Capitol and Cathedral
Pew has a new poll out estimating that 78% of registered voters who are white evangelicals would vote for Donald Trump. Let's not get carried away. Here are three quick points to give context to Trump's evangelical support. Read more
Pew has a new poll out estimating that 78% of registered voters who are white evangelicals would vote for Donald Trump. Let's not get carried away. Here are three quick points to give context to Trump's evangelical support. Read more
General Flynn's clarification may add even more confusion to a prospective ticket with a stunning lack of clarity and consistency on a top GOP priority, criminalizing abortion. Read more
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) calls the DNC's draft plank on abortion "crazy." Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA) urges the Platform Committee to honor Americans who do not support taxpayer funding for abortion. The Clintons used to say abortion should be "safe, legal, and rare." Does Mrs. Clinton still want abortion to be rare? Read more
I wonder what social conservatives think of their nominee and their party seriously considering putting a pro-choice Democrat one 70 year-old's heartbeat away from the presidency. Read more
CBS News reports that the Republican Party's platform committee is considering changes to its language on LGBT issues. In 2012, Republicans called redefinition of marriage in state courts "an assault on the foundations of society." Will the GOP find softer language for its 2016 platform? Read more
In advance of the party conventions this month, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are presently considering one of the first and most important decisions they will make as their parties' presumptive nominees. They must decide soon who to select as their vice-presidential running mate. Here are some factors that people think affect nominees' decision making. Read more
Here are some items addressing social issues in the Democratic Party. Its Platform Committee released a draft on July 1. The platform becomes more liberal on abortion and LGBT rights, while not mentioning concerns about religious freedom. Read more
Donald Trump embodies a theology that elevates strength and power. Evangelical leader Peter Wehner argues that Trump's theology reflects very poorly on Christians who enthusiastically support him. I comment on Wehner's recent New York Time's op-ed about Trump's theology. I also analyze a growing rift in the religious right between Christians on the right who support the Republican Party uncritically and those who would balk at voting for Trump. Read more
From June through November 2016, Jacob Lupfer published weekly digests of news and commentary on how religion and faith helped shape the presidential election campaign between Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump. Read more
I have not received many submissions yet, so June's winner is a sign I saw near my home in unincorporated southwestern Baltimore County, Maryland. Bonus points to the maker of this homemade Trump sign for somehow being even more offensive than Trump himself. Read more
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