Arkansas Governor Admits RFRA Bill Is Not Like Federal Version
In a press conference this morning, Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson, a Republican, said he would…
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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.
Jeb Bush Is Confused About Religious Freedom
Jeb Bush is defending Indiana Governor Mike Pence’s faulty defense of his state’s recently enacted…
Read MoreHow Indiana’s New RFRA Expands the Federal RFRA
Over the weekend, Indiana’s Republican Governor, Mike Pence, insisted that the new Religious Freedom Restoration…
Read MoreReligious Exemptions and the New Non-Culture Wars
I’ve been writing over the past couple of weeks about a split between Republican evangelicals (and,…
Read MoreThe Battle for the Evangelical Vote
In a new profile of supposed evangelical kingmaker David Lane, the New York Times’ Jason…
Read MoreEvangelicals Want Immigration Reform. Why Won’t Republicans Listen?
Lifeway Research, which conducts surveys on evangelical attitudes on a variety of issues, released a new…
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Evangelicals Looking for Walker to “Do Nothing” in 2016 Election
When speaking to religious audiences, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker likes to remind people that he…
Read MoreNetanyahu’s (Republican) Esther Moment
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is using the upcoming Purim holiday to justify the need…
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Why Republicans Don’t Think Obama Is Christian
Alex Theodoridis, a political scientist at the University of California, Merced, conducted a survey last fall…
Read MoreRand Paul, Religious Skeptic?
Rand Paul appeared on the Daystar television network earlier this week, sitting for an interview…
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