Mark Silk, professor at Trinity College, expert on religion and public life, and editor of the Spiritual Politics blog, calls on me to take note of former Clinton Administration press secretary Mike McCurry’s Daily Beast post extolling the virtues of the Democrats’ allegedly new-found religion. Silk — whose blog, by the way, is insightful and […]
Sarah Posner
Sarah Posner’s coverage of religion and politics has appeared in The Washington Post, The New York Times, Rolling Stone, The Week, and many others.
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RICK WARREN TO DELIVER INVOCATION AT OBAMA INAUGURATION.
As I was in the middle of writing a different post about the pitfalls of the Democrats’ religious outreach, the news comes from People for the American Way’s Right Wing Watch that Rick Warren, who just this week equated gay marriage with polygamy and incest, and who thinks that Christians who work for social justice […]
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The FundamentaList (No. 61)
Democrats’ love of evangelicals, Rick Warren’s never-ending quest to discern Purpose-Driven Thinking, and conservatives on Twitter.
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The Truth About Abortion Reduction
A coalition of evangelicals and Catholics is trying to lay claim to Obama’s reproductive-freedom agenda. Here’s how the debate is likely to play out in 2009.
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RICK WARREN DOTH PROTEST TOO MUCH: I’M NOT A HOMOPHOBE.
“They can’t accuse me of homophobia,” says Rick Warren, the celebrity preacher and icon of the “new” or “broader agenda” evangelicals, in a new interview with Beliefnet editor Steven Waldman. Pastor Rick protests that he’s not a homophobe because he’s given money to people with AIDS. He has gay friends and has even eaten dinner […]
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NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF EVANGELICALS OFFICIAL FORCED OUT FOR ENDORSING CIVIL UNIONS.
The National Association of Evangelicals has forced out its long-time vice-president for governmental affairs, Richard Cizik, for comments he made last week on the NPR program “Fresh Air” endorsing civil unions. The NAE yesterday issued a statement that Cizik’s 28-year tenure had come to an end because, according to a letter NAE president Leith Anderson […]
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The FundamentaList (No. 60)
Blackwell runs for RNC chair, liberals propose revamped faith-based initiatives, and Newsweek argues that the Bible condones gay marriage.
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The FundamentaList (No. 59)
Obama’s support for LBGT rights angers conservatives, Latino evangelicals mobilize against gay marriage, and Palin boosters plot 2012 campaign.
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The FundamentaList Thanksgiving Special
A look back at the most important developments in the religious right over the past year.
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RNC CHAIR RACE GETS DIRTY.
As Dana noted yesterday, there’s an e-mail circulating in religious right circles, slamming Michael Steele, the former lieutenant governor of Maryland who’s running for chair of the Republican National Committee. Steele’s offense: an insufficiently anti-Roe stance during a 2006 interview with the late Tim Russert on Meet the Press. His allies have come to his […]
