• Little framed in moral terms during presidential debate

  Economic woes and national security dominated a second presidential debate that offered little new information for undecided voters, including those looking for a values-based hook on which to hang their presidential choice.

  10/09/2008 - By Administrator

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  Support for ‘two-state’ solution troubles some Palin backers

  Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's answer during her Oct. 2 vice-presidential debate expressing support for a “two-state” solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is drawing criticism from some of her strongest supporters — pro-Israel conservative Christians.

  10/06/2008 - By Administrator

• Fewer than three-dozen churches risk tax-exempt status through endorsements

  Only 33 churches signed up to participate in a conservative Christian group’s Pulpit Freedom Sunday Sept. 28, but planners viewed the exercise in civil disobedience as a success.

  10/06/2008 - By admin

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  VP debate explores little on hot-button social issues

  Voters hoping to know more about the vice-presidential candidates’ faith-influenced views on contentious policy issues probably learned little from the Oct. 2 debate between Democrat Joe Biden and Republican Sarah Palin.

  10/03/2008 - By Administrator

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  Some conservatives say: ‘A woman VP? Sure. A woman pastor? No way’

  There may never be a female pastor leading Tony Perkins’ Southern Baptist congregation in Louisiana, but there could be a woman taking over the vice president’s mansion in Washington. And as Perkins sees it, there’s no contradiction there whatsoever.

  09/25/2008 - By admin

• Four in 10 think clergy should endorse candidates

  Four in 10 Americans believe religious leaders should be permitted to endorse political candidates from the pulpit without risking their organization’s tax-exempt status, a new survey by the First Amendment Center shows.

  09/25/2008 - By admin

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  Torture fails to ensure national security, experts insist

  Retired high-ranking military officers and national security experts at a national summit on torture agreed—a policy that permits torture does not make the United States or its troops safer.

  09/11/2008 - By Administrator

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  Southern evangelicals not guided by Bible for view on torture

  A new survey suggests the very Americans who claim to follow the Bible most assiduously don’t consult it when forming their views about torture and government policy.

  09/11/2008 - By Administrator

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  Right or rite: Do Christian citizens have a duty to vote?

  There is a debate in some religious circles about whether voting in secular elections is a duty for Christians.

  09/09/2008 - By Administrator

• Standish named new head of religious-freedom commission

  Adventist leader James Standish has been named the new executive director of a federal panel that advocates for global religious liberty.

  08/20/2008 - By Administrator

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  Saddleback forum points out candidates’ differences, similarities

  Individual stand on moral issues — from personal character to the international arena — was the foundation of the Aug. 16 Saddleback Civil Forum on the Presidency.

  08/20/2008 - By Administrator

• Faith groups push to increase minimum wage to $10 an hour

  A nonpartisan coalition of more than 90 faith, community, labor and business organizations has launched an ambitious “$10 in 2010” campaign to raise the federal minimum wage within two years.

  08/14/2008 - By admin