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Sarah Palin Favorites “Jesus Against Obama” Church Sign

By Lauri Lebo

…BlackBerry to even see if such a function was possible. I was traveling to Alaska that day…it was an obvious accidental ‘favoriting,’ but no one can mistake that Ann Coulter was obviously being tongue in cheek with that Tweet. Shall I correct this with whichever wonderful media outlet ran with this (an obviously bored reporter…since there must be nothing going on in the world today, like, um, ramifications of a shake up of power in the U.S. House…

Mike Huckabee’s Fox News Problem

By Sarah Posner

…, the ability, the fortitude, everything that you need.” All three women extolled what they described as Huckabee’s connection with ordinary people. Walker contrasted him to Fox personalities Hannity and Bill O’Reilly, saying, “People won’t come near them because they have this very offensive attitude. They’re ‘like you’re the enemy, we’re against you.’ That’s not Huckabee.” Lewis, in a mock-snob voice, added the “fraternity members” of the nation…

His Own Received Him Not: Jimmy Carter, First Evangelical President

By Randall Balmer

…that book, with a new chapter (Latino evangelicals) and an afterword that provides an update on many of the people and the places I wrote about in the previous editions. Beyond that, I plan to do a film project on Russian Orthodoxy in Alaska, a collaboration with my son, who just completed his M.F.A. at Columbia University. I’m also collaborating on a biography with my wife, Catharine Randall, of a fascinating woman who lived in Ontario at the tur…

Crisis in Philly: Trial Date Nears for Priests Indicted in Sex Abuse Scandal

By Anthea Butler

…of Jesuits had just agreed to pay out 166 million to Native Americans and Alaska Natives abused at boarding schools and fishing villages, and to write a letter of apology to those abused. Perhaps that news also played a role in reiterating the Charter’s statement. Protesting for Lent Last year, I was disgusted with the church. This year, I remain disgusted, but I am also resolved to write all that I can about this case, in the service of putting…

HBO’s Game Change Hits, But Sarah Palin Pic Misses Religion

By Anthea Butler

…her thinking. It’s why, even now, when cornered by CNN while voting in the Alaska caucus and asked whether she would throw her name into the ring if the 2012 Republican convention were contested, she responded with the words: “anything is possible.” For those with ears to hear, they would hear the prayers of a woman who is relying on the prophecies about her to carry her forward into the position she still believes is hers: President of the United…

Graham Whistles “Dixie” on Morning Joe

By Anthea Butler

…siderable salary from, and he owns properties on the Soldotna Peninsula in Alaska. Franklin also flew Sarah Palin around for her 2009 book tour, and regularly has the tail numbers of his planes blocked at Flightware.com. What does he have to hide? Franklin Graham’s appearances are coordinated to help out whichever Republican conservative candidate he perceives to be on top at any given time. Like his father, he wants to be the prayer partner of Pr…

Every Republican Candidate Should Have to Address Gay Rights Face-to-Face

By Joanna Brooks

…rs to contribute to anti-marriage equality efforts across the nation, from Alaska and Hawaii to Maine. But after watching the video of Vietnam veteran Bob Garon (who is gay and married) having a direct conversation with Romney about gay rights in a New Hampshire diner, I want to see every single Republican candidate sit down with Garon and answer his question face-to-face: “You do not feel that everyone is entitled to their Constitutional rights?”…

Church’s Lawyers Have SNAP in Their Sights

By Kathryn Joyce

…ardless of the motives or possible outcomes, is on its face a violation of freedom of speech, freedom of association and freedom of privacy. In the Times piece, SNAP was characterized as a key target for the Church. We are pro-child, anti-abuse, anti-cover-up and pro-prevention. We have in our membership rabid atheists and daily Mass goers. We take no position on any organization, philosophy, denomination or spiritual beliefs, and we never will, b…

Facebook: Internet Highway to Hell

By Anthea Butler

…ster Willow to ride on a friend who had the chutzpah to say “Sarah Palin’s Alaska is failing so hard right now.” Willow’s response was to call the poster a gay slur, and Bristol jumping in the fray to respondL “you’re just running your mouth to talk sh•t.” I give the Palin girls credit: the apples didn’t fall from the tree. They attack just like their mother. I wonder what the sisters would do to do to the man who shot his television set because h…

RD News Round-Up—September 22, 2008

By Bill Berkowitz

…at de-homosexualizing gay people—had a conference scheduled for Anchorage, Alaska for the weekend of September 13, which was being promoted by Wasilla Bible Church, the home church of Gov. Sarah Palin, the GOP’s nominee vice presidential nominee. According to piece by Wayne Beson, the executive director of Truth Wins Out, that appeared in the Falls Church News-Press Online, Wasilla Bible Church “was caught promoting” the LWO conference through a B…