From the flap over Rev. Jeremiah Wright--Barack Obama's longtime minister--to the video of Sarah Palin's appearance with an African pastor who was pra...
Jim Wallis | Posted 10.24.2008 | Politics
People of faith, and all of us, should be "values voters" but vote all our values, not just a few that can be easily manipulated for the benefit of one party or another.
Boston Globe | Posted 08.19.2008 | Politics
On a frozen winter evening at a Town Hall meeting in a school in the Manchester, N.H., suburbs, John McCain expressed surprise and irritation with an ...
John Tomasic | Posted 08.18.2008 | Home
OTB community member Lynn Lyons was on the ground outside Saddleback this past Saturday for Pastor Rick Warren's Faith Forum with candidates Barack Ob...
Mara Vanderslice | Posted 08.05.2008 | Politics
It is beyond offensive to suggest that Senator Obama is a false Messiah or the anti-Christ himself. How low can we go? It shows the McCain campaign is willing to make a mockery of our faith to feed people's fears.
John W. Whitehead | Posted 07.14.2008 | Politics
In their eagerness to sell voters on their Christianity, Obama and McCain have forgotten one critical fact: you cannot truly practice what Jesus taught and be successful in politics. After all, it was the politicians of his day who killed Jesus.
Jayne Lyn Stahl | Posted 07.02.2008 | Politics
Any proposal to let religious charities be earmarked for federal funding only if they use religious observance as a criterion for endowment is not only reactionary, but it's dangerous thinking.
MSNBC News | Posted 06.26.2008 | Politics
McCain told conservative leaders that he would speak out more to highlight his pro-life record and views on other social issues to garner more Christi...
Leonce Gaiter | Posted 06.17.2008 | Home
The right wing evangelical agenda was never a quest for freedom; it was a quest to deny it to others. This year might see significant political, and yes, spiritual growth among the evangelical voting population
The Huffington Post | Posted 06.09.2008 | Politics
*** UPDATES TO LIEBERMAN/OBAMA ENCOUNTER BELOW *** More than the last two elections, the religious vote is up for grab between John McCain and Barack...
Peter Dreier | Posted 05.13.2008 | Home
Months after his main rivals dropped out of the race, McCain has failed to win over voters in key Republican demographics. Last week in Indiana Mike Huckabee and Ron Paul won 18 percent of the vote.
CNN | Posted 04.24.2008 | Politics
John McCain, who rarely talks about his faith publicly, discussed some of his religious beliefs with reporters Wednesday - including the question of w...
Sam Harris | Posted 03.21.2008 | Politics
Like every candidate, Obama must appeal to millions of voters who believe that without religion, most of us would spend our days raping and killing our neighbors and stealing their pornography.
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 12.20.2007 | Politics
Hey America! Have you opened your Christmas card from John McCain, yet? If not, then: SPOILER ALERT! McCain's message to the nation this Christmas ...
TPM Election Central | Posted 10.03.2007 | Politics
John McCain's remarks about America being founded in the Constitution as a Christian nation have opened him up to getting a lot more questions about h...
Alan Dershowitz | Posted 10.03.2007 | Politics
McCain should go back to school and take Civics 1, where he might learn that the United States Constitution was called "the godless constitution."
New York Sun | Posted 10.03.2007 | Politics
A personal missive by Senator McCain has failed to win over critics of his comments asserting that the Constitution established America "as a Christia...
AP | Posted 09.16.2007 | Politics
Republican presidential candidate John McCain, who has long identified himself as an Episcopalian, said this weekend that he is a Baptist and has been...
Tina Fey graces the cover of the January issue of Vanity Fair, and in an...
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Pardon the metaphor, but Obama is trying to put lipstick on the pig that is US...
President-elect Barack Obama and Vice President-elect Joe Biden met in Philadelphia...
Reuters has a Q&A with John Travolta to promote his animated film "Bolt." At the end, they ask him...
After a 12-day hiatus, Sarah Palin stepped back into the spotlight on Monday to...
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Now that Americans have footed the bill for more than a...
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Dear President-elect and Mrs. Obama: I know that the greening of the White House...
beliefnet.com | Posted 11.03.2008 | Living