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Talk about surprises, the sole Republican to explicitly mention God during this week’s presidential debates was none other than Fred Thompson, the self-avowed non-church attender from Tennessee. A close look at the transcripts by Jeffrey Weiss of the Dallas Morning News found that while there was plenty of talk about religion in general during the…

After Focus on the Family’s James Dobson dissed Fred Thompson several weeks back, a handful of Christian Right leaders came to the former Tennessee Senator’s defense, suggesting all was not lost for him among the pro-family crowd. But The Washington Times reports that that at a meeting of activists at last weekend’s Values Voter Summit,…

When God-o-Meter checked in with a Fred Thompson advisor shortly before he official declared his candidacy, it was told that Thompson, whose infrequent church attendance has been much remarked upon, would not try to make believe he was deeply religious. Fast forward to this morning, when Thompson scored the only standing ovation of his speech…

When Beliefnet checked in with Gary Bauer following his defense of Fred Thompson in light of James Dobson’s condemnation of the former Law & Order actor, he made clear he wasn’t endorsing Thompson. God-o-Meter takes Bauer at his word. But it has a hunch that Bauer and other marquee Christian Right activists are hedging their…
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