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Latest Fact-Checks In Religion

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Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on May 1, 2013 in Web posts:
"Pentagon confirms they may court martial soldiers who hold Christian faith."
Mostly False
By Becky Bowers • May 6, 2013
Randy Forbes
Randy Forbes
stated on April 11, 2013 in a congressional hearing.:
The U.S. Army had a training program that put "evangelical Christians, Catholics and Mormons in the same category of religious extremism as we do al-Qaida."
Mostly False
By Nancy Madsen • May 3, 2013
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on March 16, 2013 in a speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference:
Says the Democrats told the Catholic Church that they’ll use federal powers to shut down church charities and hospitals if the church doesn’t change its beliefs.
Pants on Fire!
By Sue Owen • March 28, 2013
Frank Keating
Frank Keating
stated on March 17, 2013 in an appearance on NBC's 'Meet the Press':
"In the United States, 50 percent of social services are provided by the Catholic church."
False
By Louis Jacobson • March 19, 2013
National Organization for Marriage
National Organization for Marriage
stated on January 17, 2013 in a newspaper ad:
"Religious groups like Knights of Columbus have been forced to allow same-sex marriage ceremonies in their facilities, against their beliefs."
Pants on Fire!
By Michael McKinney • January 27, 2013
Freedom From Religion Foundation
Freedom From Religion Foundation
stated on November 9, 2012 in an email:
"Secular Americans are the fastest-growing religious identification demographic in this country."  
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • November 18, 2012
Emergency Committee for Israel
Emergency Committee for Israel
stated on October 9, 2012 in a campaign ad:
"When Congress voted to condemn Iran for sentencing a Christian pastor to death, (U.S. Rep. Lois) Capps was the only member who voted no."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • October 11, 2012
Government is Not God PAC
Government is Not God PAC
stated on September 23, 2012 in a newspaper advertisement:
"Barack Hussein Obama will … force doctors to assist homosexuals in buying surrogate babies."
Pants on Fire!
By Becky Bowers • September 27, 2012
Government is Not God PAC
Government is Not God PAC
stated on September 23, 2012 in a newspaper advertisement:
"Barack Hussein Obama will ... force Christian schools to hire non-Christian teachers."
False
By Katie Sanders, Louis Jacobson • September 26, 2012
Eric Cantor
Eric Cantor
stated on August 29, 2012 in an email.:
Wayne Powell has a "stated position of having no objection to taking `In God We Trust" off of U.S. currency."
True
By Warren Fiske • September 10, 2012
Hank Williams Jr.
Hank Williams Jr.
stated on September 2, 2012 in a concert in Fort Worth.:
Says Barack Obama is a Muslim.  
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • September 4, 2012
BillHislam.com
BillHislam.com
stated on August 27, 2012 in a Web posting:
Says that Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam "has made it clear by his repeated actions that he will pursue a policy that promotes the interest of Islamist (sic) and their radical ideology as long as he is governor."
Pants on Fire!
By Richard Locker • August 27, 2012
Bill Zedler
Bill Zedler
stated on July 17, 2012 in a Twitter post.:
"While (Barack) Obama preaches ‘we are our brother’s keeper,’ his brother and aunt live in real poverty in Kenya."  
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • August 17, 2012
Woody Degan
Woody Degan
stated on June 28, 2012 in in an interview with The Commercial Appeal.:
Gov. Bill Haslam is "making our Economic Development department Sharia compliant" by hiring a woman "who specializes in Sharia compliance. That’s what her job is."
Pants on Fire!
By Richard Locker • July 24, 2012
Mark Neumann
Mark Neumann
stated on June 20, 2012 in an interview:
Says "Barack Obama and his team" are "socialists in every respect of the word."
Pants on Fire!
By Tom Kertscher • June 29, 2012
Jeff Wentworth
Jeff Wentworth
stated on May 9, 2012 in a TV ad.:
Says he "restored prayer and the pledge in our schools."
Half-True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms, W. Gardner Selby • May 25, 2012
Chain email
Chain email
stated on March 21, 2012 in a chain email:
"The ACLU has filed a suit to end prayer from the military completely."
Pants on Fire!
By Eric Stirgus • April 19, 2012
Jon O'Brien
Jon O'Brien
stated on April 11, 2012 in written testimony at a House hearing:
"Only 14 percent of Catholics agree with the Vatican's position that abortion should be illegal."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 19, 2012
Hank Johnson
Hank Johnson
stated on February 28, 2012 in a Congressional hearing:
A socially conservative group sponsored a "prayer vigil" to stop people from buying Girl Scout cookies because it thinks the Girl Scouts are affiliated with Planned Parenthood.
Mostly False
By Willoughby Mariano • March 9, 2012
David Silverman
David Silverman
stated on February 17, 2012 in a story on TV website:
"There are more atheists in the country right now than Jews, Muslims, Hindus and Buddhists combined and doubled."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 26, 2012
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