Religion News Service | Religion and Election

NEWS STORY: Robertson Rallies Conservative Troops for Bush

RNS Blog Editor | Jan 1, 2000

c. 2000 Religion News Sevice WASHINGTON _ Christian Coalition founder Pat Robertson vowed to ``draw a line in the sand'' and return the White House to the Republicans at the Coalition's 10th annual Washington pep rally on Friday (Sept. 29). With the White House, control of Congress and Supreme C...
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NEWS STORY: Baptist Faith Statement Gets Mixed Reviews Among States

RNS Blog Editor | Jan 1, 2000

c. 2000 Religion News Service (UNDATED) The new statement of faith approved by the Southern Baptist Convention has drawn mixed reviews from Baptists across the country as its merits were debated on the floors of this fall's state conventions. Nearly two dozen state conventions addressed the statem...
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COMMENTARY: Needed: Debt Relief for Mozambique

RNS Blog Editor | Jan 1, 2000

c. 2000 Religion News Service (UNDATED) If the world needed another reason for developing the global Jubilee 2000 debt cancellation initiative, one need only look to the compelling media coverage of the current disaster in southern Africa. Like Honduras and Nicaragua after Hurricane Mitch, Mozam...
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NEWS FEATURE: Family’s Roots Entwine Candidate for Sainthood

RNS Blog Editor | Jan 1, 2000

c. 2000 Religion News Service NEW ORLEANS _ Patty McDuffee tossed her curly blond hair, trying to dash away the tears welling in her light-blue eyes as she recounted the mystery that had bewildered her family for generations. As she sat for the first time in New Orleans, where many of her previo...
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NEWS STORY: Vying for the Elusive Catholic Vote

RNS Blog Editor | Jan 1, 2000

c. 2000 Religion News Service WASHINGTON _ When a Democratic strategist pointed out that George W. Bush's presidential campaign bills itself as having the only platform that is ``explicitly drawn from Catholic social justice teaching,'' a collective groan rose from an audience of Catholic social a...
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NEWS FEATURE: For the NCC’s Edgar, A Humbling Year of Ups and Downs

RNS Blog Editor | Jan 1, 2000

c. 2000 Religion News Service WASHINGTON _ The Rev. Bob Edgar reaches into his pocket and pulls out a business card. The size of the card is striking _ more than twice the size of a normal card, with a detailed listing of his office phone number, home number, cell phone number and personal e-mail...
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NEWS STORY: Report: No Ranking of Final Chaplain Candidates

RNS Blog Editor | Jan 1, 2000

c. 2000 Religion News Service WASHINGTON _ The co-chairmen of the selection committee for the next chaplain of the House of Representatives issued a report Friday (Jan. 14) saying the committee did not rank the finalists for the position. The 75-page report, sent to House members, comes after cr...
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NEWS STORY: Report: No Ranking of Final Chaplain Candidates

RNS Blog Editor | Jan 1, 2000

c. 2000 Religion News Service WASHINGTON _ The co-chairmen of the selection committee for the next chaplain of the House of Representatives issued a report Friday (Jan. 14) saying the committee did not rank the finalists for the position. The 75-page report, sent to House members, comes after cr...
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NEWS STORY: Report: No Ranking of Final Chaplain Candidates

RNS Blog Editor | Jan 1, 2000

c. 2000 Religion News Service WASHINGTON _ The co-chairmen of the selection committee for the next chaplain of the House of Representatives issued a report Friday (Jan. 14) saying the committee did not rank the finalists for the position. The 75-page report, sent to House members, comes after cr...
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NEWS ANALYSIS: Values Shaping 2000 Elections In A Kinder, Gentler Way

RNS Blog Editor | Jan 1, 2000

c. 2000 Religion News Service WASHINGTON _ In the midst of the most prosperous U.S. economy in history, the 2000 presidential campaign hinges in large part on the concern, shown in poll after poll, that America has lost its moral compass _ and on voters' perceptions of which party can best point t...
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