Here’s an article from the New York Times which indicates that religion and denominational membership are important factors in determining the political party affiliation of ministers and rabbis: …according to a new data set representing the largest compilation of American religious leaders ever assembled. Like their congregants, religious leaders have sharply divided themselves along political […]
Hillary Clinton took her campaign to a black church in Oakland CA. It was her usual stump speech adapted to a black audience (see: video above). Here’s a link to local coverage of the event: “Clinton appeals for votes at Oakland church” Response: This doesn’t bother me at all and black churches get a pass […]
According to recent Pew Research, the new 2015 Congress may be far more ‘religious’ than average America. 92% of the member of the incoming Congress claim to be Christians including 57% who are affiliated Protestants while nearly 31% are Catholics. The new Congress also includes 28 Jews, 16 Mormons, 2 Muslims, 2 Buddhists, 1 Hindu […]
(Image by slack12 via Flickr) Is it true that most members of the Democratic Party seldom or never go to church? Sounds like a preposterous claim made by some Republican. But it is true! According to a Gallup poll, a majority of Democrats (52%) confirm that they seldom or never attend church. Another 20% […]
Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley started a controversy on Monday by telling an audience at a Baptist church in Montgomery that he only considers fellow Christians to be his ‘brothers and sisters.’: “Now I will have to say that, if we don’t have the same daddy, we’re not brothers and sisters. So anybody here today who […]
(Chris Matthews via Wikipedia) Chris Matthews of MSNBC said the other day that ‘the religious right is like the Taliban’? Ed Morrissey of Hot Air observes: That must be from all of the times the Religious Right throws acid in women’s faces, or bars girls from attending schools, or beat barbers in the streets for […]
(State Seal via Wikipedia) The battle between the State of Connecticut and the Roman Catholic Church started in March with the surprise introduction of a bill in the state Senate that would have reorganized the leadership of the Roman Catholic Church in the state. Bill #1098 would have mandated a change in the internal structure […]
