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Chain email
stated on May 29, 2013 a chain email:

Says the word "Dhimmitude" is on page 107 of the health care law and means "Muslims are specifically exempted from the government mandate to purchase insurance."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 30, 2013

John DePetro
stated on May 10, 2013 a comment on WPRO radio.:

Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev is buried "not far" from President Kennedy’s grave.

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 17, 2013

Ted Cruz
stated on March 16, 2013 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.

By Sue Owen • March 28, 2013

National Organization for Marriage
stated on January 17, 2013 a newspaper ad:

"Religious groups like Knights of Columbus have been forced to allow same-sex marriage ceremonies in their facilities, against their beliefs."

By Michael McKinney • January 27, 2013

Government is Not God PAC
stated on September 23, 2012 a newspaper advertisement:

"Barack Hussein Obama will … force doctors to assist homosexuals in buying surrogate babies."

By Becky Bowers • September 27, 2012

Hank Williams Jr.
stated on September 2, 2012 a concert in Fort Worth.:

Says Barack Obama is a Muslim.

By W. Gardner Selby • September 4, 2012

BillHislam.com
stated on August 27, 2012 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."

By Richard Locker • August 27, 2012

Woody Degan
stated on June 28, 2012 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."

By Richard Locker • July 24, 2012

Mark Neumann
stated on June 20, 2012 an interview:

Says "Barack Obama and his team" are "socialists in every respect of the word."

By Tom Kertscher • June 29, 2012

Chain email
stated on March 21, 2012 a chain email:

"The ACLU has filed a suit to end prayer from the military completely."

By Eric Stirgus • April 19, 2012

John DePetro
stated on January 13, 2012 an assertion on his WPRO radio show:

"[The] ACLU and atheists in Denver are demanding the NFL stop [Tim Tebow] from praying on the sidelines."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 18, 2012

Newt Gingrich
stated on December 19, 2011 a campaign event in Davenport, Iowa:

"No federal official at any level is currently allowed to say ‘Merry Christmas.’"

By Louis Jacobson • December 21, 2011

Jon Stewart
stated on December 6, 2011 a segment of "The Daily Show":

"When the country was founded, Congress had exactly the same attitude about the sanctity of Christmas celebrations that a 7-Eleven does today: 'Yeah, we're open.'"

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • December 9, 2011

Facebook posts
stated on October 23, 2011 an Internet post:

Congressional Republicans have introduced dozens of bills on social issues and other topics, but "zero on job creation."

By Louis Jacobson • October 25, 2011

Fred Karger
stated on October 15, 2011 an interview with The Guardian:

"If a President Romney got a call from the president of the (Mormon church), he has no choice but to obey. It is obedience over family and country."

By Louis Jacobson • October 18, 2011

Herman Cain
stated on May 24, 2011 an interview on the Glenn Beck Program radio show:

"I did not say that I would not have them [Muslims] in my Cabinet."

By Willoughby Mariano • June 8, 2011

Gordon Robertson
stated on April 23, 2011 a TV interview.:

President Obama was "raised Muslim."

By Sean Gorman • April 28, 2011

Ron Paul
stated on January 20, 2011 an interview on MSNBC:

"The last Christians are about to leave" Iraq.

February 7, 2011

Victoria Taft
stated on December 27, 2010 a website posting:

Says a Portland school gives Muslim students "their own school provided prayer room, prayer rugs," and lets them "out of class five times a day to pray to Allah."

By Ian K. Kullgren • January 23, 2011

18% of the American public
stated on August 19, 2010 a Pew Research Center poll:

President Obama is a Muslim.

By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 26, 2010

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