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

By Anthea Butler

…t got the ball rolling. Clearly in need of a conservative Christian on the ticket, and not being the favorite of evangelicals like James Dobson for his previous stances on social issues, McCain decided to tack toward Pentecostals, gaining endorsements from John Hagee and Rod Parsley. Those short-lived fiascoes left him in search of endorsements from prominent Christians. What Game Change did not show was how Richard Land and others had promoted Pa…

Sarah Palin: Obama Wants to Make White People Slaves

By Anthea Butler

…candidate and the trouble that ensued from bringing her on the Republican Ticket. Palin has been in full-tilt mode, bringing out her supporters to condemn the movie, in an attempt to deflect the depiction of her performance as a troubled, unstable VP candidate. Palin’s obsession with President Obama’s vetting as a candidate only serves to put the spotlight back on how unprepared Palin was not only as a candidate, but to take the office of vice pr…

This Veterans Day, the Centennial of the Unknown Soldier, Skip the Platitudes and Talk to a Veteran

By Sara Jaye Hart

…one too soon. The armistice itself went into effect on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month. The symbolism was lost on no one. By that point, more than 20 million people had died in a war whose most coherent and compelling explanation remains the tragically spiraling momentum of turn-of-the-century industrial technology and nationalistic blundering after power. That it was over was cause for celebration. That celebration has never been…

Romney Goes to Bat Against Reid in Nevada

By Joanna Brooks

…loyment, and bankruptcy in the nation. Over the last two decades, more than 1.4 million people moved to Nevada in search of cheap housing and boom-time fueled hospitality, tourism, and construction jobs, more than doubling the state’s population. Now, those speculation-and-spending fueled good times are gone. That volatility does not treat mild-mannered Mormon politicians well: be they Reids, or Romneys. Just last week, Jan Shipps, a longtime scho…

Lying About Our Religion, And Other Problems With Polling

By Michael Schulson

…dy in the wake of Jimmy Carter’s nomination to the Democratic presidential ticket in 1976. After Carter described himself as an evangelical, polling firms rushed to map the extent and influence of this group. In doing so, they actually helped define it (and possibly overinflate it). Evangelical leaders trying to help build political muscle for their flocks—especially Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson—encouraged these efforts, cited the polls, and at…

Op-Ed: The Other: Dimensions of Resistance to Obama’s Candidacy

By Michael L. Hays

…is relatively young, but a few years older than Kennedy was when he ran in 1960. Second, a disproportionate number of racist voters are older ones, for whom change is not something likely to appeal, especially since they are settled, however marginally and morosely, in once stable but now deteriorating neighborhoods into which blacks or other minorities are moving and from which so many of their children are departing, physically and often politi…

Don’t Be Fooled By Trump’s Acceptance of Marriage Equality: Here’s What to Expect

By Sunnivie Brydum

…gelicals, Mormons, and Catholics to the polls in support of the Republican ticket at percentages the GOP hasn’t seen in years. Combined with vice-president-elect Mike Pence’s proud history of support for anti-LGBT, anti-women “religious freedom” legislation, it’s clear the incoming administration owes a debt to white religiously conservative America. Anyone unwilling to see that and brace for the ways that debt will be repaid is living under a roc…

Sacred&Profane: From Bono to the Jedi Police—Who Needs God?

By Gary Laderman

…g streets as their home.” The BBC reports the rather astronomical-sounding numbers* from a recent census of England and Wales indicating that 390,000 identify themselves with the Jedi religion, and nearly 14,000 who claim allegiance to the Jedi Force in Wales. But even more tellingly, we learn that the Office of National Statistics there does not recognize the religion separately, so followers were bunched under the “atheist” category (which is, a…

Replacing Godless Hollywood with Bible-Based “Cultural Dominion”

By Julie Ingersoll

…Congressman Tom Tancredo is running for governor on the Constitution Party ticket, endorsed by conservative blogger and CNN contributor Erick Erickson. Tea party groups are learning about the “biblical basis” of the Constitution from the Constitution Party-related Institute on the Constitution. The younger Phillips travels the country, to conventions and conferences sponsored by Vision Forum and its Reconstructionist allies, and is a renowned spea…

Rick Warren Gives Pre-Inauguration Sermon at Ebenezer Baptist Church

By Michael A. Elliott

…an won’t return my calls, and my teaching assistant refused to give me her ticket to the inaugural ball. So I had to opt for the local version of the culture wars by catching Warren’s appearance here in Atlanta. Luckily, I was able to inveigle noted historian and blogger Ralph Luker into joining me. As we steered through light holiday traffic, Luker and I talked about the tumultuous history of the King children, who are currently in a legal fight…