WashPost Labeling: 'Landmark Gay Rights Activists' vs. Falwell's 'Reli
February 5th, 2007 7:21 AM
Sunday's Washington Post Magazine had another one of those true Post chestnuts, chronicling how cruel and backward the state of Virginia is to lesbians. April Witt's story focused on two women who entered into a civil union in Vermont now battling for custody of an artificially inseminated daughter. Vermont says Janet the lesbian partner is automatically a parent, Virginia says not so fast. The…
ABC Asks Tornado-Struck Pastor: 'How Do You Reconcile Your Faith With
February 4th, 2007 8:54 AM
For the MSM, there's nothing like the occasion of a natural disaster to challenge the faith of religious believers.On today's Good Morning America, Kate Snow interviewed the Rev. Larry Lynn, Pastor of the Lady Lake Church of God, whose buildings were totally levelled by the tornadoes that recently struck central Florida.A minute or so into the interview, Snow asked a question that challenged the…
HBO Filmmaker Liked Ted Haggard; He Wasn’t The Usual ‘Holy Roller
January 22nd, 2007 4:03 PM
Documentary filmmaker Alexandra Pelosi, daughter of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, has directed a new film that takes a look at the evangelical movement in America. Appearing on Monday’s "Good Morning America," she discussed the now disgraced Reverend Ted Haggard who served as a guide for her film crew’s tour of Red State America. Pelosi told host Diane Sawyer that most people think of evangelical…
Ex-NYT Man's Book: 'American Fascists -- The Christian Right and the W
January 9th, 2007 3:29 PM
Christopher Hedges, the former NY Times reporter infamously booed off a college commencement stage in the middle of an anti-war rant in May 2003 , has a new book out with the hauntingly ambivalent title, "American Fascists -- The Christian Right and the War on America." Contributor Rick Perlstein reviews it in the Times' Sunday book section and finds it unconvincing (although Perlstein seems to…
