Francisco, Obama let down his hair and described working class people in Pennsylvania as so "bitter" that they "cling to guns or religion … Like so much that Obama has said and done over the years, this is standard stuff on the far left, where guns and religion are regarded…
of next week's primary in
heavily Catholic Pennsylvania, when he said small-town Americans are "bitter
and cling to guns and religion … with Pope Benedict XVI
during his visit to America this week, ought to condemn this kind of cynical
politics and content-less religion…
Explaining why many working class voters are "bitter," he said they "cling" to guns, religion and "antipathy to people who aren't like … Because the manipulable masses are easily given a "false consciousness" (another category, like religion as the "opiate" of the suffering…
Therefore, people "get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment … He was retailing an article of left-wing orthodoxy going back centuries: that the working class is distracted by religion and other…
I have been pounding religion for nine years on this show.” … “The problem is they drill religion into your head when you are very young. … Maher’s anti-Catholic, anti-religion rhetoric is part of his schtick as a comedian. …
Obviously, it's refreshing to see religion treated seriously in public life, and so I've hesitated to criticize CNN for its "Compassion … and Huckabee campaigns, I think there is a real danger when political discourse moves into the realm of theology (as opposed to religion … Again, it's nice to see religion treated as something more than an ugly stepchild hidden away in the attic. …
, at a private San Francisco fundraiser, Obama said he believed “bitter” people in places like Pennsylvania “cling to guns and religion … released Monday by the American Research Group shows Obama dropped eight points in Pennsylvania after he made comments about guns and religion…
Religion in American culture and politics returns to the news this week in a big way with the visit of Pope Benedict XVI. … Many academicians and institutions enthusiastically ridicule people of faith, and religion in general. … Religion, at least in the Judeo-Christian model, claims to be truth.…
" of religion. … In other words, the term "religion" means not only "religion" but also "atheism." … Yet if the free exercise clause defines religion in a way that includes atheism, then the no-establishment clause must define religion…
It's not surprising then they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant … condescending "it's not surprising" to the "natural response" and from accusing these people of bigotry and "cling[ing] . . . to religion…
As you'll recall, he said religion is a "crutch" for the "weak-minded." … Obama has inadvertently revealed how liberals really view religion -- as competition to government (their real savior). … Those who want government to control the people have always resented religion -- or what liberal fascists might refer to as: "the opiate…
It's not surprising then they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant … (And what's that about "cling[ing]" to religion, anyway?)…
Remember the good ole' (and generally very wise) advice of steering clear from the topics of religion and politics at the dinner table … Christians understood the essential qualities of providing "reasonable, logical, and fundamental" arguments outside the realm of religion…
Tibet,
though the commissars doing the occupying pretend that Tibet is an
"integral" part of China, and that Tibetan culture/religion … As a spiritual center, Zagorsk had long
since been converted into a roadside museum - a discreet, Disneyesque view
of religion. … It came from the pilgrims who didn't realize that religion was a thing of
the past.…
More often than not, this means keeping religion out of the public sphere. … Unfortunately, this freedom of religion is freedom from religion. … Worse yet, Americans have ceased to understand religion altogether.…
