“The War is Raging for the Heart and Soul of America”: The Values Voter Identity
From God as “head coach” to the only way to be a Christian. Conservative.
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Palin: Qualified to be VEEP, but not REV
Sarah Palin, who has supposedly solidified the conservative Christian base for John McCain, would not qualify for leadership within the church…
Read MoreMore Sex Icon than Feminist
McCain’s choice of Palin was really meant to offer voters a more traditional womanly appeal: part Angel in the House, part sex icon….
Read More“Faith! Family! Freedom!”
Values Voter Summit 2008 launches with the same goals as the past 30 years of conservative Christian politics…
Read MoreMini-Review of A Jihad for Love
A new documentary about the lives of gay muslims avoids the easy route and explores the reconciliation of faith and sexuality…
Read MoreOver Objections of Catholic Church, Mexico City Upholds Abortion Law
How can largely Catholic countries manage to pass legislation despite the cries of the institutional Church while Catholic-minority nations like the US often hew close to the Church line?
Read MoreThe Message of the RNC: Who Is Thy Enemy?
A humble patriot understands that the first task toward self-preservation is critical self-examination, while unhealthy patriotism retreats into the “us against them“ stance…
Read MoreA Theology Lived: Loss of HIV/AIDS Advocate Sister Paula Brettkelly
Surrounded by those she had been taught to “despise,” she began to question these prejudices that had been instilled through the institutional Church and seek out the human rights model laid out in the Gospel….
Read MoreDon’t Ask, Don’t Ask: Women Seeking to Become Catholic Army Chaplains
As in the case of gay Arabic translators, the US military debilitates itself by refusing qualified candidates…
Read MoreFather Roy Bourgeois: Connecting Political Violence with Vatican Discrimination
Father Bourgeois has frequently articulated the notion that violence—whether physical, emotional, spiritual, economic, or structural—is always “wrong and immoral.”
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