The Brad Blog (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
Guest blogged by Frank Schaeffer More "respectable" leaders like Warren, Huckabee and Palin won’t admit it but they would like to do here what the Ugandans are doing there, and not just to gays, to all the "other" who are in the way of their taking America into the darkness of theocracy. Pastor Rick is the epitome [...]
Michael-In-Norfolk - (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
Frank Schaeffer (pictured at left) is an American author, film director, screenwriter and public speaker. He is the son of the late evangelist Francis Schaeffer , one of the founders of the modern day Christian Right. He became a Hollywood film director and author, writing several internationally acclaimed novels depicting life in a strict, fundamentalist household including Portofino...
The Brad Blog (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
Guest Editorial by Frank Schaeffer Mike Huckabee broke his silence on Monday and defended his decision to give clemency to a convict said to be responsible for the ambush murder of four Seattle police officers. I have an odd connection to Huckabee. He told Katie Couric, during the 2007 primary race, that my Religious Right leader [...]
Pacific Views (Free subscription) | yesterday
Amazing to see the name of Mike Huckabee in Frank Schaeffer's piece in this context this week: George Grant is one of the far right/theocratic mentors. He appeared with Rushdoony in the video, “God's Law and Society.” Grant was the co-author for Huckabee's 1998 book, Kids Who Kill: Confronting Our Culture of Violence. That was the book where Huckabee and Grant said homosexuality...
Tangentville (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
... illustration of both these points, I would direct you to this articcle, an exerpt from a book by Frank Schaeffer. Clearly there is no dialogue to be had with this kind of steadfast believer. It would undermine the very certainty which is the basis for their belief. A frail human need for certainty which we all crave and, once found, I can imagine how hard it would be to relinquish,...
The Brad Blog (Free subscription) | 11/29/2009
Guest blogged by Frank Schaeffer Op-Ed Columnist Thomas Friedman's editorial in today's New York Times , "America vs. The Narrative", sparked this thought: If the Islamic world has a fantasy "narrative" about America and our intentions, don't we ourselves --- those within the American religious right --- have a similarly misinformed "narrative"? Here's my...
