Bachmann’s ‘misstatements’ catalogued by Minnesota Public Radio
Minnesota Public Radio previewed U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann’s trip to Iowa on Friday with a piece looking at her frequent and bold statements that more often than not turn out to be untrue. The article...
View ArticleMarriage supporters to collide at Iowa Capitol
The topic of marriage will be a difficult one to escape in Des Moines Tuesday as advocates and opponents of legalized same-sex marriages converge on the Capitol. A coalition of social conservative...
View ArticleBachmann tells Iowa conservatives Al Franken stole election and gave us...
During her speech at the Iowa-based Family Leader on Friday, potential presidential candidate Rep. Michele Bachmann made a bold claim before the gathering of social conservatives: Sen. Al Franken, she...
View ArticleBachmann brandishes ‘Iowa nice’ cred at Family Leader confab
IOWA CITY, IA. — For weeks Rep. Michele Bachmann, a potential and popular 2012 Republican presidential hopeful, has been reminding Iowans that she is one of them. During an appearance on behalf of the...
View ArticlePawlenty, Bachmann unsure if gays as harmful as second-hand smoke
Tim Pawlenty and Michele Bachmann have both appeared before Iowa’s Family Leader, a religious right group that has hosted a seminar that compares being gay or lesbian to second-hand smoking. The Family...
View ArticleS.C. Focus on the Family affiliate says Perry’s views on N.Y. gay marriage...
The leader of South Carolina’s Focus on the Family affiliate, the Palmetto Family Council, was among several conservative leaders recently asked to weigh in on the same-sex-marriage views of speculated...
View ArticleFamily Research Council decries government spending while affiliates take in...
The Family Research Council, a religious-right outfit some watchdog organizations have called an anti-gay hate group, has recently become quite vocal in its opposition to government spending and has...
View ArticleAP finds spending overlap in Iowa Focus on the Family affiliate’s use of $2M...
A chunk of federal money awarded to the Iowa Family Policy Center (IFPC) — a division of The Family Leader, a Focus on the Family affiliate — between 2006 and 2010 was used to pay the salaries of...
View ArticleEthical questions remain over federal funds received by Iowa FRC affiliate
The Iowa Family Policy Center, a division of The Family Leader, did not comply with federal-grant protocol when it relinquished the last year of federal funding it received for a controversial...
View ArticleVander Plaats endorses Santorum for Iowa Caucuses
Bob Vander Plaats, head of Iowa’s Family Research Council affiliate the Family Leader, an organization opposed to rights for LGBT Iowans, endorsed Rick Santorum for the Iowa Caucuses on Tuesday. The...
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