Faith and Politics

God Loves Gays, and So Should We

Ronald J. Sider 9-23-2010

This summer, while at my favorite lake in Maine, I read Andrew Marin's powerful book,

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Friday Links Round Up: Commuter Traffic. October 30. DREAMers.

Jeannie Choi 9-17-2010
Commuter Traffic. October 30. DREAMers. Here's a little round up of links from around the web you may have missed this week:

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Remember the DREAMers, Remember Their Dreams

the Web Editors 9-17-2010

[Editor's note: The Senate will be voting on the https://secure3.convio.net/sojo/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAct

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No One is "Illegal"

Jim Wallis 9-15-2010

Today is a day of hope for immigration reform. More than 500 immigration activists and faith leaders have gathered in Washington, D.C. to call on Congress to act on immigration reform. They represent the tens of thousands of you reading SojoMail today who, over the past few years, have taken action on immigration reform.

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We Have Our Brother Back

Valerie Elverton Dixon 9-14-2010
I rejoice that Pastor Terry Jones and his church have decided never to burn Qurans.

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It Didn't Happen

Jim Wallis 9-14-2010
It didn't happen. The threat of a pastor from a very small Florida church to burn Qurans and start "International Burn a Koran Day," was not carried out.
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My Phone Conversation with Terry Jones

Geoff Tunnicliffe 9-14-2010
When the story of the fringe Florida pastor and his proposed burning of the Quran broke back in July, we intentionally decided not to give oxygen to the story.
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'Welcome, Cordoba House!'

Lisa Sharon Harper 9-13-2010
[Editor's Note: Lisa Sharon Harper spoke at a candlelight vigil in support of the Cordoba House in New York on September 10. Below is her transcription of the speech.]

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Friday Links Round Up: 9/11. Lightbulbs. The SojoStore.

Jeannie Choi 9-10-2010
9/11. Lightbulbs. The SojoStore. Here's a little round up of link from around the web you may have missed this week.

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Solar Panels from 1979 Return to the White House

Karen Lattea 9-10-2010

In 1979, then-President Jimmy Carter announced the installation of solar panels on the White House roof.

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The Massachusetts Bible Society Got it Right

Duane Shank 9-10-2010
Among all the responses to the planned (but now canceled) burning copies of the Quran on Saturday by a church in Florida, the Massachusetts Bibl
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Community Organizing: Changing Lives

Jill Rauh 9-10-2010
[Editor's Note: In the current issue of Sojourners magazine, http://www.sojo.net/index.cfm?action=magazine.article&issue=soj1009&arti...
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The Plowshares 8: Thirty Years On

Anna Brown and Mary Anne Muller 9-09-2010
While imprisoned after his 1967 Baltimore 4 action, Philip Berrigan, in his http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000HMTPOI?ie=UTF8&am
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Craigslist "Johns" and Impulse Exploitation

Elizabeth Palmberg 9-09-2010
As debate rages on about Craigslist"s recent decision to delete its "adult services" section, some clues about their perspective can be found in their response to the http://www.womensfund
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What Have We Learned Since 9/11?

Jim Wallis 9-09-2010
This Saturday, we commemorate the ninth anniversary of 9/11.
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Beck: Calling Obama Racist was 'Stupid,' 'Ignorant'

Jim Rice 9-09-2010
The night before Glenn Beck's rally in Washington last month, Beck visited the studio where host Joe Madison does his XM radio show.
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Glenn Beck: Does He Really Matter?

Charles Gutenson 9-08-2010
In the course of our various responses and challenges to Gl
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Quran Burning is a Sacrilegious Slap in the Face of Christ

Jim Wallis 9-08-2010
The extremes now seem to dictate the political discourse -- extremists in caves who invoke their distorted brand of Muslim faith as they murder innocent people; and extremists in a Florida church w
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Which Corporations are Buying Your Candidates?

LaVonne Neff 9-07-2010

The midterm election season is upon us, the first since the Supreme Court's January 21 ruling that allows corporations to spend as much as they wish on political advertising -- as long as they disclose their involvement.

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Is the Cordoba House "Insensitive"?

Allen Johnson 9-07-2010

"Yes, Muslims have the constitutional right to build a mosque near Ground Zero.

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