The Republicans say they have a big tent but they might as well hold a revival meeting inside it because one the Jewish Majority Leader Eric Cantor departs for greener pastures on K Street he will leave behind a Senate and House in which the only Republicans are Christians.
Here’s the religious makeup of our legislative branch:
Pew Research
We talk a lot about Ag-Laws making it impossible to find out what’s in our food or how the animals are being treated. Here’s an interesting way to use drones to chronicle the suffering of factory farm animals and the people who work there.
Using Drones To Soar Above ‘Ag-Gag’ Laws (via Techdirt)
Back in March, we wrote about Idaho’s new “ag-gag” law that made it illegal to expose animal cruelty on factory farms and slaughterhouses in that state. The post quoted a couple of stories by Will Potter on his “Green is the New Red” Web site. @AbbyMartin…
Anderson Cooper dismantles TX Republican’s defense of discredited ‘ex-gay therapy’ (via Raw Story )
CNN host Anderson Cooper picked apart a Texas state legislator’s attempt on Wednesday to claim scientists were still debating the discredited gay “reparative” therapy advocated by his party platform, listing a litany of medical groups that have…
Louie Gohmert tells Congress the ‘good news’ that non-Christians are ‘going to Hell’ (via Raw Story )
Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) on Tuesday grilled a pastor who supports the separation of church and state, asking him why he did not share the “good news” that non-Christians were going to Hell. At a House Judiciary Committee hearing about religious…
Once the party of law and order, the GOP has morphed into the party that hates our government and the police. Originally broadcast on the David Feldman Show.
Don’t let the revolving door hit you on the way out.
It was an historic upset when Majority Leader Eric Cantor lost Tuesday to his Tea Party challenger. Howie Klein from Down With Tyranny tells us what the fallout will be.