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Mike Huckabee Pledges To Block Gay Marriage If Elected President 06/23/2015 by Brian Tashman Yesterday, Mike Huckabee chatted with Iowa radio host Steve Deace and Religious Right organizer Bob Vander Plaats, who led Huckabee’s 2008 campaign in the …

Bob Vander Plaats: How Will Lindsey Graham Fight Radical Islam If He Won't Fight LGBT Rights? 06/09/2015 by Miranda Blue Last week, after Caitlyn Jenner introduced herself on the cover of Vanity Fair, prominent Iowa talk radio host Steve Deace told …

GOP Committeewoman: Muslim, Wiccan Statehouse Prayers Show Need For Christianity In Public Schools 04/14/2015 by Miranda Blue Last year, the Religious Right largely celebrated the Supreme Court’s decision in Town of Greece v. Galloway , in which the court …

Bob Vander Plaats Warns Of Divine Retribution For Wiccan Prayer In Iowa State Capitol 04/13/2015 by Miranda Blue The decision of an Iowa state representative to invite a Wiccan priestess to give an opening invocation at the state capitol last week put the …

Five Things To Know About Iowa GOP Kingmaker Bob Vander Plaats 04/09/2015 by Brian Tashman Four Republican presidential candidates are set to appear at a forum in Iowa tonight hosted by one of the state’s best known political organizers: Bob Vander …

Bob Vander Plaats: GOP Will 'Never Win Again' If It Ditches Anti-Gay Stance 04/07/2015 by Brian Tashman Year after year, right-wing activists insist that the government will make it a crime to practice Christianity any day now . Yesterday, Iowa talk show …

Iowa Religious Right Kingmaker Bob Vander Plaats Comes Out In Favor Of Some Medical Marijuana 03/12/2015 by Miranda Blue We didn’t see this one coming. Bob Vander Plaats, head of the Iowa Religious Right powerhouse The Family Leader, came out in favor of …

Iowa Radio Host: Jeb Bush Gave Conservatives 'A Middle Finger' By Hiring Gay Spokesman 02/25/2015 by Miranda Blue Every week, Iowa-based radio host Steve Deace gets together with Bob Vander Plaats, head of the influential Iowa social conservative group …

Bob Vander Plaats Says His Warnings Of Parent-Child Marriage, Self-Marriage Are 'Starting To Come True' 02/04/2015 by Miranda Blue In an interview with the Iowa Republican yesterday, Bob Vander Plaats of the Religious Right group The Family Leader said …

Religious Right Cheers On Vladimir Putin As Anti-LGBT Violence In Russia Surges 12/17/2014 by Brian Tashman While most of the news on Russia this week has been focused on the country’s ongoing financial collapse, it is important to highlight a report …