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Religious Conservatives

GOP Pitches Big Plan To Religious Conservatives

AP | STEVE PEOPLES | Posted 06.15.2013 | Politics
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WASHINGTON -- Facing lingering tensions in his party, the chairman of the Republican National Committee urged religious conservatives Saturday to supp...

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Katherine Bindley

Record Number Of Americans Claim No Religious Affiliation: Report

HuffingtonPost.com | Katherine Bindley | Posted 03.14.2013 | Religion
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The number of Americans who claim to have no religious affiliation is the highest it has ever been since data on the subject started being collected i...

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What's Next For Religious Conservatives?

Religion News Service | David Gibson | Posted 11.08.2012 | Religion
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(RNS) Mitt Romney failed in his bid to win the White House back for Republicans, but the biggest losers in Tuesday's voting may be Christian conservat...

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Peter H. Stone

Mega Donors Bankrolling Massive Religious Conservative Anti-Obama Campaign

HuffingtonPost.com | Peter H. Stone | Posted 08.07.2012 | Politics
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A conservative group led by longtime political activist Ralph Reed has budgeted $10 million for a major 2012 election push to turn out the religious r...

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Conservatives' Selective Religious Outrage

Howard Schweber | Posted 05.04.2012 | Politics
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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 | Religion
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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 | Home
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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 | Politics
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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 | Religion
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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 | Politics
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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 | Religion
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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 | Politics
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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 | Politics
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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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