6 Dastardly Right-Wing Declarations This Week: Phyllis 'Expand the Gender Pay Gap' Schlafly Edition

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1. Phyllis Schlafly: Women need to be paid less so they can find husbands.

It’s one of the more perplexing mysteries of our time: Why is Phyllis Schlafly still flapping her lips? Has she not gotten the message that history has entirely passed her by? Several fold. Apparently not. Not content merely with her party’s rejection of pay equality for women, Schlafly took to her pen this week to argue that women would be better off if the gender pay gap were widened.

Whaaaat? You understandably ask.

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2. Pastor Kevin Swanson compares being gay to being a cannibal or an axe murderer.

You may have heard about the outbreak of conservative apoplexy brought on by Nabisco's Honey Maid commercial depicting a same-sex couple.

The competition for craziest reaction to an ad about graham crackers got tougher this week when Pastor Kevin Swanson of Colorado compared homosexuality to axe murder and cannibalism on his radio program. Nabisco, he said, was making a big mistake here.

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3. Bryan Fischer: The poor should kiss the ground on which rich people walk, just as Jesus said.

The head of the American Family Association proved that he can be deeply offensive on a wide array of topics this week. Usually, Bryan Fischer spouts off about his hatred of gays, but he changed it up recently, and instead spouted off about his hatred of the poor.


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4. Rep. Glenn Gruenhagen: The best way to stop bullying is to beat children.

Hard to imagine a so-called lawmaker not wanting to take measures to prevent children from being bullied, but they exist. And they say some crazy things. Meet Minnesota state Rep. Glenn Gruenhagen, who argued against an anti-bullying bill and instead advocated beating of children who bully others, calling it a “cheap, inexpensive, and effective” solution that “cures” bullying.

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1. There is a reason the word "fly" is found in her name.

Feminists have been swatting her away for decades.