Spiritual Politics notes that Joe Lieberman is headlining John Hagee’s Christians United for Israel annual Washington banquet next week. Israel’s ambassador to the U.S., Sallai Meridor, is also listed as a keynote speaker. So is Hagee himself. Another moment to ponder how strange it was that John McCain threw Hagee overboard over insensitive remarks he…

Last week’s decision by nearly 100 conservative Christian activists meeting in Denver to coalesce around presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain was a major coup for a candidate whose relationship with the Christian Right has been famously stormy. But the Denver meeting’s organizer, Mathew Staver–founder and chairman of Liberty Counsel and dean of Liberty University…

Another day, another reminder that the God gap in the electorate heavily favors John McCain, even as Barack Obama screams his faith from the rooftops and McCain wears his close to his vest. A new Gallup poll analysis shows that Americans who say faith is important to their lives–about two thirds of the country–favor McCain…

This morning at 10 Eastern, the Family Research Council plans to unveil the results of a poll that suggests that candidates’ support for state-based constitutional amendments banning gay marriage is a major benefit at the polls. Politico’s Mike Allen has the scoop: PRODUCER ALERT — The Family Research Council, Washington’s leading lobby for social conservatives,…

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