The Lies They Tell II
So not only are religious-right groups lying about why they support North Carolina’s anti-LGBT discrimination law, they also appear to be exaggerating when making claims about who else supports it. […]
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The Lies They Tell
The backlash from business and civil liberties advocates over North Carolina’s new law encouraging discrimination against LGBT people is getting bigger and hotter. So religious-right groups are focusing their efforts in support of the law on the same dishonest and disgusting argument they used to defeat the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance — that barring discrimination against transgender people endangers women […]
Texas Religious-Right Group’s Ridiculous Rant: Mickey Mouse Is Coming for Your Crosses
This is just plain Goofy. After Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal’s veto on Monday of a bill that would have encouraged individuals and businesses to use religion as cover to discriminate against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, a Dopey religious-right group in Texas is warning that Disney could soon ban Christian crosses from its theme parks. Here’s an excerpt from the […]
Texas Policy Adviser for Koch-funded Americans for Prosperity: Islam Is a Pile of Excrement
Following the terrorist attack by Islamist extremists targeting Christians in Lahore, Pakistan, on Easter Sunday, we’re seeing the usual attempts to make sweeping judgments of all Muslims. For example, Peggy Venable — Texas policy director and senior states policy advisor for Americans for Prosperity, a right-wing public policy group founded and funded by billionaire brothers David and Charles […]
Texas Legislator Compares Late Supreme Court Justice Scalia to Jesus Christ
State Rep. Matt Shaheen, R-Plano, is one of the most strident culture warriors (and prolific tweeters) in the Texas Legislature. He also appears to be a really big fan of Antonin Scalia, the late Supreme Court justice. Check out his tweet today: […]
