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A new TIME poll has Catholics splitting between McCain and Obama, with McCain’s 45-44 edge within the margin of error. Another reminder that, for all Barack Obama’s religious outreach prowess and for all John McCain’s religious stumbles, the traditional God Gap hasn’t changed much. The most recent NBC/Wall Street Journal poll gives McCain 69%-21% advantage…

Following up on a TIME account yesterday, CBN’s David Brody has more deets on Tuesday’s Denver meeting among scores of Christian Right activists and their decision to coalesce behind John McCain despite their considerable doubts about him. Channeling meeting attendee/evangelical activists David Barton–who spearheaded evangelical pastor outreach for the Republican National Committee in 2004–Brody sees…

Echoing Family Research Council Action, the Catholic League For Religious and Civil Rights says Obama’s plan for faith-based initiatives would do more harm than good by prohibiting religious groups from discriminating on the basis of religion and requiring those groups to use federal funds for secular programs only. What God-o-Meter is trying to find out…

A new pro-Obama faith-based group called the Matthew 25 Network, started by John Kerry’s 2004 faith outreach director, has launched a Christian Radio ad on the heels of Obama’s faith-based initiatives speech: The ad is running first in Colorado Springs, CO, home of Focus on the Family and site of an Obama speech today.

With Barack Obama in Colorado Springs, CO for a speech today, God-o-Meter checked in with Focus on the Family, the granddaddy of evangelical megagroups in the Springs, to see if Obama had any plans to stop by while he was in town. Here’s what Focus on the Family Vice President of Media and Public Relations…

One might have thought that Barack Obama’s plan to expand George W. Bush’s Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives would be music to the ears of Family Research Council Action, the main inside-the-beltway Christian Right advocacy outfit. Carving out a big role for religion in the public square is a major priority for the organization…

A day after announcing his plan to beef up President Bush’s office of faith-based initiatives, Barack Obama pops up today in Colorado Springs, whose reputation as the country’s evangelical capital has earned it the nickname “Vatican West.” The Obama camp says the timing is pure coincidence. You buy that? Here’s the Obama camp’s one-liner on…

As Barack Obama has emphasized his life as a “committed Christian” over the past year and a half, skeptics have asked for evidence of how his faith would actually influence his policies as president. Some conservative Christian activists have urged religious voters to examine Obama’s liberal stances on social issues like abortion and gay rights…

After touring Zanesville, Ohio’s Eastside Community Ministry, which his campaign describes as a “food bank, a clothing closet and a children’s program for low-income” people–Barack Obama will announce plans his plan for a President’s Council for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, the successor to George W. Bush’s White House Office of Faith-Based Initiatives. In laying out…

Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, on John McCain’s short list of potential running mates, might have upped his chances of getting the nod by doing what McCain won’t: going on the Christian Broadcasting Network and talking about his faith in Jesus. Here’s one exchange from Pawlenty’s interview with David Brody: Brody: “Talk to me a little…
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