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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 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.
January 16, 2012 - Fox News
Fox: Video: Lobbying for the faithful

Alan Hertzke talks to Fox News about religious lobbies in Washington, D.C.

January 06, 2012 - The Christian Broadcasting Network
CBN: What Iowa caucuses predict about the GOP race
Although the Iowa caucuses are quickly becoming a distant memory, voter patterns from the contest teach a lesson about the battle for the Republican nomination.
January 05, 2012 - The Orange County Register
Orange County Register: O.C. GOP chief eyes Romney nomination
As enthused as the Rev. Lou Sheldon is over Rick Santorum's strong Iowa showing, other influential Orange County Republicans see Tuesday's caucus results swinging momentum further in the direction of frontrunner Mitt Romney.
January 04, 2012 - The Orlando Sentinel
Orlando Sentinel: Iowa caucus shows division between evangelicals and other voters
Polling conducted as voters entered the 2012 Iowa caucuses shows a clear split between born-again evangelical Christians, who favored Rick Santorum, and other voters, who favored Mitt Romney, according to the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life.
January 02, 2012 - NPR
NPR: Religion front and center on 2012 campaign trail
From stump speeches to political ads, religion is a hot-button topic in the presidential campaign.
December 28, 2011 - The Boston Globe
Boston Globe: On candidates, N.H. evangelicals finding little unity
David Ridge believes abortion is an “abomination’’ and gay marriage is “unnatural.’’ He votes Republican because “I believe in personal responsibility, accountability to the creator, and accountability to mankind.’’
December 27, 2011 - The Washington Times
Washington Times: Opinion: Obama: Entangled by Islam
It’s no longer news that President Obama’s vaunted outreach to Islam has been a bust.
December 23, 2011 - Minnesota Public Radio
Minnesota Public Radio: Catholic family with lesbian sister weighs marriage amendment
In the 16 years since Eileen Scallen called to say she was bringing a girlfriend home for a school reunion, her five brothers and sisters have become accustomed to having a gay sibling.
December 16, 2011 - Newsweek
Newsweek: Mitt Romney’s Mormon problem in the Iowa caucuses simply won’t die
The Mormon issue has reared its unattractive head in Iowa.
December 15, 2011 - St. Petersburg Times
St. Petersburg Times: For Obama, religion remains an issue
Bundled in winter coats and holding hands, President Barack Obama and his family left the White House last Sunday and strolled through a park to St. John's Episcopal Church.
December 14, 2011 - Today's Zaman
Today's Zaman: Dialogue and justice
The 4th UN Alliance of Civilizations Forum was held in Doha, Qatar, Dec. 11-13 with strong international participation.
December 13, 2011 - The Peninsula
Peninsula: Respect Arab democracies, West urged
A top European diplomat yesterday called on the West to stop patronising the Arab Spring and respect the results of the democratic elections that are taking place in the post-revolution Arab countries.
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