Religious right
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"The religious right" is shorthand for an informal alliance of conservative and evangelical/"fundamentalist" groups in the United States.They claim to be working towards the improvement of morality in American society, but their idea of what constitutes "morality" seems to be extremely poor; of all the religious groups and all the right-wing groups, the religious right seems to have the very worst grasp of morality. Religious right groups have shown that they are willing to use virtually any form of rhetorical deception – up to and including outright lies – in the service of this supposed morality; current examples include the religious right's ongoing fights against evolution and homosexuality.
Many (though perhaps not all) members of the religious right could also be described as Christofascists.
[edit] Related
- Quiverfull "is a movement among conservative evangelical Protestant Christian couples chiefly in the United States, but with some adherents in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, England, and elsewhere. Its viewpoint is to eagerly receive children as blessings from God, eschewing all forms of birth control, including natural family planning and sterilization." -- sort of the ultimate pro-life position: quantity at any cost.
[edit] Groups
there are many more groups than listed here
- Campus Crusade for Christ, founded(?) by Bill Bright
- The Council for National Policy, founded by Tim LaHaye
- Focus on the Family, founded(?) by James Dobson
- The Moral Majority
- WallBuilders
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- Bay of Fundie "Keeping the Radical Right at Bay" (punning reference to "Fundies", i.e. religious fundamentalists, and the Bay of Fundy)
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- Liars for Jesus (partial content online)
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- 2009-09-16 :more:talk: Teen Birth Rates Higher in Highly Religious States § “U.S. states whose residents have more conservative religious beliefs on average tend to have higher rates of teenagers giving birth, a new study suggests.” more...
- 2009-09-01 :more:talk: "Hooking Up" at College: Does Religion Make a Difference? § “Catholic college women are more likely to have "hooked up" while at school than college women with no religious affiliation. ... women who attend colleges and universities with a Catholic affiliation are more likely to have hooked up while at school than women who attend academic institutions with no religious affiliation...” more...
- 2008-11-02 :more:talk: Freedoms Will Be At Risk Under President Obama § “We have been clearly warned by [ Obama's ] running mate, Joe Biden, that America will suffer some form of attack within the first 6 months of Obama’s administration.” more...
- 2008-10-15 :more:talk: Homeschooling Hints § “If we were living in a biblical society, homosexuality would be punishable by death ... With any luck, some radical will blow up the gay school. No, I'm not condoning vigilantism--I'm merely saying that it would be poetic justice.” more...
- 2008-05-08_Terrifying_religious_insanity
- 2008-03-23_PZ_Myers:_The_Elvis_Presley_of_atheism
- 2008-01-08_Prodigal_Son_Frank_Schaeffer_Roasts_Religious_Right
- 2008-01-08_Huckabee's_New_Baptist_Vision
- 2007-12-18_Religious_Right_Plots_Strategy_For_2008
- 2004-11-08 :more:talk: Paula Zahn Now § this report touches on a lot of issues, including gay marriage and Bob Kerrey's claim that the 9/11 Commission "took an oath" not to talk, during the 2004 US presidential race, about the i more...
[edit] Quotes
- Quotes From the Religious Right (mostly from Pat Robertson but including a few others such as Ralph Reed): a good example of the bad religion found far too much within the religious right
