An Army of Christian Right Lawyers Is Waging War on the Constitution

A look at the Christian Right's legal muscle leading the fight to end the separation of church and state.

If Bill O'Reilly had a hero other than himself, it would be ADF and its courtroom crusaders lined up to fight the ACLU, Nickelodeon's homosexual agenda, and heathens who are hell-bent on censoring the words "Merry Christmas." ADF's president, Alan Sears, a former Reagan administration prosecutor who, according to the ADF's website, "God uniquely prepared" for his lead role in the organization, admits to being inspired by the right-wing commentator ... Full Story »

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Dale Penn
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by Dale Penn - Oct. 1, 2008

Makes a good case for concern over attempts by the religious right to weaken the Establishment Clause.

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Joel Kulenkamp
5.0
by Joel Kulenkamp - Oct. 1, 2008

Well done; it would nice of the zealots would devote a even a fraction of the energy wasted on gay-bashing on real issues like the environment and our misguided war in Iraq

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Alexia Katz
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by Alexia Katz - Oct. 1, 2008

Offers insight into a controversy without becoming shrill, paranoid or controversial itself.

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Chris Finnie
4.4
by Chris Finnie - Oct. 1, 2008

A truly frightening story. What scares me the most is the double standard. Lawyers who protect us all from big companies who foul our air and water are bad--despite the fact that this pollution probably kills far more people than AIDS. But their God squad attorneys are good. George Lakoff has a good explanation for why these guys are so focused on gays. If you can be openly gay and God doesn't strike you dead, it undermines their whole fear-based morality. That's the real threat--to their power over the hearts and minds of their fearful followers. The rest of this is just how they cover up the mind control they try to foist off as faith. Disgusting!

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Melva Hackney
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by Melva Hackney - Oct. 1, 2008
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Sadie Ridge
2.6
by Sadie Ridge - Oct. 1, 2008

Here we go again. The evil Christian machine is on the march and you better look out. Oh my gosh, this organization is supported by Christians like James Dobson! Let's all run in fear, because James Dobson is a Christian. The reporter does nothing to point out the hideous nature of causes the ACLU have protected...one for example, the North American Man Boy Love Association is atrocious. Looks like the ACLU may have a sparring partner in the future when they try to protect the rights of child molesters. I'm all for fighting NAMBLA. Hey, you want some real intolerance, let's give you a little taste of Sharia law, then you'll really have something to fear.

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Allan Edwards
4.8
by Allan Edwards - Oct. 1, 2008

This piece offers the reader the essential "who, what, where, when, why" of good journalism without stepping over the line into polemic pap. The statements are verifiable, accurately reported, and lacking in either vitrol or sensationalism. The content of the piece alerts the serious reader to the profound problem of keeping our Constitution unstained by the will of ideologues and fanatics, who seem to be gaining widespread recognition because of the shrill and midget-minded rant radio and television "news" commentators using the public airways and press as their private bully pulpits from which to spew their most un-Christian bigotry and hatered.

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Jon Struyk
4.9
by Jon Struyk - Oct. 1, 2008

Sam Harris in “The End of Faith” sets out the problems being endured in our world as a result of an unquestionable belief in different books said to be written by a “God”. This faith in matters denied by existing knowledge is handed down from generation to generation. Evidently the schools are now the battleground. It is an indictment of human genetic code that the persecution that drove the emigration from Europe to North America remains in our nature.

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