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A few interesting religious angles in Jane Mayer’s New Yorker piece about how Sarah Palin got picked. First, the young blogger who brought her to the attention of the conservative blogosphere was a “Messianic Jew” (a type of evangelical) who believes that “the hand of God” played a role in choosing Palin: “The longer I…

Those of you who have seen Religulous know that one of the most mocked characters is Rev. Jeremiah Cummings, who is depicted as a greedy huckster who ignores Christ’s teaching about poverty, and enriches himself at the expense of his congregation. I got a few emails from Cummings recently, and he claims that Bill Maher…

The top seven headlines on WND.com, a popular conservative website, this morning: Now terrorists swoon over Biden (Yes, Biden!) –WND Exclusive– Obama funded foreign thug who promised Islamic state Agreement with Muslims pledged to protect terrorists, throttle Christians, impose Shariah –WND WorldNetDaily Exclusive How Obama friend tried to give nation to Muslim minority Read 3-page…

For me, most significant moment of Colin Powell’s appearance was not his endorsement of Barack Obama but his statement about the role of Islam in America. He spoke about how Republicans have turned being a Muslim into a slur and spoke movingly about the death of Army Spc. Kareem R. Khan, a Muslim-American soldier. Khan…

Number of fetuses/babies aborted in the U.S. during the third trimester: 2,400 Number of babies that die in the U.S. in their first year of life: 28,000 During the debate, the candidateas talked about late term abortions, which affects 2,400 cases, and “born alive” babies, which are even fewer. Now, the McCain campaign is phoning…

The Washington Post reports from a Sarah Palin rally: “Palin also made a point of mentioning that she loved to visit the “pro-America” areas of the country, of which North Carolina is one. No word on which states she views as unpatriotic.” Are You In a Pro-America Part of the U.S. or an Anti-America Part?…

From today’s Washington Post account of a Sarah Palin rally: Giving credit to a higher power for the day’s poll ratings, the Alaska governor told the roughly 500-person audience that things might be changing. “We even saw today, thank the Lord,” she said, looking upwards and raising her fist, “We saw some movement.” The Post…

I’m pretty sure this is the first presidential debate in which the sentence “sexuality is sacred” has been uttered. It came during the abortion discussion, when Barack Obama said, “We should try to prevent unintended pregnancies by providing appropriate education to our youth, communicating that sexuality is sacred and that they should not be engaged…

Though it was a terrible moment politically for McCain when he mocked Obama for supporting a health exception to a late term abortion ban, the Republican actually has a substantive point. The “health” exception has in the past been used to keep almost all third trimester abortions legal. It’s often forgotten that Roe v. Wade…

On Good Morning America, Joe the Plumber said that it was unfair for someone to have to pay more just because they make more. He called it “socialist,” as do many conservatives. John McCain objected to this spreading the wealth around as being “class warfare.” How did this socialist germ — the idea that wealthier…
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