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The Right Joins Hands To Stop Hate Crimes Legislation 06/17/2009 by Kyle Mantyla Last week we noted that Religious Right groups were planning on making a coordinated push to stop hate crimes legislation by threatening to "shut down the Capitol Switchboard …

The Right's Incoherent Opposition To Hate Crimes Laws 06/17/2009 by Kyle Mantyla Yesterday I wrote a post arguing that the Religious Right has two basic options in opposing efforts to add sexual orientation to hate crimes legislation: 1) explain why …

The Right's Hate Crimes Conundrum 06/16/2009 by Kyle Mantyla One of the main points I have tried to make in my various posts on hate crimes legislation is the obvious hypocrisy of the Religious Right as they decry the so-called "special protections" that …

Huckabee: A Right-Wing True Believer 06/15/2009 by Kyle Mantyla When Mike Huckabee was seeking the Republican Party's nomination during the last election, the Religious Right's DC powerhouse insiders wanted nothing to do with him, forcing him to seek …

Norquist To The Religious Right: Stop Whining 06/12/2009 by Kyle Mantyla There has been some discussion lately of the bubbling tension within the Republican Party's base between the fiscal conservatives and the social conservatives.  Frankly, this tension …

What Year Is This? 06/12/2009 by Kyle Mantyla On April 15, 1995, Timothy McVeigh destroyed the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in downtown Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. A little over a week later, President Bill Clinton delivered a speech in which he …

Right Wing Leftovers 06/12/2009 by Kyle Mantyla Who cares what Charlie Daniels think about hate crimes legislation?  WorldNetDaily, that's who . The lawsuit filed by a Regent University law student who was suspended after posting a picture on the Internet …

Not All Protesters Are Equal 06/11/2009 by Kyle Mantyla I have seen several articles in recent days about the on-going cases stemming from the massive anti-abortion protests that took place at Notre Dame surrounding President Obama's address there last …

Is The Right Still "Proud To Be a Right-Wing Extremist"? 06/11/2009 by Kyle Mantyla Back in April and May I wrote a whole series of posts about how the Right was systematically trumping-up a controversy over the Department of Homeland Security Report, …

When Obama Declares "LBGT Shame Month," The Right Will Support It 06/11/2009 by Kyle Mantyla It comes as no surprise that the Religious Right would be outraged that President Obama proclaimed June to be "Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Month" …