Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 12:14:35 pm
How crazy is the right wing's anti-Muslim rhetoric getting? This crazy. Note that Ron McNeil is saying these things in a public school, and assuming that every student listening is a Christian. PANAMA CITY — A Congressional candidate told local high school and middle school students Tuesday that Islam’s plan is to ...

Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 10:18:49 am
The developers of Cordoba House (which is not a "Ground Zero Mega-Mosque") have rejected NY Gov. David Paterson's craven offer to help them capitulate to the tide of anti-Muslim bigotry: Mosque Developer Rejects Meeting With Paterson. The developers of an Islamic cultural center that would include a mosque near Ground ...

Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 6:24:57 pm
I must admit, I was holding out hope that George W. Bush would speak out in favor of freedom of religion and against the tide of bigotry. You know, like he used to? After all, his administration actually sent Imam Feisal Rauf overseas to promote America in Islamic countries, so ...

Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 4:26:07 pm
Those of you who've been relentlessly repeating the line that the developers of the Cordoba House/Park51 community center "refuse to denounce Hamas" may want to read this carefully: Official: Hamas does not and will not speak for Park51. Our mission is one of peace, understanding, tolerance and faith.

Sun, Aug 15, 2010 at 11:10:01 am
Finally! A Republican politician who isn't diving into the Muslim-hating gutter: Crist backs Obama on controversial Islamic center. Oh, wait ... that's right. Crist was purged from the Republican Party as a RINO. Panama City, Florida (CNN) – In a boost for President Obama on a red-hot controversy, Florida Gov. Charlie ...

Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 11:46:31 pm
The LA Times has the complete text of President Obama's long-overdue statement on freedom of religion, the US Constitution, and the tide of prejudice that has risen up against the Cordoba House project and other mosques across the nation. The White House posted the full video: Celebrating Ramadan at the White ...

Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 12:25:27 pm
More than 40 prominent American religious leaders have released a joint statement strongly supporting the Cordoba House project and condemning the fear-mongers: Top Religious Leaders Denounce Growing Anti-Muslim Sentiment; Express Support for NY Mosque, Community Center: As Catholic, evangelical, mainline Protestant, Jewish and Muslim leaders and scholars committed to religious ...

Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 9:47:06 am
It's just unbelievable; the entire Republican Party is signing on to the "Ground Zero Mosque" freak show, even people who have been known in the past to speak out against bigotry -- like Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA): Cantor on the Ground Zero mosque. Cantor is clearly aware that his opposition to ...

Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 2:17:36 pm
Hatemonger Pamela Geller has apparently founded an "umbrella" group called the American Freedom Defense Initiative for her anti-Muslim activities, with an attorney named David Yerushalmi, and they are going to be allowed to put their misleading anti-Cordoba billboard on MTA buses in New York. Geller and Yerushalmi are using the ...

Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 9:07:03 am
Note to the religious fanatics who decided it would be a good idea to respond to my post about extremist GOP anti-abortion positions by emailing me several photos of dead babies, with notes telling me that you're praying for me -- if you think this kind of tactic is going ...

Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 11:13:28 am
Today's the day Elena Kagan will probably be confirmed to the Supreme Court, and the loons' heads are exploding all over the Internet. The most absurd and bigoted piece I've found yet is at Andrew Breitbart's "Big Peace" website, where anti-Muslim fanatic Christine Brim has a ludicrous article accusing Kagan of ...

Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 9:57:04 am
It's time for the Bigot Brigade to stop claiming they speak for all the 9/11 families when they rant against the "Ground Zero mosque" (which is neither a mosque nor at Ground Zero), because there are victim's families who see clearly that the opposition to Park51 is driven by sheer ...

Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 11:18:45 am
The Anti-Defamation League's Abe Foxman now says the ADL won't fight the Park51 project. The Anti-Defamation League will not fight the building of a controversial Islamic center and mosque planned near the site of the September 11, 2001, terror attacks in New York, the group's leader told CNN Wednesday. The Jewish ...

Sun, Aug 1, 2010 at 10:05:48 am
President Obama has reportedly sent a letter to PLO leader Mahmoud Abbas, warning Abbas that unless he resumes direct peace talks with Israel, he risks losing US support for a Palestinian state.

Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 2:09:40 pm
For the ninth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, the Dove World Outreach Center in Florida is planning a special celebration: a good old-fashioned book burning. (RNS) A Florida church with “Islam is of the devil” signs in its front lawn plans to host an “International Burn A Quran Day,” on ...

Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 11:28:03 am
The Lt. Governor of Tennessee, Ron Ramsey, is running for governor. And he thinks America’s constitutionally guaranteed freedom of religion may not apply to Muslims. At a recent event in Hamilton County, Ramsey was asked by a man in the audience about the “threat that’s invading our country from the ...

Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 1:34:29 pm
Sarah Palin is doubling down on bigotry, with yet another Facebook post that brushes aside minor issues like tolerance and openness to get to what she really wants to say: Muslims shouldn’t have the same constitutional rights as other Americans. Sarah Palin: An Intolerable Mistake on Hallowed Ground | Facebook. ...

Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 11:06:14 am
Sarah Palin is joining forces with Pamela Geller and the raving anti-Muslim Bigot Brigade at last! Her new Twitter post calls on “peaceful Muslims” to “refudiate” (yes, she really said it again and no, it doesn’t seem to be a joke) the “Ground Zero mosque.” Ground Zero Mosque supporters: doesn’t ...

Sat, Jul 3, 2010 at 10:56:57 am
The Huffington Post has always been friendly toward “new age” quack medicine, but I have to admit I was a little surprised to see them actually publishing the work of Discovery Institute shill David Klinghoffer: David Klinghoffer: The Dark Side of Darwinism. If you’ve ever read an article by this clown, ...

Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 10:33:28 am
Sen. Tom Coburn lets his fanaticism hang out during the Kagan confirmation hearings, pushing the by-now very familiar religious right line that there is no separation between religion and government, by trying to get Kagan to say there are “natural” rights that precede the US Constitution. The organization that uploaded this ...

Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 9:53:53 am
To no one’s surprise, in her interview with Nevada reporter John Ralston yesterday, Tea Party extremist Sharron Angle started trying to walk back some of her earlier disastrous statements: Sharron Angle grilled on Social Security, Medicare and ‘taking Harry Reid out’. In her TV appearance Tuesday, Angle said that she ...

Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 10:27:43 am
West Virginia Senator Robert Byrd died this morning at the age of 92. He was the Senate’s longest serving member, and was notorious for belonging to the KKK in his youth — for which he apologized repeatedly, referring to it as the “biggest mistake” of his life. Rest in peace, Senator ...

Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 5:46:35 pm
In South Carolina, evangelicals, conservative activists, and the GOP base are feeling pretty uneasy about the gubernatorial campaign of Nikki Haley. You see, there’s that troublesome “heritage issue.” It’s bubbling up. Like sewer gas. “The heritage issue is starting to bubble up on emails,” said former Charleston County GOP chairwoman Cyndi ...

Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 10:07:08 am
The IDF is now releasing more of the video confiscated from the “peace activists” aboard the Gaza flotilla; here’s a recording made on the Mavi Marmara on May 30, 2010, in which IHH leader Bulent Yildirim gives a speech laden with jihadist symbology, telling the assembled activists not to be ...

Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 5:35:45 pm
When visiting Oklahoma, you no longer need worry about being subjected to sharia law. I know this was a serious concern for many people. Oklahoma is poised to become the first state in the nation to ban state judges from relying on Islamic law known as Sharia when deciding cases. The ban ...