Contact: William J. Murray, Religious Freedom Coalition, 202-742-8990

MEDIA ADVISORY, Jan. 12, 2011 /Christian Newswire/ -- Religious Freedom Coalition chairman William J. Murray said in a commentary published in newspapers and online today that the rhetoric against conservative women in the last election may have played a part in the shooting of Congresswoman Giffords. Murray stated:

"The horrible attacks on Sarah Palin, Sharron Angle, Christine O'Donnell and Congresswoman Michele Bachmann during the last election were intense. The left and the mainstream media have a hatred for conservative women and do their best to dehumanize them. As conservative female political leaders are dehumanized it makes it easier for madmen such as Jared Loughner to attack them physically."

Murray noted that: "Congresswoman Giffords, although not pro-life was considered a conservative or "blue dog" Democrat who voted against Nancy Pelosi's leadership. Despite her politics and the facts of the case, the visceral hatred for conservative female politicians is still running in the Huffington Post and MSNBC. If we want to bring a halt to physical attacks on elected officials perhaps we can start with ending the dehumanizing attacks on conservative figures by far left bloggers and NBC, particularly attacks on conservative women."

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