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In Today’s News: The theocratic-leaning Alliance Defense Fund is doing a little community organizing this week to clear the path for funding Pat Robertson’s next presidential bid with [...]

After yesterday’s post about the NFL season, I thought the subject of religion and football had been exhausted.  Unfortunately, I was wrong. Yesterday, the Republicans wrapped up their [...]

TGIF everyone.  Here’s your news: After being slammed in Gov. Palin’s speech, community organizers strike back. [Street Prophets] Speaking of Gov. Palin, she is apparently [...]

Cross posted over at Progressive Revival and The Hill Blog. In her speech last night, Governor Palin missed a golden opportunity to explain how her religious beliefs would influence her policy [...]

Here’s your daily look at the headlines: More coverage of Sarah Palin’s theocratic rhetoric (warning, shameless self-promotion).  And then there are the partisan sermons of her former [...]

Tonight marks the beginning of the football regular season, when my beloved Washington Redskins will lose in an embarrassing fashion to the New York Giants.  Why am I mentioning this?  Because [...]

Or at least that’s what Republican vice-presidential pick Sarah Palin believes. The Huffington Post obtained this video of Gov. Palin speaking to the Wasilla Assembly of God, her one time [...]

Last Friday, our good friend Lori Lipman Brown of the Secular Coalition for America was brave enough to go on the Colbert Report. I hope you enjoy this clip. Colbert has a biting sense of humor, [...]

Today’s pipeline of omniscience: McCain’s effort to woo conservatives is paying off. And at the RNC, faith is on full display. [New York Times; Reuters] The Religious Right is giddy [...]

From yesterday’s Dallas Morning News: Today marks the beginning of Ramadan, Islam’s holy month, during which Muslims fast from sunup to sundown. The faithful believe Ramadan recalls [...]