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Dem Agenda Hijacked by Christian Conservatives

Shadowy 'Family' behind Stupak-Pitts abortion amendment

Nov 11, 09 11:59 AM CST
(Newser) - The US Council of Catholic Bishops is getting credit for the 11th-hour inclusion of the Stupak-Pitts Amendment in the House health bill last weekend, but the real force is the shadowy alliance of evangelicals and Democratic lawmakers called the Family, Jeff Sharlet writes on Salon. Though Stupak—a Dem and... More »

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Congress • abortion • Christian conservatives • health care reform • evangelicals • Democratic Party • Bart Stupak • Stupak-Pitts • Joseph Pitts • The Family

(Newser) - The hallelujahs are strained in US churches these days as donations plunge at the same time demand for aid is skyrocketing, reports the Wall Street Journal. Congregations across the nation are slashing budgets and even laying off staff, including pastors. Churches and synagogues usually weather downturns well, but not... More »

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Catholic Church • Jews • religion • church • fundamentalism • Protestants • worshippers • donation • priest • synagogue • evangelicals • Baptists • pastor • baptism • temple • Catholic priest • women's issues • congregations • collection box • born again

(Newser) - The evangelical stress on abstinence until marriage is fantastic, writes Mark Regnerus—himself devout—in Christianity Today, "but promoting it has come at a cost." Doing so has "turned our attention away from the damage that Americans are doing to the institution of marriage by discouraging... More »

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marriage • church • Christians • evangelicals • abstinence • young males • Mark Regnerus

(Newser) - An emotional ex-wife of an Arkansas evangelical sect leader testified yesterday that he forced underage girls  to "marry" and have sex with him, reports the Telegraph. The woman, who said she herself was forced into her marriage at the age of 15, said she began having serious doubts about... More »

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crime • child molestation • rape • child abuse • court • Republican evangelicals • underage sex • evangelicals • underage marriage • Tony Alamo

OPINION

Obama's Health Czar Brings
God Into Lab

Choice of geneticist a breakthrough for evangelicals: Gerson

Jul 15, 09 9:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Francis Collins, President Obama's nominee to lead the National Institutes of Health, is a pioneering biologist who led the team that mapped the human genome. He's also an evangelical Christian—a rarity among scientists, only 7% of whom say they believe in God. For Michael Gerson of the Washington Post,... More »

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Barack Obama • Christianity • genetics • Christians • evangelicals • National Human Genome Research Institute • National Institutes of Health • Obama administration • Francis Collins



 Graham Ripped 
 'Synagogue 
 of Satan' on 
 Nixon Tapes 

Nixon: Jews' failure to 'behave themselves' indicated a 'death wish'

Jun 25, 09 4:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - Billy Graham blamed Jews from the "Synagogue of Satan" for pornography in a newly released 1973 conversation with Richard Nixon, USA Today reports. The men, in a discussion about anti-Semitism and Jewish opposition to Christian evangelical efforts, agreed that Jews needed to "behave themselves" to avoid unleashing a... More »

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Jews • Billy Graham • Richard Nixon • stereotypes • evangelicals • anti-Semitism • Anti-Defamation League • Nixon tapes

glossies

US Army Evangelism:
Is It a 'Crusade'?


Jun 19, 09 8:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - US Army chaplains have distributed Arabic-language Bibles in Iraq, told soldiers to "hunt people for Jesus," and speculated that President Obama is a secret Muslim. Enough already, says a religious rights watchdog: Led by Air Force veteran Mikey Weinstein, the group is suing the Pentagon over alleged religious-based... More »

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free speech • religion • US military • Bible • US Constitution • evangelicals • Iraq war

 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

US Youth May Yet Return to Religion, Despite the Right

The religious right has driven young people away, but a change in tone could lure them back: Putnam

May 8, 09 1:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Young Americans would likely become more religious if faith were disentangled from the polarizing practices of evangelical conservatives, Michael Gerson writes in the Washington Post. That’s a good thing, because research for an upcoming book found that religious Americans give more time and money—to secular and religious causes... More »

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Christianity • Jerry Falwell • religion • church • evangelicals

glossies

 Genome Whiz 
 Aims to Reunite 
 God, Science 

Geneticist seeks to reconcile conflicts between faith, science

May 2, 09 2:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - Young Christians inevitably experience a crisis when they realize how deeply religion clashes with science, but an evangelical geneticist is aiming to restore their faith, Time reports. Unveiling the BioLogos Foundation this week, Francis Collins seeks to resolve questions over Adam and Eve’s creation and evolution. “We cannot... More »

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evolution • Christianity • science • intelligent design • faith • Bible • evangelicals

Poll: Religious More Likely to Support Torture

More than 60% of
white evangelicals
say it's justified

May 1, 09 7:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - Frequent churchgoers are more likely to support torture than their less devout brethren, a new Pew poll finds. Fifty-four percent of weekly churchgoers said torture of terror suspects is “often” or “sometimes” justified, compared to 42% of people who seldom or never attend services, reports CNN. White evangelical... More »

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torture • religion • evangelicals • poll numbers

Obama Religious Adviser Steers Clear of Politics

Innovative Republican minister turned down Christian Coalition

Apr 12, 09 11:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - Having idolized Martin Luther King Jr. as a child, Joel Hunter felt especially proud when America's first black president tapped him as one of his top spiritual advisers. Never mind that the Rev. Joel Hunter is an evangelical Republican: He has taken an Obama-like approach to ministering without polarizing, the... More »

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Florida • Barack Obama • evangelicals • Joel Hunter

Haggards Plug Marriage
... on Divorce Court

Couple goes on Divorce Court to talk about lasting marriage

Mar 19, 09 1:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - Disgraced pastor Ted Haggard and his wife are headed for Divorce Court, the Colorado Springs Gazette reports—but to plug the virtues of marriage and describe how his homosexual affair made theirs stronger. In a taping to air April 1, the New Life Church pastor says he asked Gayle Haggard... More »

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homosexuality • evangelicals • Ted Haggard • New Life Church • extramarital affair • Gayle Haggard

Focus on the Family Chair Dobson Resigns

Promises to continue preaching conservative views on his own

Feb 27, 09 2:53 PM CST
(Newser) - James Dobson is stepping down from his perch atop Focus on the Family, the AP reports, saying he wants to “lessen his administrative burden.” The conservative evangelist said he’ll keep playing a big role in the organization he founded, and will keep pushing his political agenda. Though... More »

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James Dobson • Focus on the Family • Republican evangelicals • Christian conservatives • evangelicals

(Newser) - Lurking behind the mainstream film industry is a low-budget, high-return business poised to break through: the world of Christian filmmaking, NPR reports. Fireproof, a tale of marital woes and redemption, was the highest-grossing independent feature of 2008—a fact trumpeted at a Christian film festival in San Antonio last... More »

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entertainment • Hollywood • Christianity • family values • evangelicals • morality • Christian film • Christian movies

'Fun on Side' Haggard 'Fesses Up to 2nd Affair

His therapist says he's 'heterosexual with complications'

Jan 30, 09 5:24 AM CST
(Newser) - Disgraced evangelical pastor Ted Haggard has confessed to another "compulsive" relationship, this one with a young male volunteer in his former church. "I felt like God's plan was for sexuality to be in a monogamous, heterosexual marriage. But I had these other things going on," Haggard told... More »

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evangelicals • Mike Jones • Ted Haggard • New Life Church • male prostitute

Wife Knew Haggard Was Hot for Guys

She believed he was 'winning the battle,' spouse tells Oprah

Jan 28, 09 4:53 AM CST
(Newser) - Ted Haggard told his wife early in their 30-year marriage that he struggled with his attraction to men, she tells Oprah in an appearance with her husband due to air today. Gayle Haggard says she was shocked by the disclosure, but believed he was "winning the battle" before a... More »

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homosexuality • evangelicals • Ted Haggard • New Life Church • pastor • pastor controversy • prostitution scandal

 Haggard Faces 
 New Gay Sex 
 Accusations 

Churchgoer says he had long relationship with anti-gay marriage preacher

Jan 24, 09 8:46 AM CST
(Newser) - Evangelical preacher Ted Haggard had a long extra-marital affair with a male parishioner before his downfall, KRDO reports. The churchgoer says the New Life Church paid him hush money after the affair several years ago. The church confirmed the accusation after learning that the man possesses a recording of a... More »

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homosexuality • sexuality • evangelicals • Ted Haggard • New Life Church • pastor

Opinion

Obama Has Met
Only Half of Rick Warren

Evangelical's split personality includes 'bland Pastor Rick' and arch conservative

Jan 19, 09 1:51 AM CST
(Newser) - Evangelical Rick Warren has fooled many Americans, Barack Obama included, with his lifelong attempt at creating a double personality, Amy Sullivan writes in Time. There's Pastor Rick—the apparently progressive anti-poverty, concerned-about-AIDS persona Obama invited to deliver the inaugural invocation, and there's the divisive staunch conservative the president-elect should... More »

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Barack Obama • gay rights • evangelicals • Rick Warren • conservatives • Proposition 8 • Inauguration Day

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

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