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Stories by Rob Boston

At the Values Voter Summit, Wing-Nut Christian Right Plots Its Comeback

Religious conservatives, safely out of the public eye, let loose a string of shocking diatribes at the Values Voter Summit.
Posted on Sep 28, 2009, Source: Church and State

Religious Right Has-Beens Try for a Resurrection

Will financial and sex scandals sink the hopes of middle-age culture warriors Ralph Reed and Randall Terry? Don't count them out just yet.
Posted on Sep 16, 2009, Source: Church & State Magazine

Christian Cowboy Plots to Bring Christ into Kids' Social Studies Class

David Barton likens himself to a biblical prophet. He wants to destroy the separation of church and state. Why is he designing school curricula?
Posted on Aug 11, 2009, Source: Church & State Magazine

Power Struggle: Who Will Be the Religious Right's New Kingpin?

With James Dobson inching toward retirement, many wonder who will fill the religious right's bully pulpit.
Posted on May 1, 2009, Source: Church and State

Religious Right Groups Want Pastors to Cross the Partisan Line and Spark Court Showdown

The nation's most prominent Religious Right legal group is looking for a pastor who will knowingly break the law and spark an IRS penalty.
Posted on Jun 23, 2008, Source: Church & State Magazine

Theocracy Rejected: Former Christian Right Leaders 'Fess up

Frank Schaeffer, John Whitehead and Cal Thomas have repudiated the theocratic movement they once led. Here’s why.
Posted on Mar 10, 2008, Source: Church and State

Candidates Plunder the Pews in Their Altar Call for Votes

Presidential candidates are professing their faith as the "Jesus Factor" continues to reverberate in politics.
Posted on Feb 18, 2008, Source: Church & State Magazine

Once Upon a Time the Religious Right Demonized Christmas, Even Banning Its Celebration

It's the Christmas tale the Religious Right doesn't want you to hear: Their spiritual forebearers hated the holiday and even banned its celebration.
Posted on Dec 8, 2007, Source: Church and State

Christian Right Threatens to Ditch the GOP If the Nominee Is Like Giuliani

James Dobson and Religious Right allies threaten to dump the Republican Party if the presidential nominee fails "family values" test.
Posted on Nov 12, 2007, Source: Church and State

Inquisition 2008: Candidates Get Grilled by the Media's Holy Standards

Presidential candidates are getting barraged by the media on questions about their prayers, their sins, and their beliefs on religious doctrine -- and some of them seem to enjoy it.
Posted on Sep 1, 2007, Source: Church & State Magazine

The Religious Right Has Had Its Day? Fat Chance

A recent essay in Time magazine claimed "The religious right's era is over." Someone better tell that to the GOP presidential candidates praying for the fundamentalist movement's blessings.
Posted on Apr 16, 2007, Source: Church and State

The Theocratic Agenda Is Heading for a Statehouse Near You

Well-coordinated "faith-based" initiatives and anti-evolution lobbying in state capitols from New Jersey to Colorado signal a stealth national strategy by Religious Right organizations.
Posted on Mar 10, 2007, Source: Church and State

Monsters, Inc.

TV preacher Pat Robertson and Liberian dictator Charles Taylor are going for the gold together.
Posted on Feb 6, 2002, Source: Church & State Magazine