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The Religious Right's Uppity Woman Strategy

Christine Wicker | Posted 06.28.2008 | Home

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Christine Wicker

Republican theocrats will vote for McCain, even though they can't stand him. They will be roused because they have a twofer in Michelle Obama, the perfect object of their racism and sexism.

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The Great Evangelical Decline

Christine Wicker | Posted 06.03.2008 | Living

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Christine Wicker

Evangelical leaders defend their stance by claiming that God doesn't change and that neither does sin. But sin does change. And God - or our understanding of what God is, which is all we actually have - changes, too.

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Submission, Politics, and the Media

Caryl Rivers | Posted 01.18.2008 | Politics

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Caryl Rivers

Why does Huckabee get to skate on backing a position with such serious consequences for families? Because women's and children's issues are far down the pecking order in national politics.

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Did Mike Huckabee Seduce Me?

Linda Keenan | Posted 01.17.2008 | Politics

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Linda Keenan

I'll admit I had a soft spot for Huck, stemming directly from recent experience with another army of Southern Baptists who undeniably helped save my sanity.

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Romney Still Struggling To Win Over Evangelicals, Baptists

Reuters | Ed Stoddard | Posted 11.20.2007 | Politics

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When a pair of Mormon missionaries knocked at the door of Jerry Pierce's home in a north Dallas suburb last month, he marshaled his arguments and stoo...

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