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NEWS ABOUT: Christian right

Christian right stories: 10 news summaries

(Newser) - A change in the law is threatening to scuttle a Dutch ship's mission to provide abortions to women throughout the world, reports the Independent. Dr. Rebecca Gomperts has delivered "abortion pills" that cause miscarriages to women in nations where abortion is illegal. She has skirted local laws by docking... More »

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abortion • pregnancy • abortion ship • Right to Life • courts • pro choice • prescription drugs • Holland • Christian right • Dutch government • clinic • Rebecca Gomperts • abortion pills

 Prejean: 
 'Satan Set 
 Gay Trap 
 for Me' 

She rejected devil and 'stood up for God' on gay marriage, Prejean tells Dobson

May 12, 09 4:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - Miss California has told a Christian radio program that "Satan tried to tempt me" with the gay marriage pageant question that rocketed her into controversy. "I wanted to sound politically correct" and win the Miss USA pageant, Carrie Prejean told evangelical leader James Dobson yesterday. "Then God... More »

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radio • gay marriage • James Dobson • God • Focus on the Family • Perez Hilton • Christian right • evangelicals • Satan • devil • Carrie Prejean • Miss California

OPINION

Christian Silence on Torture Speaks Volumes


May 9, 09 2:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - The silence emanating from the Christian right on torture has been deafening, writes Cynthia Tucker of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. One prominent Christian conservative finally came out against the practice, saying it “violates everything we stand for,” but he is conspicuously alone and was conspicuously silent during the... More »

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torture • Republican evangelicals • Bible • Christian conservatives • Christian right • George W. Bush

Interview

Carville: GOP Can't Abandon Christian Right

'Their party would crumble' otherwise, Dem strategist argues

May 4, 09 1:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - Analysts who say the Republicans should rethink their social platform and move away from the Christian right are off their rockers, James Carville tells the Huffington Post. “Their party would crumble,” the Democratic strategist says. A whopping 90% of conservative, white, married Christians identify themselves as Republicans, up... More »

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Republican Party • James Carville • Christian right • political strategists

glossies

HBO Doc Unveils Down-and-Out Haggard

"Wincingly candid" documentary set to air Jan. 29 on HBO

Jan 11, 09 5:47 PM CST
(Newser) - A new HBO documentary on Ted Haggard catches the disgraced minister at his most candid and vulnerable, Newsweek reports. Emmy-winning director Alexandra Pelosi shot the film impromptu, capturing Haggard the failed insurance salesman as he struggles with gay feelings and looks out the window at his old church. But hasn't... More »

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sex scandal • homosexuality • Christian right • evangelicals • Ted Haggard • New Life Church • pastor controversy • minister • prostitution scandal

OPINION

 The Case for 
 and Against 
 Rick Warren 

WaPost does the dueling op-ed thing

Dec 23, 08 1:31 PM CST
(Newser) - Liberals should be neither shocked nor appalled by Barack Obama’s inaugural invitation to anti-gay pastor Rick Warren, EJ Dionne writes in the Washington Post. His colleague Richard Cohen begs to differ, however, so the two duke it out in their columns today. Cohen says Obama has decided to... More »

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Barack Obama • gay rights • religion • Christian right • evangelicals • inauguration • Richard Cohen • Rick Warren • President Obama

OPINION

 'Slutbucks'?
 Coffee Logo
 Spurs Protest 

Retro logo is latest Christian complaint against Starbucks—if not its worst woe

May 10, 08 7:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - Starbucks' fiscal woes are well-documented, and, Mother Jones blogger Jen Phillips writes, a boycott by a Christian group could be next, over the reintroduction of its original logo, which features a nearly bare-breasted sea siren. "The Starbucks logo has a naked woman on it with her legs spread like... More »

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Starbucks • Christian right • boycott

Creation Geologists Rock World

They're well-credentialed and unafraid of data

Nov 25, 07 7:10 AM CST
(Newser) - Today's creationist geologists are not who the secular may think. Numerous and thriving, many hold advanced degrees from top universities, and are making evangelicals more open to scientific evidence. And they are experts for the nearly half of Americans who believe God created the Earth in the last 10,000... More »

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evolution • Christianity • creationism • Noah's Ark • geology • flood • fossil • Bible • Christian right • evangelicals • young earth

Evangelical Semantics Shadow Romney

In Southern pulpits, 'Mormon' doesn't always equal 'Christian'

Oct 30, 07 4:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - Mitt Romney is vying aggressively for the religious right's support, but experts are advising him not to overdo it. Political strategists and religious experts alike caution that it’s dangerous for the Mormon candidate to sell himself as a Christian. Bloomberg looks at the complicated intersection of politics, faith, vocabulary,... More »

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religious right • Mitt Romney • John F. Kennedy • Mormonism • Christian right • evangelicals

ACLU's Alter Ego Invites God
Into Courtroom

Center scores wins for religious right with free speech arguments

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... More »

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religious right • John Roberts • Pat Robertson • religion • ACLU • Plan B • Jay Sekulow • Christian right

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