Gary Bauer

The Associated Press asks prominent evangelicals and leaders of the religious right if Jesus would condone torture. Some evangelicals say every life is sacred and torture is not peaceful and therefore incongruent with Christian teachings. But religious right leader Gary Bauer says that while Jesus wouldn’t torture, he would permit his followers to do so.

Every year hundreds of religious right leaders gather in Washington, D.C., to talk values and voting. At this year’s Values Voter Summit those values included some whoppers: a racist caricature of Sen. Barack Obama, fear-mongering by Gary Bauer, a campaign to save California from evil “homosexuals,” and the constant hyperbole of U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann.

The Values Voters Summit features a “who’s who” of the religious right, but who wasn’t there? Republican presidential nominee John McCain and his running mate, Sarah Palin, an absence that organizers weren’t very happy about.

Three-hundred-year-old religious right gadfly Phyllis Schlafly organized a “Life of the Party” party on Tuesday for pro-life delegates and politicians. The event was rife with bitter disappointments for the crowd, however. First delegates were met at the door by protesters from Code Pink, who heckled pro-lifers for their support of the war. Then they learned [...]

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 honoring Alaska Governor Sarah Palin during next week’s Republican National Convention. The event is sponsored by anti-feminist and [...]