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After Iowa, Huckabee Softens His Christian Image

John Nichols, TheNation.com. January 4, 2008.
Heading to New Hampshire, the candidate is toning down his God talk to appeal to a more secular electorate.

Christian 'Ex-Gays' Brainwash Thousands

Casey Sanchez, Intelligence Report. December 15, 2007.
Can the anti-gay Christian Right's "sexual reorientation therapy" be stopped?

The Colorado Rockies: God's Baseball Team

Dave Zirin, TheNation.com. October 25, 2007.
Last year the Rockies publicly stated they wanted Christian players, raising the question: Does religion need to be in sports?

Building God's (Christian) Army

Jane Lampman, Christian Science Monitor. October 19, 2007.
Are U.S. troops being force-fed Christianity? A watchdog group thinks so.

God’s Harvard: The New Grooming Ground of the Evangelical Movement

Hanna Rosin, Harcourt. August 23, 2007.
A small Christian school outside the nation’s capital is dispatching the next round of evangelicals to the front lines of science and politics, where they will battle for control of the nation.

Wealthy Pastors Promote Reconciliation, Renewal in Middle East

Bruce Wilson, AlterNet: PEEK. April 28, 2007.
Bruce Wilson: Texan's Bold Plan Would Resolve Conflict, Cut Crowding

Time Magazine Cover Story Pushes Bigoted Christian Supremacy

Bruce Wilson, AlterNet: PEEK. March 30, 2007.
Bruce Wilson: World Gets "Non-Theocratic" Time edition, US gets "Bible In Schools"

Chuck Norris Wants To Kick Secularism's Ass? [VIDEO]

Bruce Wilson, AlterNet: PEEK. March 24, 2007.
Bruce Wilson: Bible Course With Fake History In Schools From NJ To TX ?

"Pro Israel" Christian Right Leader Blames Jews For Holocaust

Bruce Wilson, AlterNet: PEEK. March 5, 2007.
Holocaust as God's retribution for Israelite idol worship?

Media Blacks Out Iran Peace Delegation Representing 50+ Million in US

Bruce Wilson, AlterNet: PEEK. March 4, 2007.
Bruce Wilson: Pro-Nuclear War Lobbying Group Gets More Attention

GOP House Minority Whip To Aid Group Seeking Nuclear War, Holocaust

Bruce Wilson, AlterNet: PEEK. March 1, 2007.
Bruce Wilson: "Christians United For Israel" leader gets promise of red carpet visit in DC from Roy Blunt.

Tucker Carlson: Obama's Black church isn't really Christian [VIDEO]

Lindsay Beyerstein, AlterNet: Video. February 10, 2007.
Carlson bears false witness against his neighbor.

Who Would Jesus Deport?

Alexander Zaitchik, Intelligence Report. January 29, 2007.
A grassroots movement is forming in which anti-immigrant rhetoric dovetails with the odes to God and country that have long constituted conservative evangelical boilerplate.

Republican bigot attacks Islam

Evan Derkacz, AlterNet: PEEK. January 2, 2007.
New Dem signifies "infiltration"

GOP-er fears Korans in government [VIDEO]

Evan Derkacz, AlterNet: Video. December 21, 2006.
Muslim Dem out-graces Christian Rep...

The Christian Right Goes Back to Bible Boot Camp

Alexander Zaitchik, AlterNet. December 4, 2006.
After a study revealed that less than 10 percent of evangelicals were Bible literate, James Dobson's Focus on the Family is desperately taking a two-day multimedia Bible boot camp on the road, selling "truth" for $179 a seat.

Gay and Christian: Not a Contradiction

Gwynne Watkins, Nerve.com. December 1, 2006.
The director of the first gay Christian summer camp on sexuality, religion and turning the political tide.

Fundamentalists embrace Quiverfull, reject birth control

Lindsay Beyerstein, AlterNet: PEEK. November 16, 2006.
Radical protestant movement rejects all family planning.

'Gay Curer' Psychologist Claims Africans 'Better Off' As Slaves

Brentin Mock, Intelligence Report. October 14, 2006.
In the latest episode of the so-called "ex-gay" movement's straying toward racial bigotry, the movement's leaders and its Christian right allies have failed to condemn an essay arguing Civil Rights Movement was "irrational."