Evangelical Voters

With Liberty and Justice for All

Rev. Dr. Amos C. Brown | Posted 05.17.2012

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Before comprehensively delving into the details of what was at stake with North Carolina's ballot initiative and what platform is being staged, you must first revisit recent history, as well as not-so-recent history.

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Evangelicals Will Rally for Romney

Ken Blackwell | Posted 05.09.2012

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In a matchup between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, it's an easy choice for conservatives like both of us to fully endorse Governor Romney in this year's election.

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Latino Evangelicals: 'We Are The Ultimate Swing Vote'

HuffingtonPost.com | Janell Ross | Posted 04.25.2012

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When the Rev. Gabriel Salguero stands to talk politics with rooms full of Latino evangelical ministers, he often starts by mentioning his concern abou...

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The Evangelical Left In History And Today

Craig S. Keener | Posted 04.19.2012

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Given evangelicalism's diverse history and its undefined future, it is both inaccurate and unhelpful to stereotype all "evangelicals" as the religious right. Today, stereotyping evangelicalism as a whole only fortifies the influence of the political right.

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Will Religious Conservatives Rally To Romney?

Posted 04.09.2012

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By David Gibson Religion News Service (RNS) Even before Mitt Romney swept the first three primaries in April, effectively ending Rick Santorum's p...

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Key Group's 'Hesitation' Still Hinders Romney

AP | THOMAS BEAUMONT and STEVE PEOPLES | Posted 05.31.2012

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FITCHBURG, Wis. — Appearing ever-more confident in Wisconsin's primary, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney focused entirely on Democr...

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Voters Growing Tired Of Politicians And Their God Talk

HuffingtonPost.com | Andrea Stone | Posted 03.21.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Politicians should keep their religion to themselves and quit publicly praying and talking so much about their faith, according to a new...

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Pastors Gather From Far And Wide To Hear Santorum

AP | KASIE HUNT | Posted 05.19.2012

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CENTRAL, La. — When a nationally influential evangelical leader gathered dozens of pastors at his home church to hear from a presidential candid...

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Obsession Over Social Sexual Issues Is Destroying America

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach | Posted 05.12.2012

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How's it possible that the more religious America becomes the more the institution of marriage crumbles? A huge part of the problem is that we are mired in religious distractions that take us away from focusing on core issues.

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Belief Alone Is No Basis for Public Policy

Nathaniel Frank | Posted 05.07.2012

Conservatives have spent generations accusing liberals of moral relativism and "anything goes" indulgence in their feelings or whims. But is a belief any less arbitrary of a foundation for the giving or taking away of people's rights?

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Piety Payback for the GOP

Craig Crawford | Posted 04.22.2012

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Pardon me for laughing at the so-called GOP establishment whispering to us their fear of Rick Santorum's religious authenticity. Oh, they say, if he w...

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Evangelicals May Not Be the GOP's Trump Card

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 04.22.2012

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Some take the surge by GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum as a convincing sign that the evangelicals are back. The joy is premature.

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The 'New Evangelicals' And The Near-Silent Roar

Charles Redfern | Posted 04.16.2012

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Most evangelicals aren't even voting in this year's GOP primaries. 64 percent of all white evangelicals don't believe church officials should endorse political candidates.

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Survey: Latinos Have More Liberal Views On Abortion

The Huffington Post | Laura Steiner | Posted 01.27.2012

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A majority of Latino voters -- 74 percent -- agree that a woman has a right to make her own personal decisions about abortion without the interference...

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Falwell's Legacy: Why Evangelicals Oppose Romney

Michael Sean Winters | Posted 03.20.2012

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The irony in the evangelical opposition to Romney is that it seems to have next to nothing to do with the fact that he is a Mormon. For this, Romney should be grateful to the legacy of the Rev. Jerry Falwell.

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All's Well That Ends

Harvey Gotliffe, Ph.D. | Posted 03.06.2012

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It is not for a rabbi, a priest, an imam or atheist to close out our time here with a eulogy. What we do is best remembered in the hearts and minds of those we touched along the way.

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The Psalm In Santorum's Politlcal Quiver

David Van Biema | Posted 03.06.2012

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The Psalms, like all other Scripture, find their seasons, sometimes lying dormant and then suddenly meaningful again. Take Psalm 127. Santorum may owe his remarkable last-minute surge to it.

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Should Christians Ask: Who Would Jesus Vote For?

Doug Bandow | Posted 03.06.2012

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Good Christians should be good citizens. But being a good citizen (or good government official) does not require being a good Christian.

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Romney's Evangelical Problem Starts With Theology

Posted 01.04.2012

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By Daniel Burke Religion News Service The good news for Mitt Romney: he won the Iowa caucuses. The bad news for Romney: evangelicals remain reluct...

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Santorum In 2007: 'Some Christians' Think Mormonism Is A 'Dangerous Cult'

HuffingtonPost.com | Dan Froomkin | Posted 01.04.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Rick Santorum, the former Pennsylvania senator who has suddenly become Mitt Romney's top challenger for the Republican presidential nomi...

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Whither the White Evangelicals' Candidate

Robert P. Jones, Ph.D. | Posted 02.26.2012

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In a campaign that has featured any number of surprising twists and turns, there has been one constant feature of the race so far -- white evangelical voters have been consistently underwhelmed by their options.

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Faith vs. Works: Can Gingrich Win The Evangelical Vote?

Robert P. Jones, Ph.D. | Posted 02.18.2012

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Newt Gingrich, a candidate with a turbulent marital history, is the latest rising candidate to pursue this key Republican voting bloc.

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GOP Candidates Woo Key Voting Block

AP | By SHANNON McCAFFREY and PHILIP ELLIOTT | Posted 12.09.2011

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GREENVILLE, S.C. -- At a private gathering of pastors in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, a contrite Newt Gingrich pitched his story of pers...

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The Great Evangelical Disaster of 2012

Frank Schaeffer | Posted 02.06.2012

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Speaking as a former evangelical anti-abortion leader, if it boils down to a choice between the Mormon or the adulterer for the Republicans in 2012, the Evangelicals who drive the Religious Right will climb the walls. Do they vote for a heretic or a philanderer?

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Voters' Values Compete With GOP Hopeful's Chances

Patch.com | By Alison Gowans | Posted 12.02.2011

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In the past, Newt Gingrich was not always the most pro-life of politicians. ...

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