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Stories by Rob Boston

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Monsters, Inc.

TV preacher Pat Robertson and Liberian dictator Charles Taylor are going for the gold together.
Posted on Feb 6, 2002