Religious Conservatives

Conservatives' Selective Religious Outrage

Howard Schweber | Posted 05.04.2012

Read More: Religion, American Muslims, Religious Freedom, Romney, Religious Conservatives, Nypd Spying, Nypd Muslim Surveillance, Nypd Muslim, Dolan, Nypd Muslim Spying, Politics News
Howard Schweber

I am in agreement with the complaints of Romney, Santorum, Gingrich and Cardinal Dolan that freedom of religion in America is threatened. And I will take those complaints very seriously -- the instant they show signs of extending that freedom to any religion but their own.

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Why Religious Conservatives Embrace The Language Of Religious War

Rabbi Eric H. Yoffie | Posted 04.29.2012

Read More: Religion and Politics, War on Religion, Religious Dialogue, Sean Hannity, Religious War, Fox News, Religious Conservatives, Religious Victimhood, Religious Diversity, Judaism, Religion News
Rabbi Eric H. Yoffie

I am no pacifist. Wars are necessary sometimes, whether of words or of military might. But religions don't look for wars where they don't exist, and they never thrive on military metaphors.

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Why Conservatives Spend More on Cyber Porn

Nigel Barber | Posted 10.21.2011

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Nigel Barber

However much conservatives trumpet their sexual morality, they are not better than the rest of us. Indeed, the evidence suggests they are slightly worse.

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Sam Stein

Trump Takes Aim At Cantor, Krauthammer, U.S. Foreign Policy

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 08.03.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Despite earning a reputation for the red-meat jabs he takes at President Obama, there are occasions when Donald Trump will turn his guns...

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Religious Liberty vs. Same-Sex Marriage: Is There Really A Conflict?

Marianne T. Duddy-Burke | Posted 07.18.2011

Read More: Lgbt, Gay Marriage, Gay Marriage Opponents, Religious Freedom, Religious Conservatives, Civil Unions, Same-Sex Marriage, Dignityusa, Same-Sex Civil Marriage, Marriage Equality, Religion News
Marianne T. Duddy-Burke

Chief among claims from opponents is that legalizing same-sex marriage will infringe on the religious freedom of those who oppose the practice on theological grounds.

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Newt Gingrich Cements Ties To Religious Leaders

The Center for Public Integrity | Peter H. Stone | Posted 05.25.2011

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By Peter H. Stone The Center for Public Integrity The political unit of a religious conservative group called Renewing American Leadership, whose ...

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Is The Prophet A Founding Father?

Deepak Chopra | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Muhammad, Islamic Extremism, Founding Fathers, Religious Conservatives, Hamas, Bernard Lewis, Egypt Protests, Saddam Hussein, Islam, Iranian Revolution, Muslim Brotherhood, Egyptian Religion, Egyptian Protests, Religion News
Deepak Chopra

Muhammad cannot be kept out of Arab politics. The Westward-looking elites in the Arab world are secular -- even Saddam was secular -- but they hold power by brutal means.

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The Faith of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Nathan Harden | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Religion, Civil Rights Movement, Martin Luther King, Martin Luther King Jr., Religion and Politics, Religious Conservatives, Conservative, Liberal, Martin Luther King Day, Faith, Civil Rights, Mlk Quotes, Politics News
Nathan Harden

When religion becomes a mere political instrument, the results are not pretty. But the positive influence of faith on American politics is a historical fact. King's life proves it.

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Why I'm Bullish on Sarah Palin's Prospects

Steven Waldman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Steven Waldman

Each conservative politician who ends up caught in the men's room with a male prostitute or in Argentina with a soul mate, only makes Palin's authenticity more powerful.

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