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Josh Duggar’s hypocrisy is part of a much larger cultural problem

Aug 21, 2015 | Gay Rights and Other LGBTQIA Issues, Gender and Sexism, Mental Illness, Religion and Religious Issues, Scandals

 

Published: The Daily Dot (August 21, 2015)

America’s most high-profile Christian conservatives often use their social media platforms and media prominence to extol the virtues of chastity—only to get caught up in sex scandals.

The most recent example comes by way of Josh Duggar, one of the oldest kids from the hit reality TV show 19 Kids and Counting. ... Read Original Article

Why Huckabee’s ‘oven’ remarks won’t win Jewish votes

Jul 27, 2015 | Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), Jewish Experiences, mic, Political Parties, Religion and Religious Issues, Republicans

Published: MSNBC (July 27, 2015)

When Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee claimed last weekend that President Obama would ultimately “take the Israelis and march them to the door of the oven,” the former Arkansas governor wasn’t being simply hyperbolic about the merits of the Iranian nuclear deal. He was banking on the idea that there is a rift between the Democratic president and the American Jewish community – an opening presumably ripe for political exploitation.... Read Original Article

The 4 worst things about Jeb Bush’s campaign announcement

Jun 16, 2015 | Conservativism, Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), Internet Culture, mic, Political Ideologies, Political Parties, Religion and Religious Issues, Republicans

Published: Daily Dot (June 16, 2015)

If Jeb Bush is elected to the presidency in 2016, his victory will officially transformed the Bushes into the most successful political dynasty in American history. Never has a single direct family line produced three presidents (the Adamses, Harrisons, and Roosevelts each yielded only two), and polls have consistently found that grassroots Republicans are as disturbed by this prospect as ordinary Americans.... Read Original Article