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Dumping Parsley: McCain cleans house on preachers
Spin CycleAfter John McCain dumped God-used-Hitler preacher John Hagee yesterday, we noted another simmering preacher issue that was the subject of an ABC report -- McCain had also solicited and received an endorsement from Ohio preacher Rod Parsley (left), who.......Tags: Religion and Belief, John McCain, Christianity, Adolf Hitler
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Gay marriage 'earthquake' in '08?
The Swampby Jim Tankersley A leading evangelical Christian group is telling supporters that a "cultural earthquake" rocked California earlier this month, which threatens "to permanently alter marriage and families in America." Focus on the Family Action, the...Tags: Politics, Culture, Christianity, John McCain, Arts and Culture
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Religion's role in elections past, present
The Swampby Rona Marech When it became known in late 1976 that the Plains Baptist Church had a 12-year-old policy on its books that excluded "blacks and other civil rights agitators" from worshiping there, its most prominent member - soon-to-be-president Jimmy.......Tags: Politics, Jeremiah Wright, Jimmy Carter, Social Sciences, Christianity
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Obama promises faith-based initiative
The Swampby Mike Dorning, updated Courting evangelicals and other religious voters, Barack Obama today called for an expansion of President Bush's initiative distributing federal aid to church-based groups that provide community services. "The challenges we face...Tags: Politics, Christianity, Government, Political Candidates, Barack Obama
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Obama still lacking evangelical vote
The Swampby Katie Fretland Sen. Barack Obama has made no significant traction in gaining the support of white evangelical voters, while McCain's advantage is lower than Bush's lead at a similiar point in 2004, according to the Pew Forum on Religion......Tags: Barack Obama, Religion and Belief, John McCain, Christianity, Elections
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James Dobson might endorse John McCain
The Swampby Katie Fretland James Dobson, the powerful conservative Christian leader who accused Sen. Barack Obama of having a "fruitcake interpretation" of the Constitution, said in a radio segment today that he might endorse Sen. John McCain for president. "I...Tags: Politics, Religion and Belief, Medical Specialization, Agricultural Research and Technology, John McCain
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Evangelical warns McCain on veep
The SwampEvangelicals would like McCain to pick someone like Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin for veep. (AP/Brian Wallace) by James Oliphant Richard Land, the evangelical leader who earlier this week called Barack Obama "a first-class arsonist" in describing Obama's...Tags: Politics, Diseases and Illnesses, Christianity, John McCain, Crimes
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Obama, an 'arsonist' to evangelicals?
The Swampby Frank James Sen. Barack Obama is a "first-class arsonist?" That incendiary description was how he was described by Rev. Richard Land, the well-known evangelical leader, who was interviewed by National Public Radio's Mara Liasson for a piece on...Tags: Politics, Religion and Belief, John McCain, Christianity, Crimes
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Christian group pulls anti-Obama video
The Swampby Katie Fretland Praying for rain at the expense of a certain presumptive nominee isn't acceptable at Focus on the Family. The conservative Christian group pulled the video (above) from its website, because the narrator jokingly asked the public to......Tags: Natural Disasters, Religion and Belief, Christianity, John McCain, Government
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McCain, Obama 'draw even:' Pew poll
The Swampby Mark Silva Democrat Barack Obama's apparent advantage over Republican John McCain has narrowed to a three-point edge in a national poll that the Pew Research Center has conducted each month since Obama clinched his party's presidential nomination....Tags: Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Religion and Belief, Polls, John McCain
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Did McCain cheat at Saddleback? Unlikely
The Swampby Frank James What to make of this dust-up over whether Sen. John McCain was or wasn't in the "cone of silence" before he went on stage for the civil forum on the presidency at Saddleback Church Saturday night? For......Tags: Politics, Religion and Belief, John McCain, Christianity, Government
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Rain-at-the-convention prayers go on
The Swampby Katie Fretland Remember when that guy made a video asking people to pray for rain during Barack Obama's outdoor speech at the convention next week? He's Stuart Shepard from the conservative Christian group Focus on the Family. He asked......Tags: Barack Obama, Religion and Belief, Protestant Convention, Christianity, Elections
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