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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

Politics/Law, Sexuality/GenderDecember 11, 2009

Rick Warren Urges Ugandan Pastors to Speak Out Against Proposed Anti-Gay Law

By Sarah Posner

Following lead of others, Warren finally issues a statement.

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Politics/LawDecember 11, 2009

Addressing Homophobic Rhetoric, and Not Just the Anti-Gay Initiatives in Africa

By Sarah Posner

Warren condemns the punishment but not inflammatory rhetoric.

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Politics/Law, Sexuality/GenderDecember 7, 2009

Will A Methodist Hold Up Health Care for the Catholic Bishops?

By Sarah Posner

Ben Nelson says he won’t vote to end debate on a Senate health care bill without his Stupak anti-abortion amendment.

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Politics/LawDecember 3, 2009

The Fretting About Whether Democrats Are “Friendly” To Religion

By Sarah Posner

Instead of worrying about making friends, pols should focus on greater transparency and separation of church and state.

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Politics/Law, Sexuality/GenderDecember 3, 2009

Stopping Stupak: No More Playing Nice?

By Sarah Posner

At Capitol Hill rally, pro-choice Democrats talk women’s rights, not common ground.

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Politics/Law, Sexuality/GenderNovember 30, 2009

The Myth of the “Bipartisan Pro-Life Majority”

By Sarah Posner

A new kind of church-state incursion.

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Christian Nationalism, Politics/Law, Sex/Gender/Justice, Sexuality/GenderNovember 23, 2009

Manhattan Declaration Is The New Old Culture War

By Sarah Posner

The not-so-new ecumenism of the religious right: stoking fears of secularism as the new Nazism.

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Politics/Law, Sexuality/GenderNovember 20, 2009

Abortion Still Issue in Senate Health Care Reform Bill

By Sarah Posner

With reconciliation off the table, can abortion be a way conservative Dems block the bill?

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Politics/Law, Sexuality/GenderNovember 19, 2009

Rick Warren and Homophobia in Africa

By Sarah Posner

Controversial Ugandan pastor doesn’t understand why ties were severed.

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Politics/Law, Sexuality/GenderNovember 19, 2009

Senate Health Care Bill Satisfies Pro-Choice Legislators on Abortion

By Sarah Posner

But will the anti-choice Democrats Stupak-ify it?

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