Bible Belt

Mixing It Up in the Bible Belt

Pamela Kripke | Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: Rick Santorum, Anti-Abortion, Bible Belt, Church v. State, GOP Candidates, Baptists, Politics News

I think that they are being riled up, made to think that their faith, and only theirs, has a right to impact politics and policy. I think that they are simply being used, manipulated, by the guys who want their votes. Now, how Christian is that?

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What's In A Name? A Lot If You're The Southern Baptist Convention

Jonathan Merritt | Posted 11.30.2011

Read More: Evangelical Christians, Bryant-Wright, Southern Baptists, Southern Baptist Convention, Evangelical Christianity, Bible Belt, Christianity, Christian Denominations, Evangelicals, Southern Baptist Convention Name Change, Religion News

But the greatest reason for a change in name for the Southern Baptist Convention could be the need to break with its past and embrace an increasingly multi-ethnic reality in America.

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Northeast, Not Bible Belt, Has Lowest Divorce Rate In America

Posted 11.28.2011

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By Amy Kuperinsky Religion News Service (RNS) Poor New Jersey -- derided for "Jersey Shore," aggressive driving and talking too fast. But when it ...

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WATCH: The Official Prayer Of Nascar?

Posted 09.24.2011

Read More: Funny Prayers, Fundamentalism, Smokin Hot Wife, Video, Pastor Joe Nelms, Nascar, Talladega Nights, Bible Belt, Boogity Boogity Boogity, Nascar Prayer, Comedy News

Maybe he should be called Nascar's "Prayer-In-Chief." In the interest of full disclosure, we must admit that roughly 50% of Team HuffPost Comedy is...

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Choose Another People! Why KY GOP Figure's Anti-Semitic Taunts Will Backfire

Jonathan_Miller | Posted 08.19.2011

Read More: Anti-Semitism, Jews, Anti-Semitic, Jewish, Bible Belt, Jewish Politics, Anti-Semite, Kentucky, Politics News

I'm confident my own neighbors won't allow our political system to be corrupted by the kind of vile name-calling that was used for so many centuries against my ancestors.

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I'm a Bible Belt Pol Coming Out for Marriage Equality -- Will Obama Join Me?

Jonathan_Miller | Posted 07.16.2011

Read More: LGBT Rights, Kentucky, Bible Belt, Politics, Gay Marriage, Same-Sex Marriage, Politics News

I've lived a lie for most of my adult life. As a statewide elected official in Kentucky, coming out of the closet for gay marriage was tantamount to political suicide. But now as a recovering politician, I feel compelled to holler: I'm proud as hell, and I'm not going to fake it any more!

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And the Winner Is...

Abe Gurko | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gwenyth Paltrow, All Saints, Alabama, The Grapes of Wrath, New York Fashion Week, CFDA Award, Billy Reid, Cate Blanchett, Shakespeare in Love, Bible Belt, Elizabeth, Florence, Perry Ellis, Altuzarra, Oscars, Anna Wintour, Prabal Gurung, Style News

Billy Reid. (Silence) Billy Reid. (Thump, he fainted and fell to the floor) Billy Reid. Well, maybe he didn't faint, but the immediate surprise in the...

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Bible Belt Megachurches On A Building Boom

Religion News Service | By Greg Garrison | Posted 05.25.2011

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By Greg Garrison Religion News Service BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (RNS) Megachurches here in the heart of the Bible Belt are thriving enough to support a majo...

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Ride a Dinosaur: Visit a Creationist Museum!

Scott Janssen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bible, Australia, Biology, Show-Me-State, Science, Smithsonian, Bible Belt, Medical School, Dinosaurs, Ken Ham, Religion, History, Wayne State University, Private-Colleges, Dick Van Dyke, Unemployment, Creationism, Museums, Detroit, Kalamazoo, Missouri, Christianity, Kentucky, Carrie Fisher, Evolution, Graduate School, Tornado, Michigan, John Goodman, Comedy News

When exactly the notoriously skeptical people within the "Show-Me State" of Missouri morphed into a bunch of Creationist Cathys, I'll never know.

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How Does It Feel to Be a Black, Female, Single Problem?

Farai Chideya | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Marriage, Women, Divorce, Farai Chideya, Nightline, Married, William Julius Wilson, Single, Black Single Women, Bible Belt, Black, Black Unemployment, Media News

It's open season on black womanhood. Nightline became the latest media outlet to tackle the issue of why black women aren't married. The problem is not the topic, but the approach.

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A Prom Canceled, A Preschooler Expelled: What We Are Teaching America's Youth

Kim Stolz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Catholic Church, LGBT Rights, Bible Belt, Prom, LGBT Issues, Constance McMillen, Lesbian, Politics News

"Don't ask, don't tell." The Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). Proposition 8. These are just a few of the examples of policies brought to light by th...

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Sin Map: 7 Deadly Sins Mapped Across U.S.

Wired | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Kansas State, Greed, Maps, Sloth, West Coast, More Gluttonous, Bible Belt, Lazier, Map of Sins, Lust, Sinful, Gluttony, Envy, More Prideful, 7 Deadly Sins, East Coast, More Envious, Sin Map, Pride, The North, Healthy Living News

"...A team at Kansas State just served up a feast: maps of sin created by plotting per-capita stats on things like theft (envy) and STDs (lust)."...

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Lessons of Hate in the Bible Belt

Reproductive Justice | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lgbt, Bible-Belt-Politics, Hate Crimes, Hate, Ethics, The Laramie Project, Bible Belt, Wyoming, Grandfield High School, Gay Issues, Politics News

Any gay student at Grandfield High School has been taught a dubious lesson. They have learned they better keep quiet until they are old enough to leave town.

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I've Just Heard the Future of Singer-Songwriters and Her Name Is...

David Wild | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Singer-Songwriter, Bible Belt, Diane Birch, Music Reviews, Entertainment News

Even now as what's left of our music industry evolves into whatever it may soon become, you still hear a rare album that reminds you why albums still exist.

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Unbuckling the Bible Belt from the Legacy of Slavery

Robert S. McElvaine | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Religion, Mike Huckabee, South, Religious Fundamentalism, Slavery, Jesus Thieves, Christianity, Bible Belt, Martin Marty, Biblical Literalism, Barack Obama, Healthy Living News

Hardly anyone mentions that the "the Bible Belt" and "the Black Belt" refer to essentially the same part of the country. That easily overlooked fact is of enormous significance.

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Dems Battle With Yard Signs And Gain Ground In Southwest Virginia

Adrienne Birecree | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Virginia, Swing States, Barack Obama, Obama McCain, McCain Obama, Bible Belt, Southwest Virginia, Election 2008, John McCain, Campaign 2008, Home News

For the first time in over 40 years, the state of Virginia may help put a Democrat in the White House. More important, the Democrat who will reside th...

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