By DefCon member Dale
I picked off a post over at Talk To Action by Frederick Clarkson about the democrats cozying up to an evangelical PR firm.
They are recommending using terminolgy like Common Good in their converasations on abortions, but most troubling is that they want the democrats to discontinue using the phrase “separation of church […]

By DefCon member Isaac
James Dobson recently published a guest column in Time Magazine that was critical of Mary Cheney and her partner’s recent announcement that they are having a child. He wrote “the majority of more than 30 years of social-science evidence indicates that children do best on every measure of well-being when raised by […]

Media Matters has posted the Most Outrageous Comments of 2006. Among those quoted are a number of religious right leaders including William Donohue, Albert Mohler, and Pat Robertson.
Get the full list here.

From Congressman Robin Hayes:
“Stability in Iraq ultimately depends on spreading the message of Jesus Christ, the message of peace on earth, good will towards men. Everything depends on everyone learning about the birth of the Savior.”

I will be traveling a great deal over the next twelve days and posts may not be as frequent as everyone is used to. With this in mind I am hoping that some of you can fill in.
Here’s how it will work. If you see a story or have an issue you would like […]

We’ve been talking a lot about intolerance here of late. It’s a major aspect of the Left Behind video game and a major component of the religious right’s identity.
Homosexuals are indeed the greatest recipient of religious right intolerance, but over the last few years the religious right has played an integral role in the […]

When the religious right began promoting Left Behind: Eternal Forces, they hoped to keep the game largely below the radar of the media, instead relying on a network of churches to get the word out about the game. In retrospect, that strategy failed miserably. Not only were we able to alert the media to the […]

11th grade teacher violates separation of church and state. Savvy student strikes back (way to go defenders!).
From the New York Times:
Shortly after school began in September, the teacher told his sixth-period students at Kearny High School that evolution and the Big Bang were not scientific, that dinosaurs were aboard Noah’s ark, and that only Christians […]

This is appalling. The news that a group of Episcopalian Virginia parishes have split with the U.S. church over its progressive (i.e. tolerant) position on homosexuals alone is incredibly disappointing, however the aggressively intolerant Episcopalian archbishop they have chosen to align themselves with is shocking.
From the Washington Post:
At least seven Virginia Episcopal parishes, opposed to […]

This was sent on Tuesday, December 12th.
Dear Dr Dobson,
The Campaign to Defend the Constitution is deeply concerned with the recently released “Left Behind: Eternal Forces” video game. The game, which is being marketed to children, is filled with religious violence and promotes a message of intolerance towards non-Christians – something that I hope […]

Don’t forget to take action and encourage Wal-Mart to reconsider pushing the religious right’s violent, intolerant Left Behind video game this holiday season.

Many have come on the blog in recent days questioning how we, The Campaign to Defend the Constitution, could be calling on Wal-Mart to discontinue sales of Left Behind: Eternal Forces, a violent, intolerant video game being pushed by the religious right.
Our answer is simple: this has nothing to do with limiting rights.
In 2003, under […]

A member of our community, Alex, posted a suggestion about a resource DefCon could provide those who visit the site/community.
It looks like we’re about to rehash the whole Christianity in the Constitution argument again….which is fine.
But I was thinking, maybe there could be a reference page on this site that authoritatively and clearly provides accurate, […]

Our campaign has really busted this story wide open.
From Reuters:
Players are charged with recruiting, and converting, an army that will engage in physical and spiritual warfare with the antichrist and his evil followers.
An advocacy group “Campaign to Defend the Constitution” — which monitors right-wing religious activities — says the game is violently pro-Christian and has […]

Finally some attention for this hypocritical game, from the San Francisco Chronicle:
Liberal and progressive Christian groups say a new computer game in which players must either convert or kill non-Christians is the wrong gift to give this holiday season and that Wal-Mart, a major video game retailer, should yank it off its shelves.
The Campaign […]