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"I could have become Michele Bachmann"

By filingspost Tue, 08/16/2011 - 6:19am

http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2011/08/14/my-take-i-could-have-become-mic... ]"Over the years I began to doubt what I’d been taught — that we could find in the Bible the final answers to our questions about the minutiae of 21st century tax policy and the path to economic growth."

Bachmann and Perry showdown could split evangelical vote

By SharperIron Sun, 08/14/2011 - 10:28pm

“Bachmann has received the endorsement of more than 100 pastors and Christian leaders in the state in the past week alone. But Perry’s entry upsets her calculations.” NZH

John Roberts is no fool

By filingspost Sat, 08/13/2011 - 7:27am

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142405311190400610457650240161430862... ]""The White House . . . has quietly altered its website to remove the references to Jerusalem being in 'Israel,' " the New York Sun reports." from WSJ Best of the Web

Pulpits and Politics- "Pulpit Freedom Sunday"

By filingspost Fri, 08/12/2011 - 6:33am

http://online.worldmag.com/2011/08/08/pulpits-and-politics/ "...Pulpit Freedom Sunday was established in 2008 with a handful of pastors, and expanded to include about 100 pastors last year. It’s a direct challenge to the principle of government restriction."

"Obama wants more taxes for more spending, not for debt reduction."

By filingspost Thu, 08/11/2011 - 8:48am

http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/274171/unbalanced-michael-tanner# ]History shows us that countries as divergent as Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, and Slovenia successfully reduced the size of their governments relative to their economies and lowered their debt burden substantially. They did so by controlling spending, not by raising taxes. ~Michael Tanner, National Review Online

Unconstitutional Prayers

By filingspost Tue, 08/09/2011 - 7:02am

http://online.worldmag.com/2011/08/05/unconstitutional-prayers/ "...which set of rules best affords Christianity room to flourish, while treating non-Christians as Christ would have them treated by His followers?"

"We now have two Latter Day Saints running, and the potential for misunderstanding or missteps is therefore twice what it was before"

By sifilings Wed, 08/03/2011 - 7:53am

Mormons Duck Political Duel

Church officials now monitor the Internet, television broadcasts and print publications daily to sniff out even a hint that anti-Mormonism is entering the 2012 campaign.