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DNC’s platform and Abortion – A Pro-Choice point of View
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Kathleen Kennedy Townsend
As a pro-choice Dem, I am pleased by the DNC’s plank on abortion. It reaffirms Roe…AND it also show party’s respect for pro-life Dems. Most smartlly, it challenges the Republican party to connect its rhetoric to results. For years, Rs have simply condemned Roe, criticized women, and curried favor with Catholic hierarchy…which is all male. But they made…
Bloggingheads Debate: Richard Land v Brian McLaren
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Paul Raushenbush
Two of Time Magazine’s 25 most influential Evangelicals: Richard Land from the Southern Baptist Convention and Brian McLaren, from Progressive Revival debate the issues facing Chrstians today on Bloggingheads TV. See the whole debate here: Political Parties trolling in an election cycle: Religion’s real role in public policy Media’s role in religion…
On Evil and the Election
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Robert P. Jones
In one of the most explicitly theological questions of Saturday night’s “Saddleback Civil Forum,” Pastor Rick Warren asked both candidates, “Does evil exist in the world today? If so, what should we do about it?” While both Obama and McCain affirmed their belief in the existence of evil, their responses revealed deeply different theological orientations…
Cross Drawn in the Dirt – Gate
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Paul Raushenbush
Steve Waldman has been covering the Cross Draw in Sand-Gate scandal that is heating up. It was the first time I had heard the story and found it moving. It would be absolutely nuts if it turns out to be some sort of hybrid memory. Here is Waldman’s post: Andrew Sullivan is offering a detailed account…
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