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OPINION

 Religious Right 
 Sets Phasers to 
 'Stun Obama' 

Coalition takes a page from Enterprise's book

Jul 1, 09 10:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - The religious right is going Star Trek, Dana Milbank writes for the Washington Post. “Individual, national, multi-ethnic and transgenerational organizations” have joined forces to create the Freedom Federation to promote “faith, moral values, and freedom” and equality, says the organization’s statement. But rather than targeting Nero the... More »

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religious right • faith • Christian conservatives • Star Trek • conservatives • Obama administration • President Obama • Freedom Federation

UPDATED

 NH Legalizes Gay Marriage 

Gov. Lynch expected
to sign it today

Jun 3, 09 4:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - New Hampshire became the sixth state to allow same-sex marriage when Gov. John Lynch signed legislation this afternoon shortly after it was approved by lawmakers, the AP reports. Legislators hammered out a new version clearly spelling out that churches and religious groups would not be forced to officiate at gay... More »

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religious right • gay rights • gay marriage • New Hampshire • John Lynch • state law

(Newser) - Last night’s American Idol was more than just a reality-show finale: It was a symbolic victory of the religious right over the liberal left; red states over blue states. At least according to two bloggers. “For a theory about how Kris Allen pulled an upset over the wildly... More »

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religious right • entertainment • American Idol • conservative • celebrity • blogger • red state • liberal • blue states • Kris Allen • Adam Lambert

(Newser) - Gay marriage rights are spreading faster than ever, and it’s happening awfully quietly, reports Rick Klein of ABC News. Conservatives barely made a peep when gay marriage was legalized in Iowa or Vermont, and aren’t mounting much resistance to motions to do the same in New York, Connecticut,... More »

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religious right • gay marriage • civil union • social conservatives • conservatives

 Secular Kid Goes 
 Undercover at 
 Falwell's 
 School 

Book about his experience is out now

Apr 22, 09 1:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - Kevin Roose spent spring break in Florida last year, but instead of boozing with the rest of the college students, he proselytized them. It was all part of the Brown University student’s undercover semester at Jerry Falwell-founded Liberty University, where he “had to follow their 46-page code of... More »

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religious right • Jerry Falwell • Liberty University • religion • book • Brown University • Kevin Roose

ANALYSIS

Gay Rights Gain Upper Hand in Courts

Faith-based groups perceive loss of religious liberty

Apr 10, 09 11:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Religious groups are coming out losers in an increasingly significant body of lawsuits: those involving discrimination based on sexual orientation. The groups say it’s an impingement on their religious freedom, but a gay-right advocate tells the Washington Post, “We are not required to pay the price for other... More »

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religious right • gay rights • discrimination • religious freedom • Bob Jones University

OBITUARY

 Weyrich, Who Coined 
 'Moral Majority,' Dead at 66 

Conservative thinker gave name to movement key in GOP rise

Dec 18, 08 1:00 PM CST
(Newser) - Paul Weyrich, the influential conservative who co-founded the Heritage Foundation and coined the term “moral majority,” died today at 66, the Washington Post reports, after years of poor health. A reporter, Weyrich got his Washington entree in 1967 as press secretary for a Colorado senator. At a 1979... More »

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religious right • conservative • obituary • Moral Majority • Amtrak • John Boehner • Paul Weyrich • Heritage Foundation • conservative movement

OPINION

 The GOP 
 Has a God 
 Problem 



Parker: It's time for a break-up with the Christian Right

Nov 19, 08 11:00 AM CST
(Newser) - After getting death threats for dissing Sarah Palin, Kathleen Parker is stirring up trouble in the right-wing ranks again. The Republican Party is going to go the way of the Shakers if it doesn’t lose some of that old time religion, she writes in the Washington Post. The party’... More »

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religious right • Republican Party • Christian conservatives • culture wars • Kathleen Parker • Bill Maher Grid

Clerics to Defy IRS, Endorse Candidates From Pulpit

Ministers aim to test constitutionality of ban

Sep 25, 08 12:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - Pastors from 22 states plan to purposely defy the IRS this Sunday by endorsing presidential candidates in their sermons, the LA Times reports. The so-called “pulpit initiative” aims to trigger a legal showdown, testing the constitutionality of the law forbidding such endorsements by tax-exempt groups. “There is... More »

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religious right • IRS • religion • separation of church and state • pulpit initiative

OPINION

 Why Palin Is 
 Mac's 'Meal Ticket' 

The culture of celebrity, evangelical ideals, and small town nostalgia combine to enable Palin's 'outsized' influence

Sep 17, 08 9:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - The number of enthusiastic Republicans have doubled in polls since John McCain picked Sarah Palin for his ticket, and Palin figures in slightly more news coverage than her running mate. That might be expected, but she is mentioned 10 times more than  Democratic counterpart Joe Biden. Tim Rutten offers... More »

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religious right • John McCain • celebrity • small towns • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin • nostalgia • Tim Rutten

OPINION

How Did Dems Inherit
Ozzie & Harriet Mantle?

Evangelical love for Palin family highlights dramatic switch in 'family values'

Sep 5, 08 5:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - The enthusiastic evangelical reaction to a working mother with an unwed pregnant teenage daughter on the GOP ticket highlights the dramatically changing face of conservative Christian America and could spell trouble for the Dems, Hanna Rosin writes in Slate. Evangelicals now actually score worse than the rest of America on... More »

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religious right • abortion • Christians • family values • evangelicals • conservatism • Sarah Palin

OPINION

 Evangelicals Fall
 for Obama's Line

'Gullible' voters don't recognize 'Marxism couched in religion'

Jul 29, 08 6:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama talks such a good game that he may fool a sizable contingent of evangelicals into supporting him, David N. Bass writes in the right-wing American Spectator. "Unlike past Democratic presidential nominees, he's not schizoid when it comes to talking about his own faith (which, admittedly, is... More »

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religious right • reproductive rights • Barack Obama • sex education • evangelicals • abstinence • Rick Warren

OPINION

 Lefty Kinda Still Likes This Guy 

Bush has 'lowered my standards'

Jul 17, 08 2:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - “What can I say?” writes left-leaning Jonathan Chait in revealing his continued affection for John McCain. “Bush has lowered my standards.” Remember, McCain was once “the country’s foremost progressive champion”—battling the religious right and tax cuts while pushing immigration and anti-global warming advances.... More »

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climate change • religious right • Barack Obama • John McCain • immigration reform • tax cuts • George W. Bush

BOOK REVIEW

Evangelicals' Sex Talk Has Hidden Agenda

Despite racy rants,
they push abstinence, anti-gay views: author

Jul 8, 08 7:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sex is no longer taboo for the religious right—but the evangelical sexual revolution is no liberation movement, historian Dagmar Herzog argues in her new book, Sex in Crisis. Instead, Herzog asserts that “evangelicals, over the last couple of decades, have beaten liberals at their own game by adapting... More »

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religious right • sex education • homosexuality • book reviews • evangelicals

 Bush Edits Jefferson on Religion

President leaves out phrase condemning 'monkish ignorance'

Jul 5, 08 11:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Thomas Jefferson may be a founding father, but that doesn’t stop President Bush’s speechwriters from editing his words as they see fit, Ed Brayton writes on his blog, Dispatches from the Culture Wars. In a July 4 speech, Bush recited a famous Jefferson quote on “the blessings... More »

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religious right • speech • George W. Bush • Fourth of July • Thomas Jefferson

OPINION

Huffington Unmasks 'Pandering' McCain

Senator denies not voting for Bush in 2000

May 6, 08 6:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - John McCain said after the 2000 election he hadn’t voted for George Bush, Arianna Huffington wrote yesterday, and the bombshell has provoked angry denials from the camp of the future GOP nominee, whom she once "admired and even loved." Firing back, the Huffington Post founder further details... More »

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religious right • John McCain • torture • Arianna Huffington • George W. Bush

Who Wins the Flip-Flop Primary?

Romney and McCain spar over mind-changing label

Feb 5, 08 3:20 PM CST
(Newser) - John McCain and Mitt Romney are calling each other flip-floppers in new online ads that mimic a cutting anti-John Kerry 2004 campaign commercial, the Post’s Michael Dobbs reports. The ads copy its use of the "Blue Danube" Waltz to mock each other's changing views on tax cuts—but... More »

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religious right • Mitt Romney • John McCain • gay rights • abortion • taxes • gun control • tax cuts • flip flop • Republican nomination • campaign commercials

In Shift, Clergy Gives
More Dollars to Dems

Donations favor Obama, Clinton over Huckabee

Dec 22, 07 2:05 PM CST
(Newser) - In a shift from 2004, Republican presidential and congressional hopefuls are losing clergy support as measured by campaign donations, Politico reports. According to FEC data, clergy and religious groups have given Dem candidates $367,000 but the GOP just $288,000. Of the Dem haul, Barack Obama leads with $107,... More »

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religious right • Mitt Romney • Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Democrats • Republican • religion • Mike Huckabee • campaign contributions • clergy • Election 2008

OPINION

Huckabee Exposes GOP Fault Line

Populist candidate prompts a Main Street
v. Wall Street split

Dec 21, 07 7:32 PM CST
(Newser) - The unexpected surge of populist Mike Huckabee has exposed a core Republican rift, separating the religious right from the financial conservatives, EJ Dionne writes in the New Republic. Hucksters tend to be socially conservative but they're  tired of seeing protection of the wealthy prioritized above family values, and they're not... More »

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religious right • Mitt Romney • Mike Huckabee • National Review • populism

'Geeky Hip' New Billy Graham Grabs Next Generation

Masses won over by Bell's 'Letterman' style

Dec 11, 07 5:30 AM CST
(Newser) - Bible-thumper Rob Bell wears geeky-hip glasses, once aspired to be David Letterman, and was momentarily poised for rock stardom, reports Time magazine. And he may be "one of the most important 21st Century Christian leaders," according to one biblical scholar. Nine years ago, Bell founded a nontraditional church... More »

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religious right • Christianity • Billy Graham • spirituality • Ira Glass • fundamentalism • David Letterman • evangelicals • Christianity Today • Rob Bell • Mars Hill

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