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Gingrich Claims Obama Violates Catholics’ Right to Worship

By Sarah Posner

…at to President Obama’s “anti-religious bias.” At Catholic churches across Florida, Gingrich said, a letter from the Bishops was read, “pointing out that the Obama administration last week in effect waged war against the Catholic Church and against every religious institution which is not in favor of abortion.” Gingrich was referring to the Department of Health and Human Services rule that requires employers who provide health insurance to their e…

Oil Spill Blues: Prayer, Science, and Grassroots Activism

By Lauri Lebo

…aid out at their doorsteps. In a tour of the Gulf region from Louisiana to Florida, he was shocked and frustrated by what he saw as a passivity in people. All along the coast, they seemed less interested in fighting and more interested in getting in one last fishing excursion or trip to the beach. Or one more chance to dance together. He spoke with Dardar and other tribal leaders about trying to convince people to present a united community workin…

Seeking Jobs, Beach Clean Up Workers Come From All Walks of Life

By Lauri Lebo

…rn, as they say, “hard-core Christians.” Jones was raised as a Nazarene in Florida and used to witness to people on the beach. Kumrits was born in Paraguay to missionary parents and once believed that if you weren’t washed in the blood of Christ, you were going to hell. The two 28-year-olds talk about who they once were like it was a long time and a different life, even though it was only two years ago. I met Kumrits and Jones at Orange Beach, Ala…

Tea Party Bullies on Homosexuality: “No Punishment Too Severe?”

By Julie Ingersoll

…mong others) Sharron Angle of Nevada, Ken Buck of Colorado, Marco Rubio of Florida, Mike Lee of Utah, Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania, Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, Rand Paul of Kentucky, Joe Miller of Alaska, and Christine O’Donnell of Delaware. You can bet that no matter how the numbers finally shake out in next month’s election, Barton and DeMint, and their views on “Judeo-Christian heritage” and “biblical law,” will continue to have allies in high plac…

WikiLeaks Strikes the Vatican, a Camel in the Pews, and Luke Skywalker Tolerance

By Michael J. Altman

…na College. She worked in the school’s finance office. In West Palm Beach, Florida, a camel fell into pews full of spectators during a church nativity play. No people or animals were injured, though the camel will not be part of the Christmas pageant when it opens this weekend. A donkey and sheep will still take part. Elsewhere in Florida, a dispute in Boca Raton is raising questions about whether or not a menorah is a religious symbol. But the Lo…

5 Key Moments From the Year of the ‘Exvangelicals’

By Chrissy Stroop

…ojects, Prospects—that took place at St. Petersburg College in Clearwater, Florida, on September 8. The panelists were introduced by Blake Chastain, who also recorded the event and released the audio later as a special episode of his podcast, Exvangelical. At the event, journalism professor David Wheeler talked about his experiences studying in, and teaching at, an evangelical college; Kathryn Brightbill talked about her Christian Right homeschool…

Your Hatred Will Make Me Famous

By Joseph Laycock

…in 2004 and 2008. He has also run for congress in New Jersey, Indiana, and Florida as well as governor of Minnesota in 2006. Although Sharkey ran as a Republican in 2000 and 2002, in 2005 he acquired his public persona as “The Impaler” and created the Vampyres, Witches, and Pagans party. Claiming to be a descendent of Romanian monarch Vlad “Dracula” Tepes, in 2008 Sharkey promised public execution by impalement for terrorists and child molesters,…

How End-of-Life Issues Are Being Used to Thwart Health Care Reform

By Ann Neumann

…st part they were unfettered by the Bush administration. In fall 2004, the Florida Supreme Court ruled unconstitutional Terri’s Law, a hastily signed and highly publicized law designed to keep Terri Schiavo, a patient in persistent vegetative state for 14 years, on artificial sustenance against the wishes of her husband. The next year, in the midst of a media storm, the US Supreme Court refused to hear the Schiavo case, allowing for the removal of…

White Christian Nostalgia Strikes Back

By Daniel Schultz

…u look down at the bottom, in the strip of Sun Belt states from Arizona to Florida, you’ll notice that many of them are much lighter than their northern counterparts. In the lightest of them—Arizona, New Mexico, Texas(!), and Florida—Democrats did much better than anticipated this year. That’s of course due to the rising presence of black and Hispanic voters in those states. But those same voters are significantly more religious than their white c…

Exit Polls on Religion

By Sarah Posner

…me time off. Some interesting details, though, out of Virginia, Ohio, and Florida: Florida: 70% of white Jews, who comprised 5% of the electorate, voted for Obama. Another data point had all Jews, also 5% of the electorate, going for Obama over Romney 66-31%. 24% of the respondents were white evangelicals, and 78% of them voted for Romney. Romney is winning Catholics, 52-48%, but 62-38% among white Catholics. Ohio: In Ohio, exit pollsters did ask…