangelical Christianity Wrecked By Waterboarding Shame

November 9th, 2007 · No Comments

What’s wrong with waterboarding torture? If you’re an evangelical Christian, you ought to find a great deal that’s wrong with it, just on a strategic level. The support of evangelical Christian organizations for waterboarding and other forms of torture by the American government is threatening to provoke a schism within evangelical Christianity, as […]

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Tags: homeland insecurity · religion · values voting