Several years ago, when the NFL cancelled an game in Philadelphia, because of a predicted snowstorm (that only totaled about 8 inches), former Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell scoffed at the move, which prompted him to label America as a “nation of wusses,” a phrase that later appeared as the title of his autobiographical book. The… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Republican Refutations
Where Republican Christians are wrong in opposing gay marriage
The following is an EXCERPT from my book, Rescuing Religion from Republican Reason (pictured at right). Buy it at Amazon If you ask Republican Christians why they wage a political battle against gay marriage, many of them will respond by saying, “Because the Bible says it’s wrong.” This assertion isn’t entirely true. The Bible never… Read more »
How abolishing Obamacare will hurt small businesses
As year one of Obamacare has come and gone, liberals haven’t failed to notice that it did not destroy the economy, as Republican pundits and politicians had long predicted. Now, of course, Republicans will likely counter that the reason the economy has not yet been destroyed is that Obama postponed the employer mandate until 2015… Read more »
Republican doomsday predictions have proven they know absolutely nothing about economics
I’m puzzled as to why this is, but for as long as I have been alive, the Republican Party has been viewed as the party that knows economics. I think it’s because they are the party of the wealthy, so a much higher percentage of their members are economics-minded. Those who have a lot of… Read more »
Why the Republican “Obamacare Funds Abortion” lie should not deceive Christians
As the Republicans take control of both houses of Congress while simultaneously bringing yet another anti-Obamacare case before the Supreme Court, conservative Christians are regaining their enthusiasm for abolishing the Affordable Care Act. And the leading cry in their cause is that “Obamacare Funds Abortions.” The Republican pundits and politicians have pounded into Christian minds… Read more »
How the Republican Party has Removed “Turn the other cheek” from Christianity
Many people today forget that Dr. Martin Luther King, the leader of the peaceful resistance civil rights movement of the 1960s, had another title to his name: “Reverend.” His call to non-violent protest in the face of sometimes violent opposition wasn’t just a political tactic; it was a religious conviction that can be found at… Read more »
Why we need a strong federal government to protect us from local government tyranny.
If you’ve spent even a small amount of time discussing politics with conservatives, you’ve been told that we need to beware of the tyranny of the federal government, and that we must transfer their power to state and local governments in order to avoid such tyranny. As the gun debate has heated up in the… Read more »
Democrats vote their hopes; Republicans vote their fears; and that’s why Democrats lost
In recent months, one of the most common memes I’ve seen making its way around Facebook is the slogan, “Democrats vote their hopes; Republicans vote their fears.” If this is true, then it explains why Democrats lose mid-term elections, especially in recent years. The truth is that the Republican Party has figured out how to… Read more »
How Christian-supported gay discrimination laws will set the stage for future Christian persecution
The Republican Party loves to use fear of an apocalyptic doomsday scenario to scare people into supporting all Republican causes and condemning the Democratic Party as evil. One such scare tactic is convincing Christians that voting for Democrats will bring about the persecution of Christianity. Whenever the Republican news media can find a case in… Read more »
Jesus and Paul Never Mandated Morality for Non-Christians
The following is an excerpt from my book, “Rescuing Religion from Republican Reason,” (pictured at right) Buy It at Amazon As I shared in a blog post several weeks ago, the Republicans use family values rhetoric as their primary tool in securing Christian loyalty. Once they do that, they then bombard Christians with greed rhetoric… Read more »
