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7\/31, 12:57p CT:<\/em> Here at FD, Linda Seger takes on<\/a> Christians who deny global warming \u2014 or don\u2019t care about it.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n 7\/31, 12:25p CT:<\/em> Faith in Public Life is hosting a fascinating discussion between Christian evangelicals and Christian progressives on the process of reaching out<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n 7\/31, 12:14p CT: <\/em>Robert Parham at the Baptist Center for Ethics says\u00a0American Christians must look in the mirror<\/a> when dishing out blame for Iraq\u2019s humanitarian crisis. <\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n 7\/31, 12:06p CT: <\/em>The Brody File talks<\/a> to Burns Strider, head of the Hillary Clinton faith team.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n 7\/30, 4:41p\u00a0CT:<\/em> Iraq faces a humanitarian crisis<\/a> because of the violence that\u00a0the U.S. invasion has precipitated.\u00a0 Of course, it\u2019s all\u00a0for them, right?\u00a0 Meanwhile, Bush tries to sell arms<\/a> to Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n 7\/30, 2:26p CT:<\/em> A group of 34 mainstream evangelicals push the creation<\/a> of a Palestinian state.\u00a0 Extremist John Hagee contends that these folks aren\u2019t \u201cBible-believing.\u201d\u00a0 Isn\u2019t anyone else tired of these political litmus tests for being a true Christian?<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n 7\/30, 12:01p CT:<\/em> The Brody File interviews Barack Obama here<\/a>\u00a0and analyzes the answers here<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n 7\/28, 11:27a CT:<\/em> This idea that Pat Tillman may have been murdered (see here<\/a> and here<\/a>)\u00a0is almost literally sickening.\u00a0 Turns out the guy was vehemently anti-war and\u00a0planned to meet with\u00a0leftist Noam Chomsky upon his return from Iraq.\u00a0 If that got him killed, we have some serious soul searching to do as a country.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n 7\/26, 8:04p CT:<\/em> Democrats debate<\/a> what kind of farm bill\u00a0to offer, and whether it will direct subsidies to the many or to the few.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n 7\/26, 2:54p CT:<\/em>\u00a0Former faith-based office head John DiIulio argues<\/a> that Bush\u2019s threat to veto funding for poor children contradicts his pledge to be a compassionate conservative.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n 7\/26, 10:03a CT:<\/em> Stephanie Simon at the LA Times notices the Democrats are serious about changing<\/a> the abortion debate.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n 7\/25, 3:08p CT:<\/em> Stan Moody has a post up about the Christian Right being guilty of a little prooftexting<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n 7\/25, 1:13p CT:<\/em> Here at FD, Dr. Robby Jones hails<\/a> the\u00a0House Democrats\u2019 abortion reduction bill as a way beyond\u00a0treating abortion as a political football.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n 7\/25, 12:19p CT:<\/em> I wish I could say I were above schadenfreude<\/a>\u2026\u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n 7\/25, 10:59a CT:<\/em> The Michigan State House votes to divest<\/a> from\u00a0the genocidal regime in Sudan.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n 7\/25, 10:55a CT:<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0The Democrats are making a difference: the mimimum wage just went up<\/a> thanks to them.<\/p>\n 7\/24, 9:40a CT:<\/em> Apologies for the paucity of posts yesterday; it will be similar today.\u00a0 In the meantime, check out Faithfully Liberal\u2019s real-time\u00a0blogging<\/a> of the Democratic debate last night.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n 7\/23, 5:39p CT:<\/em> Before the Democratic debate in a few minutes, here are some\u00a0faith-based questions<\/a> to ponder.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n 7\/23, 2:35p CT:<\/em> While evangelicals rail<\/a> against\u00a0torture, Bush institutes a loophole-riddled \u201cban\u201d<\/a> on the practice.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n 7\/23, 1:01p CT:<\/em> The pope calls<\/a> for an end to war.\u00a0 Must be a dirty hippie underneath those robes.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n 7\/22, 10:12a CT:<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0The House\u00a0has passed\u00a0a measure to reduce<\/a> the number of abortions \u2014 something the Republicans have never helped on despite their anti-abortion rhetoric.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n 7\/21, 2:04p CT:<\/em> At least some countries<\/a> are trying to do something about the genocide in Sudan.\u00a0 Take action yourself by going here<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n 7\/20, 9:33a CT:<\/em> A faith-focused candidate for Congress emerges<\/a> in\u00a0a blue-collar district Pennsylvania.\u00a0 His name is Mike Waltner, and his website is here<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n 7\/20, 8:22a CT:<\/em> Jesse Lava is quoted<\/a> in today\u2019s Wall Street Journal, preaching the common good gospel.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n 7\/19, 3:59p CT:<\/em> Protect creation; stop Fox News<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n 7\/19, 10:57a CT:<\/em> Condi: \u201cI\u2019m a terrible<\/a> long-term planner.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n 7\/19, 10:39a CT:<\/em> The compassionate conservative\u00a0rejects<\/a> funding for children\u2019s health care.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n 7\/18, 3:31p CT:<\/em> Rudy Giuliani\u2019s political beliefs are opposed<\/a> to those of the Catholic church on virtually every single issue.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n 7\/18, 12:43p CT:<\/em> Over at the Huffington Post, Rev. Ron Stief of People for the American Way promotes<\/a> the work of religious progressives with Democratic candidates.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n 7\/18, 11:50a CT:<\/em> Religious leaders unite<\/a> for a farm bill that serves the little guy, not giant agribusiness.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n 7\/17, 10:41a CT:<\/em> Jesse Lava chides<\/a> Barry Lynn for chiding faith talk.\u00a0 Update: Barry Lynn responds on the comment thread.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n 7\/16, 5:27p CT: Obama puts <\/em>faith out front<\/em><\/a>. <\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n 7\/16, 12:59p CT: The GOP\u2019s religious base is <\/em>breaking away<\/em><\/a>, says the Dallas Morning News.\u00a0 And David Brody <\/em>speculates<\/em><\/a> that this trend may lead to a \u201cDemocratic tsunami\u201d in 2008.\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n 7\/13, 3:41p CT:<\/em> Time magazine has a terrific rundown<\/a> of how Democratic efforts in the faith community have evolved in the past few years.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n 7\/13, 11:25a CT: <\/em>Oh. My. God.\u00a0 George W. Bush is hailed as a \u201cmodel Methodist\u201d<\/a> for getting Scooter Libby off the hook.\u00a0 Never mind that Bush was also insulating himself against any possible testimony from Libby.\u00a0 The actual United Methodist church tends to have a different view<\/a> of Bush\u2019s policies.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n 7\/12, 3:26p CT: <\/em>Catholics come together<\/a> to call for an end to the war in Iraq.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n 7\/12, 11:00a CT:<\/em> Jesse Lava gets into the action of exposing<\/a> Cal Thomas\u2019s mendacious assault on Hillary\u2019s faith.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n 7\/12, 8:43a CT: <\/em>Make-believe theologian Cal Thomas claims<\/a> Hillary Clinton isn\u2019t a legitimate Christian; actual theologian Robin Lovin rips apart<\/a> Cal\u2019s fantasies.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n 7\/12, 8:24a CT: <\/em>The Vitter sexcapade is yet another hypocrisy<\/a> that\u2019s demoralizing the religious right.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n 7\/11, 8:20a CT: <\/em>Senator Vitter has more people<\/a> saying he paid to sleep with them \u2014 while arguing<\/a> that Bill Clinton should be impeached for lacking morals.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n 7\/10, 5:30p CT: <\/em>A new blogger paints himself as an intrepid caped crusader, daring to expose the seamy underbelly of the religion-political complex.\u00a0 Jesse Lava smells<\/a> a double standard.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n 7\/10, 1:05p CT: <\/em>A good question<\/a>: \u201cWhy did American evangelicals not pause for a moment in the rush to war to consider the near-unanimous disapproval of the global Christian community?\u201d<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n 7\/10, 8:41a CT: <\/em>A Republican senator from Louisiana is found to have committed adultery<\/a> with an escort.\u00a0 We\u2019re all sinners \u2014 so can we at least acknowledge at this point that Democrats are, at the very least, no more <\/em>sinful than Republicans?\u00a0 Update: Larry Flynt claims credit<\/a> for outing Senator Vitter.<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n 7\/9, 1:25p CT: <\/em>Obama gets kudos<\/a> for expressing the Christian foundation for his progressive politics.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n 7\/9, 9:53a CT: <\/em>Via TPMmuckraker, a 25-year veteran of the Department of Justice has the guts<\/a> to say this: \u201cI can honestly say that I have never been as ashamed of the department and government that I serve as I am at this time.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n 7\/7, 12:49a CT: <\/em>The New York Times gives<\/a> substantive coverage to Hillary Clinton\u2019s faith.\u00a0 The article is worth reading in its entirety.\u00a0 More later.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n 7\/6, 6:19p CT: <\/em>Bush decries Scotter Libby\u2019s sentence as excessive but lets this kid<\/a> rot in jail.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n 7\/6,\u00a0 6:12p CT: <\/em>Another wow<\/a>, though more heartbreaking: US and NATO forces seem to be killing more civilians in Afghanistan than Taliban insurgents are.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n 7\/6, 5:53p CT:<\/em> Wow<\/a>.\u00a0 Almost half of America favors the impeachment of Bush and a solid majority favor the impeachment of Cheney.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n 7\/6, 1:16p CT: <\/em>Jesse Lava on the most important difference<\/a> between Democrats and Republicans on health care.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n 7\/5, 3:07p CT: <\/em>Democratic Catholics in Congress are calling on<\/a> the Conference of Catholic Bishops to work to end the Iraq war.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n 7\/4, 10:42a CT: <\/em>Happy Independence Day!\u00a0 Jesse Lava talks up<\/a> St. Paul\u2019s idea of freedom.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n 7\/3, 2:58p CT: <\/em>Randall Balmer: \u201cThe Religious Right has abandoned<\/a> the faith for a conference call with Karl Rove in return.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n 7\/2, 1:19p CT: <\/em>Here at FD, Pastor Ken Walker says Tony Blair got Bushwhacked<\/a> .\u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n 7\/2, 12:24p CT: <\/em>Tom Krattenmaker reminds us<\/a> before Independence Day that faith shouldn\u2019t be red, white, and blue.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n 7\/2, 11:14a CT:<\/em> Pastor Dan again<\/a>, this time on a Texas court that gave the death sentence to a schizophrenic guy in a purple cowboy suit who called Jesus to the stand.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n 7\/1, 7:21p CT: <\/em>48% say<\/a> their faith influences their politics; maybe that\u2019s why stump speeches are incorporating<\/a> Bible verses.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1176,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-689","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-c17-featured-writers"],"yoast_head":"\n