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Don't Mess With Me, David Barton

Chris Rodda | Posted 04.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Religion, Video, Historical Revisionism, Michele Bachmann, Bobby Jindal, American History, David Barton, Randy Forbes, Religious Right, Religion and Politics, Newt Gingrich, Christian Right, Christian-Right, David-Barton, Evangelicals, David Barton Evangelist, David Barton Evangelical, Politics News

Rather than just write about the lies evangelical David Barton told about me on his show, I decided to make a little video with iMovie.

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I'm the Older Brother

Tony Campolo | Posted 04.25.2009 | Living

Read More: Foreclosures, Mortgages, Prodigal Son, Religion, Christianity, President Obama, Spirituality, Evangelicals, Living News

Some are reluctant to grant grace to those desperate home-buyers who were seduced into lavish living they could ill afford.

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NAACP National Chairman Julian Bond tells Gay America to Demand a Front Seat on the Bus (VIDEO)

Tom Gregory | Posted 04.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mildred Loving, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Prop 8, Montgomery Bus Boycotts, Harvey Milk, Same-Sex Marriage, Evangelicals, Homosexuality, Gay Rights, Loving vs Virginia, Brown v. Board of Education, Julian Bond, Civil Rights. NAACP, Homophobia, Racism, Religion and Politics, Politics News

Bond's response to many of the biblical passages used by Christian conservatives to condemn homosexuality (including those favorite scriptures in Leviticus) is must-see TV.

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Evangelicals: In the Tank or on the Rise?

Christine Wicker | Posted 04.12.2009 | Living

Read More: Baptist Losses, Southern Baptist Decline, American Religious Identification Survey, The Fall of the Evangelical Nation, Baptist Decline, Internet Monk, Christine Wicker, Michael Spencer, Southern Baptist, Evangelicals, Young Evangelicals Leaving, Young Evangelicals, Evangelical Collapse, Aris, Living News

Michael Spencer, who blogs as Internet Monk, is making a splash this week with his prediction that evangelical faith is in the midst of a major colla...

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Rush, Race, and the Religious Right

Randall Balmer | Posted 04.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Brown v. Board of Education, Rush Limbaugh, Family Values, Jesus, Religious Right, Racism, Bob Jones University, Barack the Magic Negro, Roe vs Wade, Republican Party, Evangelicals, Politics News

I have come to the reluctant conclusion that one reason politically conservative evangelicals so adore Limbaugh is that he expresses the racism they feel but cannot allow themselves to articulate.

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Becoming a Born-Again Believer in Caring for the Environment

Tri Robinson | Posted 04.08.2009 | Green

Read More: Biblical Mandate, Religion, Baby Boomers, Climate Change, Environment, Christianity, Creation Care, Genesis, Colleges, Global Warming, Evangelicals, Universities, Green News

As a committed student and Bible teacher I have read and taught the story of the flood numerous times, always seeing it the same way until one morning in 2005.

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No New Dobson: Retirement Leaves Evangelical Power Vacuum

Washington Times | Posted 04.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Dr. Dobson, Dobson, The Fall of the Evangelical Nation, Evangelical Christians, James Dobson, Focus on the Family, Evangelicals, Politics News

The long-expected resignation of Focus on the Family's James Dobson highlights an open secret among America's roughly 70 million evangelicals: There a...

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New York Times' Gay Marriage Nothing New

Emma Ruby-Sachs | Posted 03.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: South Africa, Gay Rights, Evangelical Christians, Religious Freedom, Equal Rights, New York Times, Canada, Constitution, Netherlands, Deaf, Separation of Church and State, Gay Marriage, Marriage Equality, Evangelicals, Politics News

Imagine my surprise when the New York Times published an op-ed yesterday describing a new "great compromise" on gay marriage that essentially provided for marriage rights with religious exemptions.

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Praise the Lord for Fred Phelps and Nadya Suleman

Valerie Tarico | Posted 03.19.2009 | Living

Read More: Bibiolatry, Homophobia, Nadya Suleman, Bioethics, Fred Phelps, Barack Obama, Evangelicals, Kansas, Living News

Suleman's biomedical exploits also have rippled across the country. She hit a nerve we didn't know we had and raised powerful questions about right and wrong.

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Some Sympathy for Ted Haggard

Michael Shermer | Posted 03.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Homosexuality, Ted Haggard, Evangelicals, The Trials of Ted Haggard, Hbo, Alexandra Pelosi, Politics News

To find peace and happiness in life you have to be true to yourself, and herein lies Pastor Ted's conflict: Being true to himself meant being in absolute conflict with his religion, which was also his livelihood.

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Third Screen: An Interview with Alexandra Pelosi

Vickie Karp | Posted 03.01.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Evangelicals, Ted Haggard, Conservatives, Liberals, Nancy Pelosi, Alexandra Pelosi, Rick Warren, Entertainment News

Alexandra Pelosi spoke about Americans she has met on the far right who are devastated by the loss of John McCain, feel a dream has been lost, and why all of this matters to liberals.

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Who Says America Doesn't Have a Prayer?

Larry Ross | Posted 02.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama's Inauguration, Rick Warren Invocation, Obama Inauguration, Rick Warren Obama Invocation, Rick Warren Saddleback Church, Rick Warren, Invocation, Evangelicals, Obama Invocation, Politics News

Through this visible Inaugural platform, President-elect Obama and Dr. Rick Warren have opportunity together to move beyond sectarian interest to national interest.

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Barack Obama and the (progressive) Religious Revival

Paul Raushenbush | Posted 02.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Rich Cizik, Religion, Bill Hybels, Social Justice Catholics, Barack Obama George Bush Faith Based Programs, Rick Warren, Barack Obama Religion, Religion and Politics, Mainline Protestants, Obama Transition, Rick Warren Saddleback Church, Barack Obama, Evangelicals, Politics News

Barack Obama's transition team is ringing in the New Year with a series of meetings with religious groups. It is striking that the names that dominat...

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The GOP's White Supremacy

Paul Jenkins | Posted 01.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama, Supreme Court, Mckinsey, George W. Bush, Lyn Westmoreland, Clarence Thomas, Sarah Palin, Same-Sex Marriage, Redistricting, Virginia, Condoleezza Rice, Mel Martinez, Republican Party, Minneapolis, Agnosticism, North Carolina, African-American Issues, Michael Steele, Colin Powell, Bobby Jindal, Alabama, Congress, Catholicism, Christian Issues, Midwest, Kansas City, JC Watts, Tennessee, Christianity, Senate, New Orleans, Gop, Palm Beach, Kkk, Cuban-American Issues, Maryland, Mel Watt, Arizona, Democratic Party, California, Evangelicals, Ken Blackwell, Jewish Issues, Ahn Cao, Ohio, Latino Issues, Islam, John McCain, Florida, Appalachia, House, Asian-American Issues, White Supremacists, Sanford Bishop, Hispanic Issues, Milwaukee, Deep South, Memphis, Religion, Segregation, Georgia, Southern Issues, Charles Barkley, David Duke, Gay Issues, White Voters, Lousiana, Barack the Magic Negro, Gop White Supremacy, Politics News

Like a restricted country club that would rather die than change, the Republican Party is marginalizing itself for the sake of the white men who run it.

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Should Progressives Engage Agents of Intolerance?

Nathaniel Frank | Posted 01.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama, Inauguration, Progressives, Gay, Rick Warren, Gay Marriage, Evangelicals, Palm Center, Barack Obama Rick Warren, Rick Warren Invocation, Obama Inauguration, Rick Warren Obama Invocation, Rick Warren Saddleback Church, Obama Invocation, Invocation, Politics News

If there is a rational argument against gay marriage, I have yet to see it. And this is why Obama's invitation to Warren might just work. A major limitation to progressive thinking is our over-reliance on rational debate.

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The Rev. Rick Warren Controversy: A "Blessing" in Disguise?"

Gary Cohan | Posted 01.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Taxes, Proposition 8, Obama Inauguration, Obama Gay Rights, U.S. Constitution, Gay Activism, William White, Homosexuality, Gay Rights, Rick Warren, Obama Navy Secretary, Homophobia, Hate Speech, California Gay Marriage Ban, Obama Cabinet Picks, Gay Marriage, US Navy, Civil Rights, Rick Warren Invocation, No on Prop 8, Obama Inauguration Day, Evangelicals, Yes on Prop 8, Religious Right, Gay Civil Rights, Obama Warren, Politics News

I have expressed my outrage at Rick Warren's elevation to the national stage. Yet, if the gay community has the courage to take a deep breath, there's another way of viewing this situation.

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Obama, Rick Warren and Me

Marc Gunther | Posted 01.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Warren Goldstein, Donna Schaper, Barack Obama, Evangelicals, Rick Warren, Obama Rick Warren, Rick Warren Invocation, Politics News

The controversy over Obama's choice got me wondering: Is there any religious figure in America today who could give the invocation at an inaugural without making some people unhappy?

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Obama Was Right To Pick Warren

Frank Schaeffer | Posted 01.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama, Gay Rights, Jim Wallis, Obama Inauguration, Richard Cizik, Evangelicals, Rick Warren, Barack Obama Rick Warren, Rick Warren Invocation, Rick Warren Obama Invocation, Rick Warren Saddleback Church, Invocation, Barack Obama, Obama Invocation, Politics News

Progressives are too used to failing. Stop worrying about little battles, you just won a war. It's all about real results now, not words, and not symbols. It is time to think like winners.

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"I'm Shocked, Shocked", Obama Consorts with Evangelicals

Reese Schonfeld | Posted 01.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Faith-Based Initiatives, Whiners, Rick Warren, Barack Obama, National Agenda, Same-Sex Marriage, Evangelicals, Politics News

If Obama's Faith-Based Group is going to help set our national agenda, why can't it have one of its own deliver the invocation?

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Obama's Rick Warren Pick Makes Perfectly Good Sense

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 01.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Moral Values, Religion, Saddleback Church, Jerry Falwell, Barack Obama, Political Issues, Inauguration, Faith, Presidency, Liberal Democrats, Rick Warren, Evangelicals, Politics News

The 60 to 80 million Christian evangelicals are still too big, too important, and too politically strategic to ignore. Obama knows that and that's a big reason why Warren will pray at his inauguration.

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Unearthing Common Ground: Why Reducing Abortions is Not the Goal

Rev. Debra Haffner | Posted 01.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion Rights, Reproductive Rights, Obama Presidency, Unintended Pregnancies, Religion and Politics, Obama Abortion, 2008 Election Reproductive Rights, Evangelicals, Women's Health, Health, Politics News

The call to reduce unintended pregnancies is the right one. What we must focus on now are the means: sex education (not abstinence-only) and universal access to contraceptive services.

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Hey, Mormons! Your Yes on 8 Pals Don't Like You!

Lisa Derrick | Posted 12.29.2008 | Home

Read More: Mormons, California Gay Marriage, Chuck Colson, Evangelical Christians, Southern Baptists, Yes on 8, Gays, Gay Marriage, Evangelicals, Lol, Home News

During the Yes on 8 campaign, Mormons got used like an ugly chick by a sleazy rock band--it was fine for her to pay for rent, food and gas, and pr...

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Film No Evil

Andrea Chalupa | Posted 12.21.2008 | Entertainment

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The self-funded Passion of the Christ brought in $611 million worldwide and counting, in part thanks to Christian groups such as Campus Crusade and Focus on the Family.

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Christian right regroups after Obama victory

AP | ERIC GORSKI | Posted 12.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Christian Right, Evangelicals, Republicans, Obama Victory, Politics News

Pundits declared evangelicals among of Election Day's losers. Conservative Christian leader James Dobson confessed he was grieving. Barry Lynn of Amer...

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A New Faith Coalition

Jim Wallis | Posted 12.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: New Evangelical, Progressive, Abortion Reduction, Culture War, Gay Marriage, 2008 Election, Religious Right, Evangelicals, Black, Evangelical, White Evangelicals, Pro-Life, Barack Obama, Consistent Ethic of Life, President Obama, Obama Election Day, HuffPost Election Analysis, Election Day, Sarah Palin, HuffPost Election Reaction, Obama Presidency, Obama President, Election Analysis, John McCain, Obama Wins, Election Day 2008, Election Results, Joe Biden, Election, Religion, Presidential Results, Election Reaction, Presidential Election, Politics News

Further polling results will help to answer the critical question of why religious voters cast their ballots the way they did. But three factors are likely key to understanding the religious shift.

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