Rep. Todd Akin is wrong about rape and pregnancy, but he's not alone

Todd Akin may have uttered words that got him in trouble, his actual positions are embraced by many in the mainstream of the Republican Party. Akin voted for a federal marriage amendment twice, just like Paul Ryan and the vast majority of Republicans

Wednesday night on Hannity, conservative columnist Ann Coulter and host Sean Hannity strongly expressed their mutual disappointment in GOP Senate candidate Todd Akin's refusal to step aside in the wake of his

Along with John C Willke, a key influence on Todd Akin is another giant in Christianist circles: James D Kennedy. Dish alum Zack Beauchamp is on the case, revealing that Akin "has deep ties to Reverend Kennedy, having

If you thought Rep. Todd Akin's claim that women can naturally “shut down” the possibility of a rape-induced pregnancy was unique, boy were you wrong.

Todd Akin — a watershed moment for conservatives? Phillip Klein argues that the reaction by Republicans to the Todd Akin mess seems to signal a new sophistication of the conservative movement: In recent years, we've

Huckabee wrong on Christian food fight

Boston Mayor Thomas Menino is no fan of Chick-fil-A, but there isn't anything he can do to stop the controversial fast-food chain from opening a branch in the city — and he knows it.

BOSTON, July 26 (Reuters) – Boston Mayor Thomas Menino has waded into the national controversy surrounding fast food chain Chick-fil-A, whose president has publicly opposed same-sex marriage, urging the chicken sandwich sellers to stay out of Boston.

Dan Cathy, the president of the fast-food franchise Chick-fil-A, now rather famously said that he believes in traditional marriage. And the company donates to groups that are against extending rights to gays and lesbians, including Focus on the Family.

I began to bargain, asking my conservative friends if they'd agree to eat Oreos and Girl Scout cookies so I could go to Chick-fil-A. Then I read Cathy's interview in its entirety and noticed another of his quotations.

Failed Green Party presidential candidate Roseanne Barr said that anyone who eats at Chick-fil-A deserves to get cancer, Twitchy reported Wednesday. "[A]nyone who eats S**t Fil-A deserves to get the cancer that is sure to come from eating antibiotic