Tag: Faith and politics

As we previously reported, today is “Pulpit Freedom Sunday”, a day designated by the Alliance Defense Fund for ministers and other religious leaders to challenge the half century IRS prohibition on political speech by churches. To challenge that rule, several pastors plan to defy the ban by making endorsements from the pulpit. And, as we previously reported, many other religious leaders have challenged the wisdom of this challenge.

Mark Silk writes: The news is beginning to sink in that Obama has not managed to change the voting preferences of the most religious white voters, evangelicals especially. Pastor Dan has details.

The Interfaith Alliance is calling on clergy to stand up for religious freedom by signing a pledge to uphold certain standards during the election season. We ask clergy to pledge: to educate members of our congregation about how our faith relates to issues of the day; to refrain from endorsing any candidate, either explicitly or implicitly, in or on behalf of our house of worship; to…

The guys at the Dallas Morning News’ religion blog aren’t saying whether the Kenyan preacher with an interest in witchcraft who prayed over Sarah Palin is a “problem or not a problem.” But they have reproduced the evidence so viewers can decide for themselves.

A Guttmacher Institute report finds that the abortion rate is currently at its lowest since Roe v. Wade was decided in 1973. Most of the change is due to declining abortion rates among women aged 20 to 24 since 1989. Experts disagree on the cause of this shift. Some cite state laws requiring parental notification for minors’ abortions. But minors account for only 7 percent of abortions.

The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life interviews two experts about how both McCain and Obama propose to expand the Bush administration’s faith-based initiative.

Bishop Kirk Smith of Arizona writes about a ballot proposition in his state designed to protect marriage from…what?