Forget the “God Gap,” the “Union Gap” is Bad News for Republicans
Wisconsin energizes Dems’ base.
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More Americans Support than Oppose Same-Sex Marriage for First Time
Analysis of General Social Survey data shows dramatic shift in 2010.
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Shocker: Tea Partiers More Evangelical, Socially Conservative
New Pew survey adds more data to the Tea Party religion.
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What Do We Mean By ‘Judeo-Christian’?
With the swing to the Right of the 1950s, conservatives began to deploy “Judeo-Christian” in the fight against “Godless Communism,” contrasting it with “the communist projection of man as a producing, consuming animal to be used and discarded.”
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Gay Rights Activists Condemn “Spiritual War” in Uganda
Ugandan gay rights activists believe the police and government officials are using the brutal murder of gay rights activist David Kato as an excuse to again whip up support for an anti-homosexuality bill (so severe that it dictates imprisonment, and even execution for the ‘crime’ of homosexuality) still pending in Parliament. “Shortly after we buried David, Bahati (the sponsor of the anti-homosexuality bill) issued a statement saying, ‘This is the gay violence we have been talking about,’” Kaggwa said in an interview with Religion Dispatches. “There is a correlation there between this very convenient confession by this guy and this statement.”
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David Kato was one of 100 homosexuals whose name, address, and photo had been published in a Ugandan paper urging readers to kill them.
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Taking the Christ Back Out of Christmas: Secularizing the Season
Despite the efforts of those eager to see a “War on Christmas” at every turn the origins of this season’s traditions are no more Christian than those of Easter eggs or the Easter bunny. This was a time of goodwill and generosity long before anyone heard of a baby born in a stable.
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Palin Talks Israel in Anticipation of 2012
What’s the importance of the status of Jerusalem for the Alaskan contender?
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Evangelical Islamophobia as American as Apple Pie
According to one author there is something unique about American antipathy to Islam that differs substantially from earlier campaigns against Catholics, Jews and other religious minorities.
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