Republican Candidates Face Mythical Gays
There was a time when politicians could get away with bashing gay people because they were invisible. That time appears to have passed.
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Romney Wins Iowa by 8 Votes
But lacks the religious fervor to connect with 75% of GOP.
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Beyond Alarmism and Denial in the Dominionism Debate
The New Apostolic Reformation has been in the news a great deal since Rick Perry first announced his prayer rally, The Response. Sarah Posner has an investigative journalist’s view of this movement, its place in religious movements of the 20th and 21st centuries, and in politics. Here she is in conversation with Anthea Butler, a scholar of American religious history.
Blankets, Booties, and Jesus: Spiritual War on the Uterus in Rick Perry’s Texas
Where Bush would sign something because anti-choice was his base, Perry actively instigates. A report from the frontlines of the kinder, gentler scorched-earth campaign against abortion and birth control in Texas.
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In 2012 Bishops Join Fight to Repackage Discrimination as ‘Religious Freedom’
At the end of 2011, in a sign of what’s to come, the U.S. Bishops warned the Obama administration to amend a regulation on contraception in its health care legislation or stand accused of religious discrimination.
Read MoreDoonesbury Cartoons Cause Controversy, But for Wrong Reasons
Ultrasound is not rape.
Read MoreGOP, Gingrich, Perry Team Up to put Satirists Out of Work
Are South Carolinians really going to rally behind the swinging Gingrich?
Read MoreReligious Right Elites Still Looking for a Candidate
Trying to find the anti-Romney.
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Lesson from Iowa: Be Careful What You Pray For
Santorum banking on the Duggars.
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Did You Just Hear Western Civilization Collapse?
No, all is well.
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