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Iraqis Angered After a Marine is Seen Handing Out Pro-Christian Coins in Fallujah

Middle East OnlineMay 31, 2008.
"The Americans should concentrate on maintaining security and not doing missionary work."

Islamic Schools, Christian Schools … Same Difference

PZ Myers, Pharyngula AlterNet: PEEK. April 11, 2008.
What's good for the Muslim Goose is good for the Christian gander, right?

Going Behind Closed Doors in Christian Right Households

Jeremy Adam Smith, Public Eye. April 11, 2008.
To really understand the politics of the Christian Right, we need to look not only to public activity, but to private matters.

10% of Americans Still Say Obama Is Muslim

Buck, Pensito Review AlterNet: Election 2008. April 3, 2008.
This, despite the recent highly publicized flap over comments made by the pastor of his CHRISTIAN church.

Reconsidering the "Easter Only" Crowd

Rev. Donna Schaper, The Brooklyn Rail. March 21, 2008.
Few people actually believe the Easter story. As a minister, it used to scare me that the central story of my faith was based on so little proof.

Corporate Media Uses Rev. Wright as Excuse for Racist Remarks About Black Pastors

Scarecrow, Firedoglake AlterNet: PEEK. March 17, 2008.
Let us be clear. Barack Obama does not have a "pastor problem."

Obama Speaks Out on Faith, His Church and His Pastor Rev. Wright

GottaLaff, Cliff Schecter's Blog AlterNet: PEEK. March 14, 2008.
Obama says, "Here is what happens when you just cherry-pick statements from a guy who had a 40-year career as a pastor."

If It Isn't Obama's Race Being Attacked, Then It's His Religion

Steve Benen, The Carpetbagger Report AlterNet: Media and Technology. March 13, 2008.
When he’s not falsely being accused of being a secret Muslim, Obama is also being accused of cozying up to an extremist Christian pastor.

Atheist Soldier Says Army Punished Him for His Beliefs

Steven Reynolds, The All Spin Zone AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. March 6, 2008.
At the very least, atheists aren’t going to make it anywhere in the army during the Bush Administration.

Baptist Church Nixes Family Photos Rather Than Include Gays

Pam Spaulding, Pam's House Blend AlterNet: PEEK. March 3, 2008.
We exist. We aren't monsters. We have families.

The Population of Non-Christians Keeps Rising in America

Chris Bowers, Open Left AlterNet: PEEK. February 25, 2008.
Such a large change in a major ideological institution in America, religion, necessarily results in a major shift in American ideology in general.

Christian Right's Demographic Nightmare: Muslims are "Out-Breeding" Whites

Kathryn Joyce, The Nation. February 19, 2008.
Conservatives predict a catastrophe as white birthrates in the "West" fall. Their solution? Take away women's rights and compel reproduction.

Ex-Con Televangelist Jim Bakker Returns to TV With a New Real Estate Scheme

Steven Reynolds, The All Spin Zone AlterNet: PEEK. February 18, 2008.
The clock is ticking on when his new ministry will explode into scandal, though it's even money whether his followers will finally ditch him for good.

Huckabee's Biblical Madness: Dispatches From the War on Stupidity

AlterNetJanuary 30, 2008.
Fog Facts: Huckabee has radical proposals to change the Constitution based upon his factually incorrect statements on what the Bible says.

Gay Sex Columnist Confronts Homophobic Huckabee Supporters [VIDEO]

Adam Howard, AlterNet AlterNet: Election 2008. January 24, 2008.
Dan Savage goes to South Carolina, where he asks Huckabee fans why they like Mike, and talks about how the religious right hates Bush now.

Huckabee Equates Homosexuality With Bestiality

Howie Klein, Down With Tyranny! AlterNet: Election 2008. January 17, 2008.
Also, Huckabee did the gigantic flip flop and jumped on the largely discredited Tancredo "send all illegal immigrants home" bandwagon.

Huckabee Wants to Rewrite Constitution, Says It's Easier to Change Than "Word of Living God"

Lindsay Beyerstein, Majikthise AlterNet: PEEK. January 16, 2008.
The Constitution never uses the word "God" or makes mention of any religion, Mike Huckabee thinks it's time to put an end to that.

Huckabee Loses New Hampshire: Is That God’s Will Too?

Jon Ponder, Pensito Review AlterNet: Election 2008. January 8, 2008.
It'd be nice if a reporter would ask him to explain why it was God's will for him to lose in New Hampshire. Don't hold your breath, of course.

The 'Campaign Ad' Huckabee Doesn't Want You to See [VIDEO]

Max Blumenthal, Thomas Shomaker, AlterNet. January 7, 2008.
Mike Huckabee tells America: end the abortion "holocaust," save the country from illegal immigration.

Readers Write: Christian Ex-Gays Try to 'Cure' Homosexuality

Alex Jung, AlterNet. December 19, 2007.
AlterNet readers weigh in on "sexual reorientation therapy."

GOP Rep Declares US a Christian Nation, Calls on Americans to "Stand Up" and "Worship Christ"

Satyam Khanna, Think Progress AlterNet: Video. December 12, 2007.
Rep. King isn't alone. McCain and Huckabee both have declared that America is a Christian nation.

Christian Clown Busted for Molestation, Child Porn

Pam Spaulding, AlterNet: PEEK. October 16, 2007.
Pam Spaulding: Klutzo the Clown billed himself as "available for...children's crusades, Sunday school, children's church, church parties."

Young People Rejecting Christianity, Have Perception of Religion as Homophobic

Sara Robinson, AlterNet: PEEK. October 10, 2007.
Sara Robinson: Evangelical Christianity won't go away, but there's a shift in its essential character afoot, which may even reverse the trend toward minority status over time.

This Is Not a Christian Nation

Cenk Uygur, AlterNet: PEEK. October 5, 2007.
Cenk Uygur: I became an American because I believed we were all equals in the eyes of the law. Apparently, 42 United States Congressmen are not so sure.

Disgraced Pastor Ted Haggard Can't Pray Away the Gay

James Harris, Joshua Scheer, Truthdig. July 27, 2007.
The former escort who blew the whistle on Ted Haggard’s homosexuality shares why he felt morally compelled to come forward, what the fallout has been and what he feels is the real tragedy of the situation.

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