For all John McCain’s bungling of religious outreach, particularly with his own party’s social conservative base, no one can accuse him of taking the Jewish vote for granted. He embraces every opportunity to reiterate his firm support for Israel, his hawkish positions on Iran and Hamas, and the reasons he feels Barack Obama is soft…

The lead from today’s Wall Street Journal story says it all: As the general election approaches, a contentious battle for the Democratic nomination continues right up to the convention between the two remaining candidates. The Republican contender is a military hawk, loathed by the religious right. And the country has the possibility of the first…

Two weeks after the California Supreme Court legalized gay marriage, The New York Times reports that New York State will begin recognizing gay marriages from California, Massachusetts, and other countries. And because California, unlike Massachusetts, lacks a law preventing gay marriages granted there from being recognized elsewhere, other states may follow suit. At the very…

When John McCain threw pastors John Hagee and Rod Parsley overboard last week, God-o-Meter was struck that both pastors issued statements absent of any ill will toward the presidential candidate. Pretty gracious, thought GOM–would the broader Christian Right be so understanding? Would conservative Christian leaders actually blame the mainstream media for unfairly caricaturizing Hagee and…

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