So how extreme is David Barton? Here’s the religious right’s favorite phony historian (dark coat, red shirt) standing this week in support of Republican Senate nominee Todd Akin of Missouri, more than a month after Akin made his outrageous statement suggesting that only some rapes are legitimate. Barton, who heads the Texas-based organization WallBuilders, joined […]
Religious Right Watch
The religious right strategically uses religion and religious language, combined with patriotic symbols, to push a political agenda that has little connection to the values of mainstream people of faith. It is, in short, a political rather than religious movement. The Texas Freedom Network has monitored the religious right in Texas since 1995.
Resources
- The Rise of the Religious Right in Texas (2006 Report)
- The Religious Right and the State Board of Education (2008 Report)
- The Religious Right and Sex Education
- The Bible and Public Schools
- How the Religious Right Hijacked the National Day of Prayer (2005 Report)
- The Texas Restoration Project
- David Barton Watch
Texas Pastor Council Hails Prominent Anti-Catholic Fundamentalist as ‘Great Pastor’
The right-wing Texas Pastor Council is pushing hard to get conservative Christians to the polls in November. But perhaps the group should consider choosing a messenger who doesn’t offend a lot of those very Christians. An email Wednesday from the group to supporters includes an appeal for Tim LaHaye, a prominent fundamentalist preacher and coauthor […]
So Registering Young People to Vote Is a Bad Thing Now?
From the department of NWHIA: Now We’ve Heard It All Republicans on the Dallas County Commissioners Court are criticizing county election officials for helping the League of Women Voters and other nonpartisan organizations register eligible high school students to vote yesterday. From the Dallas Morning News: The county elections department put the League of Women […]
David Barton: ‘Liberalism Kills’
The level of depravity revealed by this statement from David Barton yesterday is hard to fathom: “I tell you what, Richard gave a two-word axiom that we ought to emblazon on everything we have: liberalism kills. Liberalism kills, whether it’s in the family; whether it’s in a university; whether it’s in education; whether it’s in […]
Talking Points
From today’s TFN News Clips: “Let me go on the record as saying, I believe in Satan.” — Texas Gov. Rick Perry, responding to a question from Evan Smith of the Texas Tribune about recent Perry comments that Satan is spreading untruths around the world Stay informed with TFN News Clips, a daily digest of […]
