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Janet Porter Plays the Victim, Literally 05/12/2009 by Kyle Mantyla One of the predominant themes of Religious Right discourse over the last couple of years has been to claim that Christians are under constant attack in America and to play the victim at …

The Best Thing Ever To Happen to Huckabee 05/12/2009 by Kyle Mantyla It is rapidly becoming clear that the emergence of the National Council for a New America is just about the best thing that could have happened to Mike Huckabee politically. The new …

So Much For the Right's Acceptance of a Gay SCOTUS Nominee 05/11/2009 by Kyle Mantyla Last week, I noted that many on the Religious Right are working to figure out how to deal with the possibility that President Obama’s nominee to replace David Souter on …

The Ever-Underappreciated Right Continues to Grumble 05/11/2009 by Kyle Mantyla To say that the Republican Party is having a bit of trouble at the moment figuring out just what it stands for and what sort of message it needs to help it start winning …

NDP Organizers Insisted Any White House Representative Be Pro-Life 05/08/2009 by Kyle Mantyla Yesterday I wrote a post about the Religious Right blasting the Obama administration for abandoning the "tradition" of hosting an official National Day of Prayer …

SCOTUS Round-Up: A Gay Nominee? 05/08/2009 by Kyle Mantyla Jan Crawford Greenburg reports : The White House has formalized its short list of Supreme Court contenders and asked six prospects to provide personal background information, with an intensive …

Is the Right Comfortable With a Gay SCOUTS Nominee? Yes and No ... But Mostly No 05/08/2009 by Kyle Mantyla As I noted in today's SCOTUS round-up , a lot of the discussion about the next Supreme Court nominee at the moment seems to be focusing on how …

Right Wing Leftovers 05/08/2009 by Kyle Mantyla As promised, Alan Keyes has gone ahead and gotten himself arrested at Notre Dame. Politico has more on the on-going dispute between the Religious Right and the National Council for a New America. Focus on …

Failure to Discriminate against Gays "Opens Gate For the Other Side" 05/07/2009 by Kyle Mantyla The New York Times reports that President Obama is "under pressure to engage on a variety of gay issues that are coming to the fore amid a dizzying pace of …

Prejean To Receive The Right's Highest Honor 05/07/2009 by Kyle Mantyla In just a matter of weeks, Carrie Prejean went from an utter unknown to a household name, stemming from her stated opposition to marriage equality when asked about during the Miss USA …