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This is definitely dog-whistle politics -- that is, a message delivered in coded terminology and targeted to a particular subcultural group.

Source: The Nation
On his way to winning Iowa, Mike Huckabee overtly traded on his evangelical culture war credentials.

Source: AOL
Then, you'll get the excuse that Jesus was the Prince of Peace. Yeah, I know, that's why in Matthew 10:34 he says, "Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword." Sounds down right Christian of him.

Source: AlterNet.org
Can the anti-gay Christian Right's "sexual reorientation therapy" be stopped?
Source: WorldNetDaily
[I]t was D'Souza, the Christian, who appealed to science and reason in his allotted time.

Source: OpEdNews.Com Progressive
Lordy, lord, it's been a mean season, hasn't it? And a long one, too.

Source: au.org
Vote In Solidly 'Red' State Underscores Unpopularity Of Religious School Aid, Says Watchdog GroupAmericans United for Separation of Church and State has hailed a vote by Utah residents, who yesterday rejected a private school voucher plan at the ballot box.

Source: publiceye.org
This is an older article (1994) but it is still relevant and gives some background into why this country is going to hell in a hand-basket .

Source: mcclatchydc.com
Romney is under constant pressure to explain himself on abortion, particularly as his foes remind voters that he once was pro-choice.

Source: AlterNet.org
Are U.S. troops being force-fed Christianity? A watchdog group thinks so.

Source: LewRockwell.com
The Christian Right does not control America s media. It does not control positions of leadership inside the Washington Beltway. Its leaders do not get invited to become members of the Council on Foreign Relations or the Trilateral Commission.

Source: OpEdNews.Com Progressive
1776.0 Americanistic Personality Disorder

Source: The New York Times
But then the deluge came: five questions in a row either directly or indirectly related to the threat over the weekend from powerful Christian conservatives to bolt the Republican Party if Mr. Giuliani is the nominee.
Was he worried about the threat?

Source: The Anchoress
(This is an opinion piece- very opinionated, in fact-- and perhaps quite inaccurate-- perhaps not. But is also a very interesting political analysis-- IMHO, worth reading in its entirety).
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Source: The San Francisco Chronicle
Do you know this clenched and panicky group? Of course you do. They're the throngs of megachurch lemmings Karl Rove masterfully manipulated and rallied and whored to Bush's very narrow advantage in two elections.

Source: Yahoo! News
Republican presidential contender Fred Thompson, who has based his campaign on appealing to conservative voters, said he isn't a regular churchgoer and doesn't plan to speak about his religion on the stump.

Source: Consortiumnews.com
As George W. Bush tries to squeeze 16 more months of political advantage from Americas 9/11 memories, it is worth recalling how different history might have been had the Bush administration heeded intelligence warnings in the summer of 2001.

The three part series on Christianity, Islam and Judaism is an enormous six hour long undertaking presented by veteran reporter Christiane Amanpour who is known to millions of Americans for her stellar reporting during the early days of the Iraq war.

Source: Scholars & Rogues
I certainly hope the atrocious handwriting doesn't hinder the message behind this piece, which I can best put this way: Sanctimony and internalized homophobia are two great tastes that taste great together.

Source: Powell's
Excerpt: "Those who call the King James Version of the Bible the unerring word of God have a slight problem.

Source: Scholars & Rogues
There's been a lot of talk about Floridians, um, juicing each other's oranges lately.

Source: Think Progress
For the first time in history, a Hindu today delivered the Senate's morning invocation.

Source: Scholars & Rogues
Brace yourself: Robo-doption is coming! Click to enlarge...

Source: JewsOnFirst.org
JewsOnFirst.org recently posted a feature package on the SBC's efforts to convert Jews.

Source: AOL
As usual Dinesh D'Souza is wrong. He sees the examples of the ancient Greeks and Romans practicing bisexuality as definitive proof that homosexuality is not innate.