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Don't play into a paranoid conservative narrative
Are Roman Catholics, evangelical Christians and “ultra-Orthodox” Jews religious extremists comparable to the Ku Klux Klan and Al Qaeda? Yes, according to a PowerPoint slide that was apparently used by the U.S. Army Reserve in a training...
Tags: Customs and Tradition, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Hamas, Judaism, Janet Napolitano
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Opposition to same-sex marriage increasingly isolated, pollsters say
With the rapid shift in public opinion toward same-sex marriage, opposition to changing marriage laws increasingly has become limited to a few slices of the electorate, according to an analysis of polling data by leading Republican and Democratic...
Tags: Barack Obama, Elections, Social Issues, Marriage, Gays and Lesbians
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Protestants lose their majority status in religion survey
L.A. NOWProtestants, whose ideals of hard work, individualism and democratic governance have fundamentally shaped the national character, no longer make up a majority of Americans for the first time in history, according to a new study released Tuesday.... -
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Silicon Valley gives conservative Christians a boost
Silicon Valley, the politically liberal technology hub, is an unlikely incubator of conservative Christian activism.
But a group of its venture capitalists is backing an ambitious project that seeks to affect the 2012 election by registering 5 million...Tags: Human Interest, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Freedom of Religion, Protestantism, Auto Racing
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Goldberg: Morality, not theology
Robert Jeffress introduced Texas Gov. Rick Perry at the Values Voter Summit on Friday. He started a great big hullabaloo by asking, "Do we want a candidate who is a good, moral person, or one who is a born-again follower of the Lord Jesus Christ?" Before...Tags: Protestantism, Cults and Sects, Mormonism, Republican Party, Minority Groups
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The Rev. John Stott dies at 90; influential Anglican evangelist
The Rev. John Stott did not fill stadiums with the faithful like his longtime friend, Billy Graham, or give the invocation at a presidential inauguration, as megachurch pastor Rick Warren did for Barack Obama. Yet he was a giant of the evangelical world...Tags: Human Interest, Protestantism, Minority Groups, Anglicanism, Elections
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Gingrich woos evangelicals as he eyes presidential bid
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterNewt Gingrich -- the twice-divorced former House speaker and recent convert to Roman Catholicism -- is courting evangelical Christians as he lays the groundwork for a possible presidential campaign, hoping to find favor among a group that will play a...Tags: Freedom of Religion, Jerry Falwell, Bill Clinton, Baptist, Justice System
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Believers against bullying (of gay kids, that is)
Opinion L.A.The media are full of lamentations about anti-gay bullying in schools, a welcome focus on a subject I have written about on this blog. Traditionally some evangelical Christians have been skeptical about, if not hostile to, efforts to combat such...... -
Evangelical flocks on their own at the polls
Los Angeles Times Staff WritersA fundamental shift is transforming the religious right, long a force in presidential politics, as aging evangelical leaders split on the 2008 race and a new generation of pastors turns away from politics altogether. The result, in the short term,...Tags: Jerry Falwell, Baptist, Jesus Christ, U.S. Presidential Election Exit Polls (2008), Elections
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Republican eyes on Michigan primary
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterCastigated by the national party for moving their primary ahead in the nominating calendar, Michigan Republicans could inject even more volatility into the 2008 GOP presidential campaign when they go to the polls Tuesday. Although only half of the state'...Tags: Employees, Automotive Equipment, Primaries, Elections, Barack Obama
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The Valley's Not So Civil War
Times Staff WriterEver since the twin towers came crashing down and the cloud of jihad fogged the land, the crop dusters swooping low over the San Joaquin Valley had taken on a new menace. Even here, tucked away in the farm fields of middle California, fear had settled...Tags: Crimes, Farms, Hamas, Civil Unrest, Forehead
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