Commentary Tidbits

The Nation: The Movement to Put a Church in Every School Is Growing

Al Jazeera America: Conservatives misfire on ‘pagan green’ pope’s encyclical

Mediaite: Rick Santorum Did Not Appreciate the Pope’s Breed ‘Like Rabbits’ Comment

Political Research Associates: Natural Deception: Conned By the World Congress of Families 

Washington Post: Republicans pulled a classic bait-and-switch with abortion bill

Ms. Magazine: New Study Shows More Than HALF of Abortion Clinics Face Threats

Salon: The right’s home-school conspiracy: How I helped GOP launch a religious war

Right Wing Watch: Lindsey Graham Tells Anti-Choice Activists: Need To Find 'Way Out Of This Definitional Problem With Rape'

Commentary Tidbits

A Cry for Justice: Open Letter to Authors of Christian Marriage Books

Sacred Matters: Why Do Americans Seem So Religious?

Frank Schaeffer: Do Evangelical Leaders Really Believe Their Own BS?

Huffington Post: This Is the Year Liberals Take Back Religion from Conservatives

GLAAD: The war on "gay propaganda" is happening in America too

Alternet: The Christian Right's Bizarre Delusions of Persecution

Friendly Atheist: In U.S., (Non-)Religiosity and Political Preference Are Heavily Linked. That’s Terrible News For the GOP.

Women's eNews: Religious Birth Control Barriers Block the Best RX

Confessions of a Heretic Husband: 5 Awesome Reasons to Leave Your Church

Feminist in Spite of Them: Two Messages that Children Internalize that Contribute to Bullying in Patriarchal Church and Homeschool Groups

Commentary Tidbits

The Guardian: For human rights to flourish, religious rights have to come second

Joe. My. God: Phil Robertson In 2009: Men Should Marry Girls When They are 15 Or 16 Years Old

Political Research Associates: Uganda Passes Anti-Homosexuality Bill

Foreign Policy: Angels and Demons

Rosa Rubicondior: Alan Turing, A Victim of Religious Bigots

Infidel753: Duck dye nasty

Religion Dispatches: Frank Schaefer, Phil Robertson and the Myth of Christian Unity

Business Insider: There Are Two Americas, And One Is Better Than The Other

Commentary Tidbits

O-blog-dee-o-blog-da: U.S. Christian Extremist Sees Russia's New Homophobic Laws as Model

Bartholomew's Notes on Religion: Honduras Government Promotes Large-Scale U.S. Evangelical Mission Event

Think Progress: Liberty Counsel: Supporting Transgender Kids Is Criminally Bad Parenting

Frank Schaeffer: My Journey Out of the Religious Right (Video) 

Box Turtle Bulletin: Former Exodus Vice President Issues Open Apology to LGBT Community

Truth Wins Out: American Family Association’s New Coffee Company Comes Fresh Roasted With Anti-Gay, Misogynistic Bigotry

The New Civil Rights Movement: AFA’s New Christian Coffee Company Proselytizes In Uganda, Funds Anti-Gay Hate In US

News Tidbits

BBC News: Can religious teachings prove evolution to be true?

Sun Sentinel: One and a half cheers for evangelicalism

The Advocate: Right-Wing Activists: Gays Not “Best and Brightest”

Pink News: MP complains over anti-gay preacher John Hagee's UK visit

Mother Jones: Brownback Taps Lawyer for Anti-Abortion Activists for State Medical Board

Beliefnet: “Normalization of homosexuality” worries bestselling author

NPR: Illinois, Catholic Agencies At Odds Over Gay Adoptions

Michigan Messenger: Glenn: Companies Shouldn’t Hire Gays

American Independent: Bachmann vows to ban pornography, same-sex marriage if elected president

Minnesota Independent: Frank Schaeffer: Bachmann’s theology a ‘liability with the general public’

Colorado Independent: Anti-abortion group delivers report to Congress targeting Planned Parenthood

Colorado Independent: Rick Perry to headline Western Conservative Summit in Colorado

Commentary Tidbits

New York Times: My Ex-Gay Friend

Barefoot and Progressive: David Williams slobbers all over hate group president Frank Simon, again 

Truth Wins Out: Exodus Is Behind ‘Cold Shower’ Quack Therapist In Hong Kong

Right Wing Watch: The Response Organizers Say Rick Perry Is An Answer To Their Prayers

Politicus USA: The Fundamental-ist Problem of Jesus

Pharyngula: The fundamental cowardice of creationists

Frank Schaeffer: Where the "crazy" far right comes from
(Hat tip to Infidel753)

Commentary Tidbits

Human Rights Watch: U.S. Public Officials Should Reject Discrimination

Right Wing Watch: Huckabee: If I Run Again, It'll Be To Fight Abortion

Frank Schaeffer at Huffington Post: We Need Freedom From Religion, Not Just Freedom of Religion

Mother Jones: Rep. Steve King Pledges "Smackdown" on Planned Parenthood

Dispatches from the Culture Wars: Hamas Agrees with Religious Right

USA Today: On gay rights, keep fighting or adapt?

RH Reality Check: Today is Purity Day -- Is Your Local School Pushing Chastity Pledges?

Commentary Tidbits

Frank Schaeffer at Alternet: How Republicans and Their Big Business Allies Duped Tens of Millions of Evangelicals into Voting for a Corporate Agenda
(Hat tip to Paul at Cafe Philos)

Frank Schaeffer at the Huffington Post: "End Times" -- Election Results Reflect Biblical Republican Paranoia

Jews on First: Inside CUFI's 2010 Washington "Summit"

Seattle Times: Pharmacy Board's New Motto Could Be "We Judge"

The Advocate: The Message From Iowa 

Mother Jones: The Fierce Urgency of Sows

Holy Bullies and Headless Monsters: Religious right blames 'civil rights' for situation involving kidnapped child

Religion Dispatches: Man-Made Climate Change Not Possible, Says Potential Energy Committee Chair

Religion Dispatches: Rehabilitating McCarthy: Doug Phillips’ Festival Award

Think Progress: Oklahoma Voters May Have Accidentally Voted Against Ten Commandments, Too

Right Wing Watch: Cindy Jacobs Prophesies a Third Party Led By Marco Rubio

Right Wing Watch: The Annual War On Christmas Gets Under Way

Ms. Magazine: The Anti-Abortion Clinic Across the Street

Washington Post: When religion is the bully

Washington Post: The God Vote: What Evangelicals Want Next

Huffington Post: Why the Religious Right Will Dominate

LGBTQ Nation: Colt David Hansen: Clash with Mormon Faith Leads to Another LGBT Suicide in Utah 

Commentary Tidbits

Religion Dispatches: The Latest Suspicious Ex-Muslim

Truthout: Why Christine O’Donnell Is Not a Joke

Marie Fortune at FaithTrust Institute: Dear Bishop Long

Frank Schaeffer: PBS “God in America” Interview with Frank Schaeffer

Talk to Action: New Apostolic Reformation Leaders Burn Native Art

Think Progress: Glenn Beck Brings ExxonMobil-Linked Religious Front Group to Tell Christians Not to Believe in Climate Change

Media Matters: Beck warns that "you are going to see a split in our churches" and that some will be "more state-run"

Media Matters: Beck brings on guest to root out "American Native," "new age pantheistic," "Hindu," "Buddhist" thinking from our churches

Media Matters: Beck claims Tides and progressives pose a threat to "your religious liberty"

RH Reality Check: Catholics United Stands Up To Susan B. Anthony List, As Anti-Choice NRLC Defends Lies

Politico: NAACP report to tie Tea Party, 'hate groups'

Right Wing Watch: Gohmert: God has Ordained Christians to Run the Country

Right Wing Watch: Personhood USA Calls President Obama the “Angel of Death”

Liberal Values: A Tea Party Insult To the Founding Fathers

(Hat Tip to Infidel753 for the last item.)