THE HUFFINGTON POST: One Nation Under God: Do You Need To Be A Good Christian To Be A Good President?
A poll reported by the Salt Lake Tribune at the end of December highlights a worrisome trend: two-thirds of Democrats and nearly 90 percent of Republicans want Presidential candidates to be Christians. Article VI of the Constitution declares: "No religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States." Yet, according to the Tribune, "Voters have all but established a de facto litmus test for national office-seekers."
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ABC NEWS: Faiths On The Trail: GOP Race Shows Historic Religious Diversity
Sometimes, history happens quietly, the accumulation of years of slow, subterranean change in the minds and hearts of men and women, in the society they shape together. Sometimes, we almost don't notice how astounding the change is.
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NATIONAL CATHOLIC REPORTER: Obama's Keystone Decision Is Something To Celebrate
I've got to admit: I really didn't think Obama would do it. But he did, and I rejoiced. He rejected, for now at least, the proposal for the Keystone XL pipeline, which would have transported "tar sands" oil from Canada to the U.S. Gulf Coast for refining. Most of it would have been shipped to other countries.
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THE SACRAMENTO BEE: Ideology Won't End Poverty (OPINION)
It is an achievement of the tea party and Occupy Wall Street movements to have raised large issues of economic freedom and inequality. It is a paradox that their actual arguments have generally been vague, ideological and unhelpful.
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THE NEW YORK TIMES: There They Go Again (OPINION)
A week ago, 150 evangelical leaders meeting at a ranch outside Houston backed Rick Santorum’s candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination. Presumably, they hoped that their endorsement would pull Mitt Romney back from the front of the race.
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THE HUFFINGTON POST: Working Poor USA
Millions of people in the U.S. work and are still poor. Here are eight points that show why the U.S. needs to dedicate itself to making work pay.
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THINK PROGRESS: Tony Perkins: Social Conservatives Are ‘Not Judgmental’
The Family Research Council’s Tony Perkins appeared on MSNBC this morning to discuss last night’s GOP presidential debate and the recent revelations that Newt Gingrich allegedly asked his second wife for an open marriage.
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