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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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The FundamentaList (No. 9)
The curse of Pat Robertson, Huckabee’s quiet meetings with influential local pastors, and Thompson’s baffling NRLC endorsement.
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The FundamentaList (No. 8)
Republicans open investigation of televangelists, Huckabee gets anointed, evangelicals against a two-state solution, and the politics of prosperity preaching
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The FundamentaList (No. 7)
Halloween Edition! The very scary anti-gay movement, Huckabee spooks secular conservatives, and the undead evangelical Christian right.
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The FundamentaList (No. 6)
“Values voter” edition! The attendees co-opt the language of the civil rights movement, award Giuliani a few points for trying, and wonder if hot-shot endorsements really matter.
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I AM NOT GAY, BUT I HAVE BEEN GAY.
That from the lips of Randy Thomas of Exodus International, the group that purports to “convert” people from being gay, at the press conference today in opposition to the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), pending in Congress, that would add GLBT people as a protected class to federal employment discrimination laws. Other speakers included Bishop Harry […]
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WHERE WERE RON PAUL’S VAUNTED VOLUNTEERS?
You have to give it to Ron Paul. He didn’t try to dance around his position on the war, and stuck with his call to bring the troops home (to “protect our borders.”) That wasn’t selling with the FRC crowd, which has responded enthusiastically to other speakers’ calls for a victorious end to the war. […]
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NOT ONE INCH.
Duncan Hunter just roused the crowd with a pledge not to make Israel “give one inch” of land, just after endorsing a preemptive strike by the U.S. against Iran. People in the audience started waving Israeli flags. Perhaps they had followed Hunter here from the last Christians United for Israel Night to Honor Israel that […]
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LAW AND SNORER.
James Dobson is right about one thing: Fred Thompson can’t speak his way out of a paper bag on the campaign trail. This was Thompson’s grand opportunity to show this audience more than his Senate record, more than his affection for John Roberts or Tom Coburn, more than his dedication to the institution of marriage […]
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GIRLS GET DIRTY.
The world according to Reps. Marsha Blackburn and Jean Schmidt (panelists for “The ‘Right’ Women of the House”): Good: abstinence education. Bad: Gardisil. Good: Cord blood. Bad: Embryonic stem cell research. Good: Family Research Council. Bad: Emily’s List. Good: Us. Bad: Nancy Pelosi. Really. There’s not much more to it than that. —Sarah Posner
