https://politicalresearch.org/ The latest research related to family research council en https://religiondispatches.org/2022/10/19/new-anti-trans-strategies-floated-family-research-councils-pray-vote-stand-summit As anyone with access to the internet is likely aware, former college football star Hershel Walker is running for US Senate in Georgia as a pro-Trump Republican. Walker, who has four children —three of whom he appears to have just… Wed, 19 Oct 2022 09:10:21 EDT Heron Greenesmith, Asia Korkmaz 92bf9060-b4bc-491c-84ac-4a4852926882 https://religiondispatches.org/2022/09/30/evangelicalism-thrived-because-it-enabled-white-christians-avoid-civil-rights-movements In the course of his remarks to the Family Research Council’s “ Pray Vote Stand Summit ” on September 14, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary President Al Mohler drew familiar lines on some hot button issues, warning his audience not to… Fri, 30 Sep 2022 01:22:54 EDT Eric C. Miller e1f1d138-6d05-406f-a84f-47a5571a6d57 https://religiondispatches.org/2022/09/16/barna-plays-god-school-board-boot-camp-and-birth-sagecon-day-3 The following is part of RD and PRA’s special coverage of the Pray Vote Stand Summit. All posts can be found here. - eds 9/16/2022 Morning Attendance is down a bit this morning at Family Research Council’s Pray Vote Stand… Fri, 16 Sep 2022 04:37:20 EDT PRA Staff defd183e-470f-47e7-9d9a-68ad26667093 https://religiondispatches.org/2022/09/16/war-meetingthis-gonna-get-dirty-anti-woke-capitalism-american-history-day-2-roundup The following is part of RD and PRA’s special coverage of the Pray Vote Stand Summit. All posts can be found here. - eds 9/15/2022 Afternoon Note: this post includes graphic content regarding reproductive healthcare. Alison Centofante, a national strategist… Fri, 16 Sep 2022 01:36:11 EDT PRA Staff 8670bd67-6658-45bb-88d0-c484007e7382 https://religiondispatches.org/2022/07/27/if-family-research-council-church-im-taxthechurches-supporter Like other authoritarians, right-wing Christians often prefer to minimize transparency in order to avoid accountability. Those who have considerable power within the social hierarchies prescribed by conservative Christianity can often evade accountability on a variety of fronts. The success of… Wed, 27 Jul 2022 01:26:23 EDT Chrissy Stroop 7be1dc5a-c096-4bfd-a138-f90757e3ea83 https://religiondispatches.org/2022/02/17/freedom-convoy-inspired-biblical-account-divine-massacre-welcome-jericho-march When a church announces what’s called a Jericho March (or a Jericho Walk), you might picture congregants praying, walking around a building, trumpets blasting and an odd gospel song. You might forget, however, what comes next. From Joshua 6:20-21: When… Thu, 17 Feb 2022 06:10:40 EST Thomas Lecaque 90fd100f-40cc-412a-a36f-d308db6bafd5 https://religiondispatches.org/2017/10/18/religious-right-has-come-out-closet There’s a certain satisfaction for those of us who came of age at the time of the Christian Right’s ascendency to see such widespread acknowledgement of what many of us knew all along—that the so-called Christian Right was always a… Wed, 18 Oct 2017 03:20:13 EDT Patricia Miller ad9bd2c4-8415-4e66-9db6-b6713a1f3cdf https://religiondispatches.org/2017/08/04/president-anointed-god-potus-shield-and-religious-rights-affair-trump People for the American Way’s Right Wing Watch this month published an important report by RD contributor (and PFAW senior fellow) Peter Montgomery, offering a compelling portrait of a group that calls itself POTUS Shield (which also stands for “Prophetic… Fri, 04 Aug 2017 02:32:50 EDT Sunnivie Brydum 797f344c-48d0-43c9-b54c-9893f2a01018 https://religiondispatches.org/2017/04/06/religion-only-tool-left-legal-discrimination While many mistakenly believe that the law protects LGBTQ Americans from employment discrimination (excepting efforts to carve out religious exemptions), the fact remains that this is not universally the case. Such was not the case, for example, for Kimberly Hivey… Thu, 06 Apr 2017 11:46:39 EDT Sunnivie Brydum 6b1d275a-ae92-4885-98c0-b54379688936 https://religiondispatches.org/2017/03/10/resurgence-ex-gay-therapy-under-trumppence-abc-news-report-offers-platform-hate-group In a recent article on the ABC News website about the un-scientific practice known as ” ex-gay therapy,” the outlet neglected to include any comment from anyone in the well-publicized network of reparative therapy survivors. Instead, ABC provided a largely… Fri, 10 Mar 2017 08:00:03 EST Sunnivie Brydum bb82b126-efc6-4589-bc4e-61ec48c80dca https://religiondispatches.org/2016/07/07/same-sex-marriage-may-lead-polygamy-so-what Peter Sprigg, a Senior Fellow at the Family Research Council, recently published a predictable slippery-slope argument against same-sex marriage and polygamy in Religion News Service. Having legalized the one, the other will surely follow. And that is bad—very, very bad… Thu, 07 Jul 2016 03:50:11 EDT William E. Smith 99a52aad-b33f-43c7-92c2-357cc122a0d3 https://religiondispatches.org/2015/06/10/christian-schools-risk-israel-crickets-american-christian-conservatives Last week, Christianity Today ran a piece headlined, “Why Christian Education in Israel Could Vanish.” The reason? “Funding discrimination” by Israel’s Ministry of Education: The ministry provides 100 percent funding for 200,000 ultra-Orthodox students in religious, nonpublic schools. Israeli Christians… Wed, 10 Jun 2015 02:45:49 EDT Sarah Posner 2f87ddb7-e4b6-471b-ba22-605367b6ed8a https://religiondispatches.org/2015/06/05/australian-prime-minister-church-leaders-resist-marriage-push-south-koreas-anti-gay On the first day of June, celebrated as Pride month in many places, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein called for all countries to provide legal protections for same-sex couples and their children. BuzzFeed’s Lester… Fri, 05 Jun 2015 01:29:36 EDT Peter Montgomery 47505e1e-90cd-4063-a4ba-70ca3a3e5893 https://religiondispatches.org/2015/01/22/republicans-face-showdown-religious-right-over-dropped-abortion-bill House Republicans last night withdrew the Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, which would ban all abortions after 20 weeks, following objections from women in their caucus and members from moderate districts that the bill would alienate young voters and… Thu, 22 Jan 2015 09:41:41 EST Sarah Posner e52a34a4-df8f-4ecf-9b88-74cc5b1a9809 https://religiondispatches.org/2014/11/13/feeding-hungry-vs-antigay-activism-double-standard-religious-freedom If you’ve watched the news or been on social media at all this past week, you’ve by now probably heard that, along with two other ministers, 90-year-old WWII veteran Arnold Abbot, was arrested last week in Fort Lauderdale, FL for… Thu, 13 Nov 2014 12:24:37 EST Hollis Phelps Ryne Beddard 105411a7-cc94-4cb1-80d8-90d87eff298b https://religiondispatches.org/2013/10/10/update-air-force-not-persecuting-christians-after-all Of course, the right-wing groups that published false information are lining up to apologize! Thu, 10 Oct 2013 12:27:48 EDT Rob Shryock af748e91-4418-4366-bc95-40dac0dd9cf7 https://religiondispatches.org/2013/07/25/tony-perkins-atheists-cant-be-chaplains Harvard’s humanist chaplain disagrees… sort of. Thu, 25 Jul 2013 06:50:47 EDT Chris Stedman 01910293-a337-4446-ada8-c42b032d2769 https://religiondispatches.org/2013/05/03/anti-gay-activists-biggest-fear-fight-over-boy-scouts Hint: it’s not the loss of merit badges. Fri, 03 May 2013 05:24:43 EDT Ross Murray c6ded034-05d0-418d-9990-36d135850c96 https://religiondispatches.org/2012/11/29/status-uganda-anti-gay-bill-unclear-us-religious-right-support-isnt Although there have been reports that the bill’s death penalty provisions have been dropped, the Obama administration disputes that claim which has falsely been promised by the bill’s backers in the past. Thu, 29 Nov 2012 05:49:51 EST Peter Montgomery 8af85220-4778-45ca-8789-8cba549f6513 https://religiondispatches.org/2012/11/02/electionpocalypse-part-i-christianity As Election Day approaches, the most craven, partisan, dire (and dumb) religious appeals begin to surface. Fri, 02 Nov 2012 06:43:36 EDT Sarah Posner 4f51bf0d-9902-4dd8-b6f9-eca815d4a290 https://religiondispatches.org/2012/10/11/veep-voter-guide-comparing-apples-ayn-rand How to interpret the Family Research Council’s Catholic Voter Guide. Thu, 11 Oct 2012 05:39:10 EDT Sarah Morice-Brubaker b10af9ad-2ff4-4aca-9be6-a1b57b713d70 https://religiondispatches.org/2012/08/21/civility-thy-name-brian-brown Brian Brown calls for civil discussion, but doesn’t practice it. Tue, 21 Aug 2012 07:58:44 EDT Peter Montgomery caeb5c37-c535-4efb-9d15-8371fef3591f https://religiondispatches.org/2012/08/20/what-religious-hostility-looks Tony Perkins’ sudden survey paints a picture of Christians under siege. Mon, 20 Aug 2012 01:19:30 EDT Evan Derkacz f3bf073c-12e1-4b35-aefc-2e50cb905156 https://religiondispatches.org/2012/07/25/jerry-boykin-hate-speaker Legitimizing questions about Obama and the Muslim Brotherhood. Wed, 25 Jul 2012 12:35:14 EDT Wil Gafney 5f903fed-77d0-4a2d-9c32-3d34f1429d0a https://religiondispatches.org/2012/03/20/get-out-america-preacher-longtime-perkins-pastor Called Perkins “one of the godliest men I’ve ever known.” Tue, 20 Mar 2012 03:43:18 EDT Sarah Posner 411c7072-e72e-4f7e-8e71-f169c7083a8f