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Barack Obama Faith Based Groups

Note to Newt: Back Off Harry Knox!

Candace Gingrich | Posted 05.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Lgbt, Faith-Based Initiatives, Candace Gingrich, LGBT Rights, Harry Knox, Barack Obama Faith Based Groups, Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, Human Rights Campaign, Newt Gingrich, Hrc, Faith, Politics News
Candace Gingrich

When my brother Newt Gingrich attacks Harry Knox, he's attacking me. And I don't take too kindly to bullies.

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Former NFL Coach Tony Dungy Joins White House Faith Council

U.S. News and World Report | Posted 05.01.2009 | Politics

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The White House has invited recently retired NFL Coach Tony Dungy, whose outspoken Christian faith fueled his 2007 support for a gay marriage ban and ...

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White House Meeting With Pro-Life Leaders

CNS News | Posted 04.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Concerned-Women-for-America, Family Research Council, Barack Obama Faith Based Groups, Josh DuBois, President Obama, Politics News

Pro-life leaders will meet Tuesday with the director of the White House Office of Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships to discuss ways to reduce ...

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White House To Meet With Conservative Evangelical Groups

CBN | Posted 04.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives, Barack Obama Faith Based Groups, Obama Evangelicals, Joshua Dubois, Faith-Based Initiatives, Politics News

The Brody File has learned that conservative Evangelical groups will meet with the head of the White House Faith-Based Office on Tuesday. Concerned W...

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Will Faith-Based Programs Go Sour on Obama?

Tony Campolo | Posted 04.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Faith-Based Initiatives, Barack Obama, Rick Warren, Religion, Obama Faith, Religion and Politics, Barack Obama Faith Based Groups, Faith, Politics News
Tony Campolo

It may be that many leaders of faith-based social programs have sold their birthright for a bowl of pottage called federal dollars.

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Charity with a Catch: No Religion, No Food

Paul Raushenbush | Posted 03.28.2009 | Living

Read More: Churches, Barack Obama Faith Based Groups, Poverty, Homelessness, Charity, Faith-Based Initiatives, Soup Kitchen, First Baptist Church of Hammond, Living News
Paul Raushenbush

There is a church in Indiana which requires people taking advantage of the food kitchen and homeless shelter to also participate in the life of the church. In short hand - no religion, no food.

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Obama: What He Said and What We're Getting

Reese Schonfeld | Posted 03.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: White House Office for Faith-Based Programs and Neighborhood Partnerships, Barack Obama Faith Based Groups, Lyndon Johnson, Marx Brothers, Separation of Church and State, Equal Opportunity Order, George W. Bush, President Obama, Politics News
Reese Schonfeld

President Obama appears to be running scared -- scared of the Republican minority in Congress, scared of faith-based groups, scared of boldness.

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LA Times: Liberals Not Pleased With Go-Slow Obama

Los Angeles Times | Posted 03.19.2009 | Politics

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Reporting from Washington -- Slowly over the last few weeks, some of Barack Obama's most fervent supporters have come to an unhappy realization: The c...

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Joshua DuBois: Director Of Office Of Faith-Based And Neighborhood Partnerships

Huffington Post | Posted 03.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Saddleback Forum, Obama Faith, Joshua Dubois, Faith-Based Initiatives, Rick Warren, Barack Obama Faith Based Groups, Barack Obama Saddleback Forum, Obama Joshua Dubois, Barack Obama, Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives, Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, National Prayer Breakfast, Politics News

UPDATE (2/09): Joshua DuBois has officially been appointed to lead President Obama's Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships. From the pr...

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Changing the Failed Strategy of the Religious Right Into a Winning Formula That Helps Heal Our Country

Frank Schaeffer | Posted 12.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Politics, Barack Obama Faith Based Groups, Obama, Religious Right, Gays, Prop 8, Politics News
Frank Schaeffer

Religious conservatives should stop pretending that they are living in 13th century Rome, or 11th Century Byzantium, or 21st-century Saudi Arabia.

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The Urgency of the President's Council for Faith Based and Neighborhood Partnerships

Paul Raushenbush | Posted 12.24.2008 | Living

Read More: Obama Cabinet, Religion, Barack Obama Faith Based Groups, Barack Obama, 2008 Presidential Race, Living News
Paul Raushenbush

As part of Obama's push towards economic recovery, it is essential that he move swiftly to enlist and support religious allies.

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Change Believers can Believe In? Obama's Leap of Faith

Matthew Weiner and Travis Rejman | Posted 07.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama Faith Based Groups, Faith Based Groups, Obama Religion, Interfaith Dialogue, Interfaith Relationships, Barack Obama, Barack Obama Religion, Politics News
Matthew Weiner and Travis Rejman

Can Obama's Council for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships be what he calls the "moral center" of his administration?

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The Latest Media Blind Spot: Viewing All Criticism of Obama Through a Right/Left Prism

Arianna Huffington | Posted 07.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama, Barack Obama Progressives, Left Wing, Obama Moves to the Center, Bob Fertik, New York Times, Barack Obama Faith Based Groups, Chuck Hagel, deomcrats.com, Green Party, Politics News
Arianna Huffington

My problem isn't that Obama doesn't always agree with me. My problem is that he has started to not always agree with himself -- falling prey instead to the Conventional Wisdom sirens.

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Obama's Faith-Based Program for Muslims

Steve Posner | Posted 07.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Obama Christian, Islam, Obama Faith-Based Iniatives, Prison, Obama Faith Outreach, Muslims, Barack Obama Faith Based Groups, Obama Muslim Smear, Obama Christianity, Separation of Church and State, Barack Obama, Faith Based Initiataive, Politics News
Steve Posner

Obama's faith should be irrelevant since unlike Bush's Christian-dominated faith-based initiatives, he insists that he will not use government resources to promote either Christianity or Islam or any other religion.

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Senator Obama in The Summer of Awful

Bob Cesca | Posted 07.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama, Obama Centrist, Barack Obama Faith Based Groups, Obama Faith, Obama FISA, Fisa, 2008 Election, Politics News
Bob Cesca

Choosing to support Obama has never been about issues. Rather, it's always been about electing a president we can reference with pride -- a president who won't flatly embarrass us everyday, who can inspire and negotiate the necessary support he'll need to roll back the darkness of the Bush years.

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