Worse Than Madoff: Amway Launches Domestic Revival
The company whose founders helped finance the modern conservative movement is returning home to celebrate its fiftieth anniversary.
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Gays in Great Danger in Iraq
After months of silence, the US State Department finally condemns the murders of 24 young men who were gay, or perceived to be gay.
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Eternal Culture War: Pat Buchanan on Notre Dame and Sotomayor
The original culture warrior has softened his rhetoric, but the message, aired all day long on various networks (it seems) is no less divisive than in the heady days of the early ’90s.
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Virtual Islam: Peace, Love, and Some Understanding?
After spending a year exploring life in digital Islamic communities, a new project finds that people are building new narratives to find ways to coexist; their report even includes a policy recommendation for the Obama administration’s diplomacy efforts in the Middle East.
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Religious Right Targets Obama Picks, Daschle and Holder
Plus: Bill Maher’s “Christian Bashing”; African-American support for Prop. 8 exaggerated; Trouble in Narnialand and Worst anti-Gay voices
Read MoreReligious Right to Newsweek: ‘Woe to [You] for Even Printing This’
RD News Round-Up—December 15, 2008: Bush’s Faith-Based Initiative after 8 years; ‘War on Christmas’ mash-up; Religious Right layoffs and cutbacks, ‘Prop. 8—The Musical,’ Prop. 8 Gear, and the first Vietnamese American elected to Congress.
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Death Penalty, Debated (Dedicated to the Memory of Sarah Horowitz)
The tension between an anti-death penalty activist and her conservative father, author David Horowitz, echoes the nation’s tension.
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Amway, Religious Right Pyramid Scheme, Returns to the Motherland
“Emerald”-level member uncovered fraud and deception before being kicked out; Charles Colson and “Redemption”; Americans United’s Top Ten Church-State stories; and more.
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Purpose-Driven Empire
RD News Round-Up—December 2, 2008. Rick Warren and Reader’s Digest’s multimedia platform; Faith-based orgs and Katrina; Churches for sale; Breakaway Episcopalians; and Bob Jones U. apologizes for racism; and Ted Haggard returns.
Read MoreProposition 8—the Rematch?
RD News Round-Up—December 8, 2008: Proposition 8—The Rematch; California Supreme Court Justice in Religious Right’s Crosshairs; American Family Association’s 40th Birthday; and “The Last Languages Campaign,” Breakaway Episcopalians, and “Counterfeit Pro-Lifer[s].”
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