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February 05, 2012 - The Hill
The Hill: Study reignites debate over Jewish vote
A new analysis of polling data matching party and religious affiliation has reignited a decades-old debate over whether Jews are abandoning the Democrats, jeopardizing the party’s electoral prospects in races up and down the ballot.
February 03, 2012 - Jewish Journal
Jewish Journal: Do we now have proof that Jews are trending Republican?
If you haven’t seen it yet, the PEW Forum on religion and public life just published a new analysis of party identification by religion.
February 03, 2012 - The Jewish Daily Forward
Jewish Daily Forward: Jews shift toward GOP, survey claims
Jewish support for the Republican Party has grown dramatically since 2008 nationwide, a new analysis of survey data out from the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press suggests.
February 03, 2012 - Clarion Ledger
Clarion Ledger: Politics & religion: Does Mormon affiliation matter?
Mitt Romney's presidential bid has raised the issue of religion in a way not seen since John F. Kennedy became the nation's first Catholic president.
February 02, 2012 - Bloomberg
Bloomberg: What Jesus might say is debated in survey of Christian politics
Christians in the U.S. who labeled themselves politically liberal or conservative told researchers Jesus wouldn’t necessarily agree with their social views if he were alive today, according to a study.
February 02, 2012 - The Houston Chronicle
Houston Chronicle: Catholics still favor Obama over GOP candidates
With many American Catholic leaders blaming the current administration for a new requirement that Catholic employers provide birth control coverage, you’d think that President Barack Obama wouldn’t exactly be their favorite person right now.
February 01, 2012 - Orlando Sentinel
Orlando Sentinel: Romney scored well among Florida Catholics and white evangelicals
New analysis of the Florida primary by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life based on results from the National Election Pool (NEP) shows that Mitt Romney received strong support from Catholics and from voters who do not describe themselves as white born-again/evangelical Christians.
February 01, 2012 - Agence France-Presse
AFP: Romney, Gingrich run close among Florida evangelicals
Mitt Romney, a Morman, ran about even with his rival Newt Gingrich among white evangelical voters in his commanding victory in the Florida primary, the Pew Research Center said Wednesday.
January 30, 2012 - ABC
ABC: Catholic Church vs. Obama in election year showdown
The most recent showdown between Roman Catholic Church leaders and the Obama administration over contraceptive services threatens to alienate the president’s liberal religious supporters at a time when discontent with Washington is surging.
January 28, 2012 - Edmonton Journal
Edmonton Journal: How serious is Ottawa about religious freedom?
The swirl of criticism around the creation of the Office of Religious Freedom distracts from the more important issue of the role of religion in world affairs.
January 28, 2012 - The Edmonton Journal
Edmonton Journal: How serious is Ottawa about religious freedom?
The swirl of criticism around the creation of the Office of Religious Freedom distracts from the more important issue of the role of religion in world affairs.
January 27, 2012 - The Columbus Dispatch
Columbus Dispatch: GOP hopefuls stress their ‘family values’
The Republican presidential candidates want you to look past the stiff suits and debate rhetoric and see that they’re good guys — husbands, fathers, Christians.
January 27, 2012 - WNYC
WNYC: Will the new evangelicals tip Florida?
Newt Gingrich won more than 40 percent of the evangelical Christian vote in last week's South Carolina primary, easily besting Rick Santorum, long considered a social conservative favorite, in the early primary where bible-believing Christians hold the most sway.
January 27, 2012 - WNYC
WNYC: Will the new evangelicals tip Florida?
Newt Gingrich won more than 40 percent of the evangelical Christian vote in last week's South Carolina primary, easily besting Rick Santorum, long considered a social conservative favorite, in the early primary where bible-believing Christians hold the most sway.
January 27, 2012 - Bay Area News Group
Bay Area News Group: California's Catholic hierarchy takes stand against illegal-immigration dragnet
The Bay Area's biggest religious institution, the Catholic Church, is throwing its weight against a federal immigration dragnet that in the past two years deported more than 6,500 people from the region.
January 25, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: In Romney's tax returns, details on Mormon tithe
Mitt Romney's newly released tax returns provide more than an accounting of the Republican presidential candidate's remarkable personal wealth.
January 23, 2012 - The Orlando Sentinel
Orlando Sentinel: Gingrich rode evangelicals to victory in South Carolina
New analysis by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life on the South Carolina Republican primary shows that Newt Gingrich received strong support (44%) from born-again/evangelical Christians and from voters who said that the religious beliefs of the candidates played an important role in their vote (46%).
January 22, 2012 - The Tampa Tribune
Tampa Tribune: Mormon church works to dispel mystery as profile is raised
For a religious denomination that claims about 2 percent of the American population, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is getting a lot of attention these days.
January 21, 2012 - The Times-Picayune
Times-Picayune: New Orleans archbishop heads to Vatican for twice-a-decade visit
Archbishop Gregory Aymond and Bishop Shelton Fabre flew to Rome on Friday to join 20 other regional Catholic bishops for a once-every-five-years series of face-to-face meetings with the pope and Vatican bureaucrats to brief them on conditions in their local churches.
January 20, 2012 - The Vancouver Sun
Vancouver Sun: Solid facts about Mitt Romney and Mormons
The vast majority of Mormons see themselves as Christians, although many Christians are not so sure.
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