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September 2008
- Firefighters Charge Sex Harassment in Gay Parade
  
  Los Angeles Times | Sep 15, 08 4:11 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Four San Diego firefighters ordered by officials to drive their truck in the city's gay pride parade last year are suing for $3 million in damages for sexual harassment, reports the Los Angeles Times . The four, who were given their orders by the city’s lesbian fire chief, say the suit is a protest against the lewd comments lobbed at them during the parade, and is “not an anti-gay thing.” The trial starts today. More »
- How Did Dems Inherit Ozzie & Harriet Mantle?
  
  Slate | 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 the traditional values that preachers and conservative pundits laud, with families often failing to resemble the "oh-so-perfect" Obamas. More »
- Moderates Feeling Snubbed at Grand Old Party
  
  Chicago Tribune | Sep 4, 08 3:46 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Where conservatives once felt uneasy with John McCain, his drift rightward now has moderates wondering if there’s a place for them in the Republican Party, the Chicago Tribune reports. “We are discouraged by the platform,” says one pro-choice Republican, noting that while she was glad to have a woman on the ticket, Sarah Palin’s far-right views worried her. More »
- Evangelicals Applaud Palins
  
  CNN | Sep 2, 08 3:45 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Evangelical groups are standing squarely behind Sarah Palin and her family following the news that her teenage daughter Bristol is pregnant, CNN reports. Pro-life leaders hailed Bristol's decision to keep her baby with her family's support and dismissed any suggestion that her pregnancy is at odds with Palin's promotion of teen abstinence. More »
- Palin's Daughter, 17, Is Pregnant, Will Keep Child
  
  Reuters | Sep 1, 08 11:48 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The 17-year-old daughter of Sarah Palin is 5 months pregnant, the Republican vice presidential candidate said today, and plans to keep the child and marry the father. John McCain knew about Bristol Palin’s pregnancy before choosing the Alaska governor as his running mate, Reuters reports. The statement comes after speculation on liberal blogs that Palin, 44, faked her most recent pregnancy to cover for her daughter. More »
August 2008
- Bush Rule Shields Docs Who Deny Women Abortions, Pill
  
  Washington Post | Aug 22, 08 5:32 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Doctors, nurses, pharmacists and other health care workers would have the right to refuse to provide abortion services, contraception or even information on preventing or ending pregnancies under a controversial new regulation issued by the Bush administration. The proposed rule would force hospitals, clinics and other health care providers to accommodate employees' moral objections or lose federal funding, reports the Washington Post . More »
- Young Evangelical Vote Is Up For Grabs
  
  Washington Post | Aug 15, 08 12:29 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - When Barack Obama and John McCain meet with pastor Rick Warren tomorrow, they’ll be fighting for the future of an increasingly split evangelical voting block, the Washington Post reports. Warren, author of The Purpose Driven Life, is at the forefront of a movement rippling through young evangelicals and prompting them to focus on issues outside the normal Republican purview, like AIDS, poverty, and climate change. More »
- Megapastor Aims to Save Not Only Souls, but Lives
  
  Time | Aug 9, 08 5:07 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Megapastor Rick Warren, he of The Purpose Driven Life , has moved from organizing churches to save souls to organizing churches to save lives, Time reports. At the forefront of the new wave of Evangelicals, the hyper-energetic Warren launched a worldwide initiative, called PEACE, to use churches to fight poverty and preventable disease. He plans to mobilize a billion Christians. More »
July 2008
- Evangelicals to McCain: No Romney
  
  Washington Times | Jul 29, 08 1:23 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Evangelicals do not want John McCain to pick Mitt Romney as his running mate, and they’re not being quiet about it, the Washington Times reports, with Mike Huckabee fans particularly in oppostion. “McCain and Romney would be like oil and water,” one says, citing the former Massachusetts governor’s flip-flops on issues like abortion. Many also don’t trust the Mormon Romney to oppose same-sex marriage. More »
- Evangelical Dobson Softens on McCain
  
  Associated Press | Jul 21, 08 2:29 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - James Dobson still won’t formally endorse John McCain, but the evangelical leader voiced support for the Republican candidate in a radio broadcast today, the AP reports. “Barack Obama contradicts and threatens everything I believe about the institution of the family and what is best for the nation,” Dobson said, forcing him “to reevaluate the candidacy of our only other choice.” More »
- Dubai Cracks Down on Nude Tourists
  
  Associated Press | Jul 15, 08 6:38 AM CDT
  
  (AP) - It hasn't been all fun and games for Western vacationers on Dubai beaches, thanks to decency police who have detained 79 people in recent days for topless sunbathing and nudity, AP reports. The Muslim city-state is attracting hordes of foreign sun seekers, who are being scrutinized by cops on the ground and in beach watchtowers. Detained vacationers were "disturbing families," said a Dubai spokesman. More »
- Evangelicals' Sex Talk Has Hidden Agenda
  
  Salon | 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 liberal rhetoric for conservative ends," writes Louis Bayard in Salon . He thinks, however, that Herzog has overstated the case a bit. More »
- Bush Edits Jefferson on Religion
  
  Science Blogs | 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 and security of self-government,” but took a crucial “anti-religious statement” out of the sentence. More »
June 2008
- Conservatives Break With Anglican Church
  
  Guardian (UK) | Jun 30, 08 10:30 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Traditionalist Anglican bishops, most of them representing the developing world, have broken away from the Anglican communion and formed their own global church. Galvanized by the consecration of Gene Robinson, the openly gay bishop of New Hampshire, the disgruntled clergymen have formed the Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans, which rejects the supremacy of the Church of England and adheres to hardline doctrine. More »

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Firefighters Charge Sex Harassment in Gay Parade

How Did Dems Inherit Ozzie & Harriet Mantle?

Moderates Feeling Snubbed at Grand Old Party

Evangelicals Applaud Palins

Palin's Daughter, 17, Is Pregnant, Will Keep Child

Bush Rule Shields Docs Who Deny Women Abortions, Pill

Young Evangelical Vote Is Up For Grabs

Megapastor Aims to Save Not Only Souls, but Lives

Evangelicals to McCain: No Romney

Evangelical Dobson Softens on McCain

Dubai Cracks Down on Nude Tourists

Evangelicals' Sex Talk Has Hidden Agenda

Bush Edits Jefferson on Religion

Conservatives Break With Anglican Church