Expected to drop out of the race later today in his native Kansas, Sam Brownback came to the Values Voters Summit this morning to give not a stump speech but a call to action. Without a mention of his expected withdrawal — or the presidential race at all — Brownback was a striking counterpoint to […]
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The FundamentaList (No. 5)
“Values Voters” flirt with Romney, Third Way debunks the myth of the “evangelical monolith,” and Ann Coulter’s remarks create some strange bedfellows.
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The FundamentaList (No. 4)
Dobson courts Pentecostals, scandal rocks Oral Roberts University, a Christian men’s organization tries to regroup, and does shalom mean peace to Christian Zionists?
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The FundamentaList (No. 3)
Will the Christian right name its own third-party candidate? Reaching out to Jews who missed Jesus, and a Christian stance on global warming.
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The FundamentaList (No. 2)
Pressure mounts to rally ’round a GOP candidate (but which one?), Christians atone with cash on Yom Kippur, and how the White House has angered some of its faith-based grant recipients.
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The FundamentaList (No. 1)
The quest for Dobson’s endorsement, the Values Voter Debate, Bible codes about 9-11, Santorum’s prep for war with Iran, and televangelist domestic violence.
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Christian Legal Group Represents Missouri in Abortion Case
Gov. Matt Blunt’s office contracted with a Christian organization to defend the state in a lawsuit filed by Planned Parenthood over newly enacted regulations targeting abortion clinics.
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The Christian Right’s New Man
No one is happier with the results of the Iowa Straw Poll than charismatic evangelical Christians, who recently declared former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee “one of our own.”
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Court’s Ruling Won’t Limit Christian Hate Speech
The Christian Right is concerned that yesterday’s Supreme Court decision on student speech will restrict high-schoolers’ ability to spread anti-gay messages. But they’ve got nothing to worry about.
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The Future of Anti-Gay Activism
The Christian Right is recruiting black pastors to make the case that equating gay rights with civil rights is an affront to African Americans.
