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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 PosnerJanuary 22, 2015

Republicans Face Showdown With Religious Right Over Dropped Abortion Bill

By Sarah Posner

House Republicans last night withdrew the Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, which would ban…

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OMFG, RD Blog, Sarah PosnerJanuary 21, 2015

Santorum and Huckabee Question Authority

By Sarah Posner

One hears a great deal about conservative Christians — especially the ones running for the highest…

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OMFG, RD Blog, Sarah Posner, UncategorizedJanuary 19, 2015

Why Republican Reaction to Marriage Equality Will Be More Like School Prayer Than Abortion

By Sarah Posner

What will Republicans say about marriage equality should the Supreme Court, as many observers expect, hold…

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Politics/Law, RD Blog, Sarah Posner, Sexuality/GenderJanuary 12, 2015

The New Ground Zero on LGBT Rights and Religion

By Sarah Posner

Houston. Atlanta. Big southern cities with liberal mayors facing a backlash from conservatives, claiming actions…

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Archive, Sarah Posner, StoriesJanuary 6, 2015

Don’t Write Obit for Liberal Zionism Just Yet: A Conversation With Israeli MK Merav Michaeli

By Sarah Posner

Merav Michaeli, the Israeli journalist-turned-politician now serving in the Knesset as a member of the…

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OMFG, RD Blog, Sarah PosnerDecember 19, 2014

Wherein An Elected Official Gets His Holiday Miracles Mixed Up

By Sarah Posner

Here’s a heartwarming holiday story from Springfield, Massachusetts, where city councilor Bud Williams said at a…

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OMFG, RD Blog, Sarah PosnerDecember 16, 2014

Christians More Supportive of Torture than Non-Religious Americans

By Sarah Posner

A new Washington Post/ABC News poll finds that Americans, by a 59-31% margin, believe that CIA…

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OMFG, RD Blog, Sarah PosnerDecember 15, 2014

International Religious Freedom Battles Heat Up

By Sarah Posner

On Friday, the Senate voted to confirm Rabbi David Saperstein to the post of Ambassador-at-Large…

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OMFG, RD Blog, Sarah Posner, UncategorizedDecember 9, 2014

Republicans To Get Free “Spiritual, Historical” Trips to Israel

By Sarah Posner

Remember a few weeks ago I wrote that Israel will be a 2016 litmus test…

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OMFG, RD Blog, Sarah PosnerDecember 4, 2014

In Wake of Eric Garner Case, Southern Baptist Leader Rips Racism in the Church

By Sarah Posner

After the failure yesterday of a grand jury to indict the New York police officer who…

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