Layoffs on the Religious Right
RD News Round-Up: November 17, 2008: New surveys on the faith vote; Rev. Moon’s plans for the UN; Jews to Mormons: lay off the dead; plus Jill Stanek, Tom Minnery and Joel Hunter
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Don’t Blame Black Voters: The Obama Non-Effect
It has become common to blame the black community for the passage of California’s same-sex marriage ban. A look at the statistics and logic put the lie to this seductive and simplistic narrative.
Read MoreOp-Ed: The Other: Dimensions of Resistance to Obama’s Candidacy
Racism takes many forms, and the history of American racial prejudice is centuries-long. Is it naive to think that it does not play a role in the 2008 election?
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Obama Territory
For the congregation of a Baptist church in Brooklyn Obama’s candidacy inspires hope, but there is so much work to be done—a progressive urban agenda is at stake. Will the candidate remember this when he comes into his kingdom?
Read MoreDispatches from the Beltway: God-Gap Flip-Flop
A new survey reveals not only that church attenders and youth have swung back into Obama’s camp, but that he’s perceived as “friendlier” toward religion than McCain.
Read MoreRD News Round-Up—Oct.14, 2008
Connecticut legalizes gay marriage; Religious voters favor Obama; Blame the Jews for Wall Street; Gay marriage ‘worse than radical Islam,’; McCain to Gays: Thanks, but no thanks.
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Catholic Voters No Longer Beholden to Bishops and Abortion
Catholics have often been urged by their clergy to be single-issue voters when it comes to abortion. But the tide has turned, and this year a much broader social justice agenda is guiding these voters.
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Sarah Palin and the Clarence Thomas Factor
Feminism is not simply about getting women into positions of power, it is a commitment to change the world—and female anatomy does not a feminist make…
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Community Organizing and Symbolic Electioneering
McCain’s choice of Palin and her veiled suggestion that Obama’s faith-based work might not represent a correct interpretation of either politics or theology are symbolic messages aimed at a specific religious constituency…
Read More‘Faith’ in the Political Process
A Washington Post blogger on the campaign trail in South Carolina found this:
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