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Bachmann at the ‘prayercast’ against health reform

By Andy Birkey | 12.17.09 | 2:27 pm

Picture 14On Wednesday night, Rep. Michele Bachmann participated in the Family Research Council’s “prayercast” against the health reform bill being debated in Congress. Bachmann and religious right leader Lou Engle led the group in prayer as participants chanted and churchgoers…

And what about Jewish values at the Values Voter Summit?

By Andy Birkey | 09.17.09 | 12:32 pm

Salon’s Mike Madden notes that the Values Voters Summit, which features Minnesota’s conservative heavyweights Rep. Michele Bachmann and Gov. Tim Pawlenty, is being held on Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year and a religiously prescribed day of rest.
“Does…

Klobuchar bill condemning Tiller murder faces GOP opposition

By Andy Birkey | 06.22.09 | 4:31 pm

klobucharWeeks after Dr. George Tiller was shot and killed in his Kansas church, the U.S. Senate is debating a resolution condemning violence against abortion providers. But abortion politics has…

Religious Right Watch: Bachmann allies slam Republican committee

By Andy Birkey | 10.27.08 | 8:31 am

With a week to go until the election, Minnesota is seeing a flurry of activity by religious right figures. Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council is blasting Republicans for not standing up for their favored candidate Rep. Michele Bachmann, while the Council is using MnIndy’s reporting to attack DFL candidates. Right-wing bloggers are up in arms over the cancellation of a speech by pro-life activist Bay Buchanan at the College of St. Catherine, and a national anti-abortion group is flooding Minnesota mailboxes with anti-Obama literature.

Bachmann to be featured guest at reception honoring scandal-plagued Alaska governor Palin

By Karl Bremer | 08.29.08 | 12:00 pm

Editor’s note: MnIndy published this piece on Monday, and we’re foregrounding it again now in light of Palin’s VP nod today.
Michele Bachmann will be a featured guest at the “The Life of the Party Party,” a reception…

Religious Right Watch: Following Bachmann, dissing Biden

By Andy Birkey | 08.25.08 | 2:24 pm

Even though the majority of Americans are growing weary of the mixing of religion and politics, politicians and the religious right are still walking hand-in-hand — unless, of course, they are Democrats. National religious right groups are slamming Sens. Barack Obama and Joe Biden as “fake Christians.” Minnesota’s own Rep. Michele Bachmann will be making two upcoming appearances at religious right functions with some of the same groups claiming the only true brand of Christianity.