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Sarah's Boykin Moment

William Fisher | Posted 10.09.2008 | Politics

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William Fisher

There's an issue surfacing that's far more serious than the sale of Alaska's jet -- it's far more serious because it goes to the very heart of Governor Palin's approach to governance. The issue is God.

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Pastor Endorsements Sought By Conservative Group Lobbying IRS

Washington Post | Peter Slevin | Posted 10.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: First Amendment, Irs, Alliance Defense Fund, Separation of Church and State, Politics News

CHICAGO -- Declaring that clergy have a constitutional right to endorse political candidates from their pulpits, the socially conservative Alliance De...

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To Boldly Go Where No Californians Have Gone Before

Tom Gregory | Posted 10.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: Marriage, Proposition 8, Divorce, Religious Fundamentalism, Same Sex Marriage, George Takei, Brad Altman, Japanese Internment, Separation of Church and State, Star Trek, Same-Sex Marriage, Evangelicals, Politics News
Tom Gregory

Now that he has the legal right to marry, actor George Takei sat down with me enthusiastically gushing about his upcoming nuptials to his partner of twenty-one years, Brad Altman.

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Major Christian Organization Endorses the Military Religious Freedom Foundation

Chris Rodda | Posted 10.07.2008 | Home

Read More: Military Religious Freedom Foundation, Religion, California Council of Churches, Christianity, Separation of Church and State, Religion and the Military, Home News
Chris Rodda

I'm extremely happy to be able to write something about an organization that represents the views of the far more numerous mainstream and progressive Christians in our country.

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Obama's Faith-Based Program for Muslims

Steve Posner | Posted 07.22.2008 | Politics

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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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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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God Bless Barack Obama

Bill Press | Posted 07.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: James Dobson, Religious Right, Constitution, Separation of Church and State, Leviticus, Barack Obama Religion, Politics News
Bill Press

Obama is standing up to the religious right, saying that when making the laws that govern our nation, we don't turn to the Bible. We base our laws on the only sacred text all Americans worship: The U.S. Constitution.

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There ISN'T anything wrong with that

Mariangela Anzalone | Posted 04.29.2008 | Home

Read More: Trinity Church, Islam, Religion, United Trinity Church, Barack Obama, Founding Fathers, Obama, Barack Hussein Obama, Christian, Muslim, Emails, Separation of Church and State, Home News
Mariangela Anzalone

Obama is not Muslim. He's not a terrorist, either. He has said so many, many times. Yet the internet campaign continues. Addressing the matter again this week, he at last said what I wanted to hear.

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