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Sarah Posner

Sarah Posner, author of God’s Profits: Faith, Fraud, and the Republican Crusade for Values Voters, covers politics and religion. Her work has appeared in The Washington Post, The Guardian, The Atlantic, The American Prospect, The Nation, Salon, and other publications. Follow her on Twitter. RSS feed Email

OMFG, RD Blog, Sarah PosnerJune 25, 2014

Religious Freedom Not Harmed by Tenth Circuit Decision in Utah Marriage Case

By Sarah Posner

The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals today affirmed the decision of a federal district court…

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OMFG, RD Blog, Sarah PosnerJune 13, 2014

Religious Discrimination and the Violence Against Women Act

By Sarah Posner

A coalition of 90 religious, educational, health, women’s, LGBT, and civil rights groups this week called…

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OMFG, RD Blog, Sarah PosnerJune 12, 2014

Israel’s New President and Intolerant Judaism

By Sarah Posner

Israel’s new president, Likud’s Reuven Rivlin, elected by the Knesset on Tuesday, once called Reform Judaism “idol…

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OMFG, RD Blog, Sarah PosnerJune 11, 2014

So Much for “Judeo-Christian” Values

By Sarah Posner

The GOP has long touted its commitment to “Judeo-Christian values,” a meaningless term meant to…

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Media Analysis, OMFG, RD Blog, Sarah Posner, Sex/Gender/JusticeJune 10, 2014

The Washington Post’s Marriage Counselor

By Sarah Posner

Today the Washington Post published a piece by W. Bradford Wilcox and Robin Fretwell Wilson originally headlined, “One way to…

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OMFG, RD Blog, Sarah PosnerJune 6, 2014

An Evangelical Leader’s Lonely Fight to End an “Unholy Alliance” With the NRA

By Sarah Posner

The Rev. Rob Schenck, president of the Capitol Hill-based National Clergy Council, a religious right group…

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OMFG, Politics/Law, RD Blog, Sarah PosnerJune 5, 2014

Sheldon Adelson’s Long Game

By Sarah Posner

The Forward editorializes this morning on Politico reporter Ken Vogel’s new book with the clunky title,…

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OMFG, Politics/Law, RD Blog, Sarah PosnerJune 3, 2014

Jewish? Ready for Hillary?

By Sarah Posner

“Throughout her career, Hillary Clinton has fought for the issues that matter most to Jewish…

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RD Blog, Sarah PosnerMay 28, 2014

The Scary State of Religious Freedom in America

By Sarah Posner

An interview with the outgoing president of The Interfaith Alliance.

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Archive, Politics/Law, StoriesMay 20, 2014

In Tea Party Senate Candidate’s Dissertation, A Nostalgia for a Populist Christian Nation

By Sarah Posner

Ben Sasse, winner of last week’s Republican Senate primary in Nebraska and likely the next senator from that…

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