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The Mormon Church-affiliated genealogy site Ancestry.com today made the claim that they have traced President Obama’s ancestry back to the very first documented slave in what would become the United States. That’s fascinating on its face, but the more interesting wrinkle here is that the connection is made through Obama’s white mother. Research derived by Ancestry.com from early Virginia records …

The bible is 100% the inerrant word of God. Except when it’s inconvenient.

Critics are slamming the new “shackle sneakers” from Adidas as glamorizing slavery. The clothing giant is under fire for its August scheduled release of the JS Roundhouse Mids, which many have compared to the devices worn by black slaves in 19th Century America. The seemingly innocent promotional material, uploaded to Facebook earlier this month, asks: ‘Got a sneaker game so …

From the clip description: Why did humanity have to wait thousands of years for the Emancipation Declaration? Couldn’t Yahweh have delivered it himself? Couldn’t Jesus? Peter? Paul? Nup – no one gave a shit about that sort of thing. Not when there were people keeping their foreskins, water to be walked on, and women speaking in churches!!

The Tennessee Tea Party is demanding that references to slavery be removed from history books. Because it makes the Founding Fathers look horrible! The material calls for lawmakers to amend state laws governing school curriculums, and for textbook selection criteria to say that “No portrayal of minority experience in the history which actually occurred shall obscure the experience or contributions …

PETA is suing Sea World for violating the Thirteenth Amendment, which bans slavery. And Shamu? That’s his SLAVE name. The chances of the suit succeeding are slim, according to legal experts not involved in the case; any judge who hews to the original intent of the authors of the amendment is unlikely to find that they wanted to protect animals. …

According to one of the three books on Michele Bachmann’s “recommended” list, blacks enjoyed a more wonderful life back when they were the slaves of gentle, loving Christians. An excerpt: Northerners were often shocked and offended by the familiarity that existed as a matter of course between the whites and blacks of the old South. This was one of the …

“There is no just comparison between America’s struggle to overcome the evils of slavery and the promotion of the lifestyle of homosexuality. It is preposterous for Mayor Bloomberg to degrade and minimize the plight of African-Americans in this civil rights struggle by equating it with the effort to push to legalize homosexual marriage. Black Americans should not sit back and …

According to dominionist David Barton, the Democrats of today are no better than those who supported the Ku Klux Klan. Barton, you should know, advocates for a completely Christian takeover of the U.S. government. He frequently shares the stage with major GOP players.

Last night Chris Matthews went to town on Tea Party Express founder Sal Russo over Crazy Eyes’ claim that the Founding Fathers ended slavery. Matthews has a new name for Bachmann: “Balloon Head.” Watch this.

After enduring blistering national criticism for removing language about slavery from his declaration recognizing Confederate History Month, yesterday Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell issued an apology and amended the language in the declaration. A day earlier, McDonnell said he left out any reference to slavery in the original seven-paragraph proclamation because he wanted to include issues he thought were most “significant” …

VA Gov. Bob McDonnell has issued an order recognizing April as Confederate History Month, saying that it’s important “to understand the sacrifices of the Confederate leaders, soldiers and citizens during the period of the Civil War.” McDonnell’s most recent order of this type recognized Christian Heritage Week. April’s Confederate History Month recognition is at least the fourth proclamation McDonnell has …

…for the first time ever.