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Steven Waldman

Hugh Hewitt: Do you think the mainstream media and the left understands your religious faith, Governor Palin? Sarah Palin: I think that there’s a lot of mocking of my personal faith, and my personal faith is very, very simple. I don’t belong to any church. I do have a strong belief in God, and I…

I’m looking forward to hearing from those interviewed in the movie about whether they felt Maher depicted their views fairly. Given that one of Maher’s criticisms of religion is that people proof-text – i.e. find in Scripture a quote to prove whatever they want – it’s incumbent on him to be honorable in his use…

In the spirit of forgiveness, let me start with a few compliments for Religulous. It was funnier than I expected. To be sure, some of it was shooting fish in a barrel. Run a clip of Muslim describing Islam as religion of peace. Cut to buildings blowing up. Still, they had good comic timing and…

Yowza. This is a first. A Democratic group airing an ad arguing that the pro-choice Democratic candidate will do more to reduce the number of abortions than the Republican. In the ad, Doug Kmiec, the former Reagan administration official says Obama’s approach “drastically reduces the numbers of abortions.” On their website, Matthew25, which sponsored the…

In her interview with Katie Couric, Palin says one of her closest friends is gay. Interestingly, she describes it as a choice — a key dividing line between social conservatives (who argue that it is a choice) and many others who argue that homosexuals are born gay. Couric had asked about a seminar at her…

2004 election results among white Catholics: Bush 56%, Kerry 43% Latest Quinnipiac polls: Ohio: McCain 47%, Obama 48% Pennsylavania: McCain 47%, Obama 45% Florida: McCain 51%, Obama 43% Interestingly, Obama is also doing quite a bit better among white evangelicals in Ohio and Pennsylvania than he is in the rest of the country (including Florida).

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The Democrats are running this new ad based on a

Remember the headlines after the 2004 election about how millions of voters pulled the lever based on moral issues such as abortion and gay marriage? This year, thanks to the economic problems, even those “values voters” care less about values. This came through clearly the new Twelve Tribes study by Beliefnet and Prof. John Green…

In the past I’ve written that the basic dilemma for Moderate Evangelicals and centrist Catholics has been that they’re liberal on the war and other issues but conservative on the social issues. They’re reluctant to pull the lever for a pro-choice, pro-gay rights candidate like Obama Well, I’d like to revise my view. The new…
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