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Faith Based Initiatives

Mind the Leadership Gap: Why it should have been called the White House Office of Goodwill Neighborhood Partnerships

Dr. Robert Aziz | Posted 05.14.2009 | Politics

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Dr. Robert Aziz

Barack Obama is a man of faith, but not in a conventional sense of that notion. For Obama, spirituality has less to do with fixed belief than the good works that result from those beliefs.

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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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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

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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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Wall of Separation Becomes a Low Fence

Craig Crawford | Posted 03.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Religion, Thomas Jefferson, Faith-Based Initiatives, Separation of Church and State, Politics News
Craig Crawford

With two presidents in a row institutionalizing federal funding of churches, Jefferson's "wall of separation of church and state" is crumbling.

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

Huffington Post | Posted 03.08.2009 | Politics

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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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Strange Bedfellows: Bush Bids Farewell to Ex-Con

Anthony Papa | Posted 02.19.2009 | Politics

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Anthony Papa

Former drug-war prisoner Julio Medina opened Exodus Transitional Community in East Harlem, New York, to assist formerly incarcerated men and women as they integrated back into the community.

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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
Reese Schonfeld

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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New Faith-Based Initiatives Report: 'Serving People in Need, Safeguarding Religious Freedom'

Jim Wallis | Posted 01.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Religion, Government, Bush Administration, Melissa Rogers, Presidential Campaign, Faith-Based Initiatives, E.J. Dionne, Churches, Poor, Poverty, John DiIulio, Barack Obama, David Kuo, Religious Freedom, Church and State, Politics News
Jim Wallis

I have long supported effective partnerships between government and faith-based organizations. Unfortunately, during the Bush years these partnerships were often used for political ends.

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The Third Reich Rises for Prop 8 (Video)

Tom Gregory | Posted 11.30.2008 | Politics

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Tom Gregory

2008-10-30-prop8pull.jpg At a recent Prop 8 rally Brad Dacus, an official campaign spokesman, actually compared the right of same-sex couples to marry to the rise of Adolph Hitler and Nazi Germany.

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On Education Policy, Obama and McCain Clash Over Vouchers, Teaching 'Merits' and Funding

Susan Kelley-Stamerra | Posted 10.24.2008 | Home

Read More: Democrat, Debate, Argue, Money, Education, Afterschool, Funding, Mccain, Obama, Policy, School, Vp, Values, College, Faith-Based Initiatives, Palin, Barack Obama, School Vouchers, Election 2008, Home News
Susan Kelley-Stamerra

With Friday's first presidential debate just around the corner, it's time to examine some real policy differences before we get snookered by all the f...

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Oh, Sweet Cynthia, Silence Thy Siren Song!

Russ Wellen | Posted 07.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: Third Party, Fisa, Cynthia McKinney, Warrantless Surveillance, Wasting Vote, Faith-Based Initiatives, Barack Obama, Politics News
Russ Wellen

I refuse to be guilt-tripped into thinking I was complicit in Gore's loss, but if I declined to vote for Obama and he lost, no matter how far right of center he leans in the coming weeks, there's no way I could shake off the blame this time.

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Putting Faith in All Families

Steve Ralls | Posted 07.19.2008 | Politics

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Steve Ralls

For the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community, the mere words 'faith-based' can often cause alarm . . . especially coming from the federal ...

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A Tale of Two Faith-Based Initiatives

Chris Rodda | Posted 07.19.2008 | Politics

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Chris Rodda

Nothing short of a constitutional amendment will ever make any other legislation or executive order allowing faith-based employment discrimination in federally funded programs legal.

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Obama's Southern Strategy

Bob Burnett | Posted 07.18.2008 | Politics

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Bob Burnett

Although it defies the conventional wisdom to believe that a Democrat could prevail in the south, Obama will contest more than a dozen states Bush won easily four years ago.

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Obama's Coming Battle With Conscience

Angela Bonavoglia | Posted 07.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: Catholic Church, Foster Care, Conscience Exceptions, Faith-Based Initiatives, Homosexual Parents, Prescription Drugs, Safe Sex, Hospitals, Condoms, Aids, Barack Obama, Adoption, Politics News
Angela Bonavoglia

Faith-based institutions have done an enormous amount to improve people's lives, but determining how to support that work in a country that values the separation of church and state is no easy matter.

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To Win, Presidential Candidates Move ... Left

Bill Scher | Posted 07.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: Energy, Infrastructure, Faith-Based Initiatives, Mccain, Environment, Fisa, Death Penalty, Obama, Iraq, Nafta, Guns, Barack Obama, Politics News
Bill Scher

The punditocracy won't tell you, but Barack Obama and John McCain are moving to the Left. Take Iraq. Sensing that voters did not react kindly to McCa...

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Selling Out Sometimes? Okay. Selling Out All The Time? Not.

Jonathan Leigh Solomon | Posted 07.10.2008 | Politics

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Jonathan Leigh Solomon

Barack Obama dealt a bit in platitudes during the primaries so that he'd have less to disassociate himself from once he had the nomination in hand. But he held back on a few whoppers, too.

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Obama's Faith-Based Plan

Jim Wallis | Posted 07.10.2008 | Politics

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Jim Wallis

My relationship with the Bush White House ended after my public criticism of the path to war in Iraq. Yet I continued to support the idea and promise of the faith-based initiative.

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Do We Really Need A 'Faith-Based' Initiative?

Barry W. Lynn | Posted 07.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: Obama and Religion, Faith-Based Initiatives, Religion and Politics, Obama, Separation of Church and State, Barack Obama, Church and State, Politics News
Barry W. Lynn

I wish a presidential candidate would have the gumption to ask what has become a forbidden question: Do we need a faith-based initiative at all?

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David Barton: Bobby Jindal is "One of the Really Cool Guys"

Chris Rodda | Posted 07.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: Religion and Politics, Religion, Frank Lautenberg, Bobby Jindal, David Barton, Congress, Faith-Based Initiatives, Evangelical Christians, Evangelicals, Politics News
Chris Rodda

Since Barton came on the scene in the late 1980s, his mythical version of American history has been employed by members of Congress with disturbing frequency, often finding its way into legislation

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Sam Stein

Millions Funneled To Rural Pregnancy Centers That Promote Religion, False Information

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Abortion Centers, Abortion, Pregnancy, Pregnancy Resource Centers, Faith-Based Initiatives, Politics News

Federally funded "pregnancy resource centers" throughout the country are receiving millions in taxpayer dollars despite promoting religious content an...

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