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Frances FitzGerald on how evangelicals lost their way
By David P. Gushee — April 12, 2017
(RNS) When religious folk get entangled with secular politicians in the political arena, the politicians always win.
Mormon senator’s death marks the end of an era for a Trump-free GOP
By Jana Riess — May 5, 2016
Former Utah Senator Robert Bennett died yesterday. Maybe it’s a blessing that he won’t live to see the further implosion of the political party—and the nation—he worked to build and protect.
COMMENTARY: Power elites are waging war on the foundations of democracy
By Tom Ehrich — June 3, 2014
(RNS) This pervasive agenda isn't just about winning elections. It is about ushering in a new era of division and repression, in which American citizens fundamentally distrust and loathe each other and thus are easily manipulated.
Survey: Libertarian numbers are small but their social, political clout is growing
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — October 29, 2013
WASHINGTON (RNS) There is a notable exception to libertarians' generally socially liberal views: On legalizing same-sex marriage, 59 percent oppose it.
Democracy is a marketplace of (sometimes obnoxious) ideas
By Tom Ehrich — October 22, 2013
(RNS) Today's Tea Party partisans, as odious as I find their views, are just another minority trying to get their way in the competition of ideas.
Franklin Graham calls IRS probe of ministry finances ‘un-American’
By Adelle M. Banks — May 15, 2013
(RNS) The IRS probe of conservative nonprofit groups included the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association and the Samaritan's Purse humanitarian group, evangelist Franklin Graham said.
Nuns on the Bus meet Tea Party protests in Ohio
By David Gibson — October 16, 2012
(RNS) The "Nuns on the Bus" have been a consistently popular and effective faith-based tool for religious progressives this campaign season. But on Monday a group of demonstrators apparently organized by a local Tea Party affiliate met the nuns at a stop in Marietta, Ohio, and provided a far different welcome than the sisters usually receive.
Poll: Religious groups divided on gun control, but united against guns in churches
By Lauren Markoe — August 15, 2012
WASHINGTON (RNS) A new poll from the Public Religion Research Institute and Religion News Service finds that Americans are generally divided about gun control, but certain religious groups are far from ambivalent. By Lauren Markoe.
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