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In today’s news: Coverage of this weekend’s ‘Pulpit Initiative‘ is rolling in. 33 pastors violated federal law to endorse a political candidate from the pulpit on Sunday. [...]

In today’s news: Sunday’s pulpit politics showcase showdown is quickly approaching. We bid $1 – and a new video. [New York Times] As the Jewish holidays near, Rabbis debate the [...]

Remember the endorsement courtship and nasty split between pastors and politicians during the primaries?  Now, the Religious Right’s Alliance Defense Fund is organizing more pastors to [...]

In today’s news: Interfaith Alliance’s criticism of the Clarion Fund for distributing the film Obsession only in political swing states immediately before our national election is [...]

Last week, we wrote to Interfaith Alliance’s members about the Alliance Defense Fund’s (ADF) manipulative “Pulpit Initiative,”  a  project encouraging Christian pastors to [...]

In Today’s News: Say what? A new survey shows 4 in 10 think clergy should endorse candidates. [USA Today] Thirty percent of Americans believe Barack Obama may be Muslim. Statistics on the [...]

The Chicago Tribune has an excellent article about how the Muslim-American community is taking stock of their faith today, 9-11-08. That negative image of Islam—reflected in the Internet rumors [...]

In Today’s News: Carl Rove: the life of the party…faithful. [New Yorker] New kids on the born-again block? [Economist] McCain’s superstar running-mate Sarah Palin is on the [...]

In Today’s News: New faces join familiar company on the latest Fundamentalist. Guess who’s joined the party. [American Prospect] Sarah Palin’s seen as an asset in winning the [...]

How did the Democrats do? What did you think of the way that they incorporated faith into their convention? These have been the most frequent questions posed to me over the past few days. And [...]