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The Catholic gun didn't go off: Silence greets Dallas News series
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Scandal goes global? Bishops tell politicos they can go to hell?
Friend of GetReligion Rod Dreher at the Dallas Morning News has flown a red alert flag on the blog operated by the newspaper’s editorial page staff.
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Getting religion: So many God-beat stories, so little time
Yesterday was one of those days when it was frustrating to be a God-beat blogger. You may have noticed that the U.S. Supreme Court punted on the “Under God” pledge case. I’m sure this was a great relief on the Democratic side of the church aisle and a disappointment to the Republicans. A strong, clear decision would have been great for fundraising on both sides.
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Limbaugh's disciples: Will he take their calls with marital advice?
Through the years, I have heard many people speculate about the percentage of Rush Limbaugh’s listening audience that would fall into the “Religious Right” camp.
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And this just in: GetReligion has a worldview
For years, professional religion reporters have debated what to say when a source or newsmaker turns and asks: “Hey, reporter, what in the world do you believe?” A decade or so ago, the Religion Newswriters Association even held a workshop on the topic, allowing Godbeat veterans to talk shop on this prickly subject.
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Communion story: Still looking for those Vatican quotes
It’s time to ask the question again: Has anyone in the GetReligion.org audience seen a mainstream news report on the issue of Sen. John “Call me JFK” Kerry and Communion that quotes the key Vatican language on politics, life issues and conscience?
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Reagan: Messiah, Antichrist or normal mainline church guy?
As a Southern Baptist preacher’s kid who grew up in Texas in the 1970s, I had lots of reasons to reject Ronald Reagan. That may seem strange to some of you, since it is now assumed that Southern Baptists and the Republican Party that Reagan built are wedded at the hip.
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Report from Canada: The sanctity of common (Anglican) words
I found an interesting commentary out there online about a major victory for the Anglican left in the sexuality wars in Canada.
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Hitting a nerve: Politics, class, morality, social issues, religion, news
When Doug and I started GetReligion.org, I decided early on I would not post my Scripps Howard News Service columns week after week. If anyone wants to see them, they can go to tmatt.net or even get on the listserv. But I am posting some info on this week’s column for a simple reason: It continues a discussion we have already been having on this site about the recent survey of journalists released by the Pew Research Center and the Project for Excellence in Journalism.
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