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A Double Standard
for White Preachers?

Why do we excoriate Wright but let his right-wing counterparts slide?

Washington Post Washington Post May 2, 08 2:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - While Jeremiah Wright is hammered from all sides for his left-wing rhetoric, Washington Post writer EJ Dionne Jr. wonders why the same degree of backlash fails to surface over extreme statements from right-wing white preachers. Among many examples: Pat Robertson and the late Jerry Falwell famously linked feminists and gays to the 9/11 attacks, but prominent Republicans such as John McCain still vied for their backing. More »

Greenies Find God Might Be the Answer

Eco lobby partners
with the pulpit to get through to Congress

Politico Politico Apr 15, 08 11:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - How much carbon would Jesus use? Not much, say the religious communities now teaming with environmentalists to lobby Capitol Hill. As a carbon-capping bill approaches the Senate, eco-advocates hope that church partnerships will re-frame the debate, and religious leaders rail against the desecration of divine creation and the suffering of the poor coping with energy costs and food shortages. More »

More about:  Congress • religion • environmentalism • carbon emissions • Vatican • Al Sharpton • Pat Robertson


 Gore Launches
 $300M Climate
 Campaign 

Celebrity 'odd couples' come together to raise global warming awareness

CBS CBS Mar 31, 08 6:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - Al Gore is putting his money where his Inconvenient Truth is and pairing celebrity odd couples to push his global warming message in a $300-million ad campaign that launches Wednesday, reports CBS. "Nancy Pelosi and Newt Gingrich, two people who don't agree on very much at all," Gore says, will be among unlikely pairings who come together over climate change. More »

Young Evangelicals Shifting Left

Many are dropping hot-button issues to take on media and Internet porn

ABC News ABC News Feb 11, 08 5:55 PM CST
(Newser) - Young evangelicals are dropping hot-button GOP issues like abortion and gay marriage to embrace less controversial causes, a new survey says. Internet porn, liberal media, and AIDS orphans now top their political hot list, and many young evangelicals who still rank abortion as number one also pick Barack Obama—a pro-choice candidate—for president. More »

More about:  Barack Obama • climate change • abortion • evangelicals • James Dobson • Rick Warren • Pat Robertson • Pew Research Center

Pat's Nod Gives License to Pull Rudy Lever

But press overstates endorsement power, Salon scribe says

Salon Salon Nov 8, 07 1:30 PM CST
(Newser) - Pat Robertson’s endorsement will undoubtedly help Rudy Giuliani snag conservative votes, but the televangelist's nod can only do so much to help the pro-choice divorcé, writes Salon ’s Walter Shapiro—and Rudy may be satisfied with that. The aging evangelical has granted permission for those already attracted to Rudy to set aside abortion or gay-rights doubts and vote Giuliani. More »

More about:  Rudy Giuliani • gay rights • endorsement • Al Gore • Howard Dean • abortion rights • Antonin Scalia • Pat Robertson • televangelist

Robertson Backs Rudy; Brownback, McCain

Mitt's the loser as religious right lines up

Politico Politico Nov 7, 07 10:20 AM CST
(Newser) - Two Christian leaders took sides in the GOP primary today: Pat Robertson chose Rudy Giuliani and Sam Brownback went for John McCain. The far-right electorate has been generally despondent about its primary choices, and the endorsements are seen as major coups for socially liberal Giuliani and down-but-not-out McCain, Politico reports. More »

ACLU's Alter Ego Invites God
Into Courtroom

Center scores wins for religious right with free speech arguments

Chicago Tribune Chicago Tribune Sep 5, 07 6:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - A legal center that champions the Christian right is scoring victories and becoming “a very, very significant player in constitutional law,” one analyst says. The American Center for Law and Justice has made waves in the legal world by defending prayer at high school football games and supporting a pharmacist who doesn’t want to sell the morning-after pill, the Chicago Tribune reports. More »

More about:  religion • religious right • John Roberts • ACLU • Pat Robertson • Plan B • Christian right

Blogger Claims Thompson Must Declare

Prolonged 'testing the water' status may violate election laws

ABC News ABC News Aug 21, 07 1:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - Fred Thompson’s continued undeclared status—even while headlining GOP dinners and glad-handing at the Iowa state fair—is beginning to raise hackles. Federal election law says non-candidates can't spend more than $5,000 on campaign activities; liberal blogger Lane Hudson has filed a complaint that charges the former senator is over the limit. More »

More about:  Election 2008 • Fred Thompson • presidential primaries • IRS • Pat Robertson • FEC • candidacy

Rudy Woos Religious Right

But doesn't mention gays, intelligent design or the "A" word

Salon Salon Jun 27, 07 5:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - White House hopeful Rudy Giuliani managed to made a campaign stop at one of the evangelical capitals of America without once mentioning  abortion, same sex marriage or intelligent design, Salon reports. Giuliani, who appeared at Pat Robertson's Regent University, is struggling to win the votes of social conservatives without flip-flopping on hot-button issues they disagree on.  More »

Bible Belt Brings Fight to Europe

Evangelicals attack stem cells, gays, truancy laws on the continent

Christian Science Monitor Christian Science Monitor Apr 17, 07 11:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - American evangelicals have opened a new front in the culture wars—across the Atlantic. Christian groups, including Pat Robertson's legal organization, the American Center for Law and Justice, are actively challenging German laws against home schooling, defending Britons who refuse to work on Sunday, and combating same-sex marriage and stem cell research across the continent. More »

More about:  religion • Europe • Christianity • stem cells • culture wars • Pat Robertson • evangelism • home schooling

Regent Grads Score Big On Bush Team

Christian law school
has direct route into Justice Department

Boston Globe Boston Globe Apr 10, 07 7:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Regent University, the evangelical college founded by Pat Robertson that  graduated disgraced Gonzales aide Monica Goodling, has quietly become a huge source of like-minded talent for the Bush administration: Despite its marginal academic credentials, 150 Regent University alumni have been placed in federal positions since 2001. More »

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