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Right Wing Round-Up: Tucker Carlson's Dog Whistles Briefing 12/20/2018 by Kyle Mantyla Madeline Peltz @ Media Matters : Tucker Carlson's worst white nationalist dog whistles. Warren Throckmorton : Despite Video Claim, David Barton’s New Book Doesn’t …

Judiciary Committee Advances Jesse Helms’ Lawyer & Other Nominees With Terrible Civil Rights Records 01/19/2018 by Paul Gordon This post originally appeared on the PFAW blog. Yesterday, the Senate Judiciary Committee voted to advance a large number of …

The Movement To Remake ‘Religious Liberty’ Is Taking The Courts 11/29/2017 by Miranda Blue The Senate Judiciary Committee is  holding a hearing today on the nomination of Kyle Duncan to a lifetime seat on the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. Duncan is one …

Religious Right Rallying For Supreme Court To Weaken Church-State Separation With Gorsuch’s Help 04/18/2017 by Peter Montgomery Religious Right legal groups gathered at the Heritage Foundation on Tuesday to talk about their hope that the Supreme Court …

The Movers Behind The Anti-LGBT 'Religious Liberty' Movement 06/01/2016 by Peter Montgomery In the first few months of this year, for the second year in a row, more than 100 anti-LGBT bills have been introduced in state legislatures, many of them promoted …

Meet Marco Rubio's 'Religious Liberty Advisory Board' 01/06/2016 by Peter Montgomery Sen. Marco Rubio’s presidential campaign has announced its creation of a Religious Liberty Advisory Board that includes Religious Right legal and political activists, …

Becket Fund Pretends It's Not Fighting The Culture Wars 10/06/2014 by Peter Montgomery Politico is up with a profile of the Becket Fund, one of the Religious Right legal groups that has pushed, via Hobby Lobby and related cases, to expand the definition …

Rick Santorum Presents Latest 'Religious Persecution' Movie 07/31/2014 by Peter Montgomery Two current Religious Right fixations —  the “persecution” of American Christians and the need for conservatives to do more to influence the pop culture — have come …

Religious Right Sees Opportunity In Supreme Court Prayer Ruling 05/06/2014 by Peter Montgomery Religious Right groups are celebrating yesterday’s Supreme Court ruling upholding sectarian prayer at official public meetings – like city council sessions – …

'Religious Liberty' Panelist: Compromise is of the Devil 02/20/2013 by Peter Montgomery The Family Research Council hosted a panel discussion Wednesday on religious liberty in America.  If you have paid any attention at all to the frantic warnings from …