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This haunting history of the Puritan's execution of innocent women, and certain men too, is a window into how their bullying of religious fanaticism, misogyny, and homophobia destroyed not only the moral fiber of their town, but how it also decimated its own Christian zeal to become a "city on the hill."

Irene Monroe: Anti-Gay Bullying is Today's Witch-Hunting Irene Monroe 2010

Homosocial circles of women threatened the Puritan's paradigm of male dominance, giving rise to the charges of witchcraft, because of the theological belief that women ought not be in the company of each other without the presence of a man.

Irene Monroe: Anti-Gay Bullying is Today's Witch-Hunting Irene Monroe 2010

Homosocial circles of women threatened the Puritan's paradigm of male dominance, giving rise to the charges of witchcraft, because of the theological belief that women ought not be in the company of each other without the presence of a man.

Irene Monroe: Anti-gay bullying is today's witch-hunting Irene Monroe 2010

In the minds of Evangelicals, they were recreating the Puritan's self-exile from England by looking for a purer and better place, this time not a geographical "place" but a sanctuary within their minds and in inward-looking schools and churches undisturbed by facts.

Frank Schaeffer: The "Reason" Republicans Despise Unions, Government and Anything Public Frank Schaeffer 2011

This haunting history of the Puritan's execution of innocent women, and certain men too, is a window into how their bullying of religious fanaticism, misogyny, and homophobia destroyed not only the moral fiber of their town, but how it also decimated its own Christian zeal to become a "city on the hill."

Irene Monroe: Anti-Gay Bullying is Today's Witch-Hunting Irene Monroe 2010

This haunting history of the Puritan's execution of innocent women, and certain men too, is a window into how their bullying of religious fanaticism, misogyny, and homophobia destroyed not only the moral fiber of their town, but how it also decimated its own Christian zeal to become a "city on the hill."

Irene Monroe: Anti-gay bullying is today's witch-hunting Irene Monroe 2010

Homosocial circles of women threatened the Puritan's paradigm of male dominance, giving rise to the charges of witchcraft, because of the theological belief that women ought not be in the company of each other without the presence of a man.

Irene Monroe: Anti-Gay Bullying is Today's Witch-Hunting Irene Monroe 2010

In the minds of Evangelicals, they were recreating the Puritan's self-exile from England by looking for a purer and better place, this time not a geographical "place" but a sanctuary within their minds and in inward-looking schools and churches undisturbed by facts.

Frank Schaeffer: The Roots of Republican Actions Today Frank Schaeffer 2011

Formerly known as Nature's Bounty, NBTY was founded in 1971 and manufactures vitamins and nutritional supplements under many third-party brands in the United States and overseas, including Puritan's Pride, Vitamin World, Met-Rx and GNC's British operations.

Carlyle to buy vitamin maker NBTY in latest high-profile deal 2010

Formerly known as Nature's Bounty, NBTY was founded in 1971 and manufactures vitamins and nutritional supplements under many third-party brands in the United States and overseas, including Puritan's Pride, Vitamin World, Met-Rx and GNC's British operations.

Carlyle to buy vitamin maker NBTY in latest high-profile deal 2010