Monthly Archives: October 2008
Tim Rutten: The end of the Catholic vote
By Kevin Eckstrom — October 30, 2008
What we’re seeing in the swing states of Pennsylvania, Missouri and Colorado is the end of the Catholic vote, as conventional political strategists traditionally have expected it to behave-in part because it’s now so large it pretty much looks like the rest of America; in part because of its own internal changes.
A new line in the abortion wars
By Kevin Eckstrom — October 30, 2008
The always-on-top-of-things Michael Paulson up at The Boston Globe has a good story this morning that ties together all the loose ends in dissecting how the Catholic/abortion question has played itself out this election season. The bottom line, in Paulson’s own words: “The urgency of the bishops reflects an increasing concern about a new argument […]
White evangelicals and their Mirror Image
By Mark Silk — October 30, 2008
From Pew’s latest: White Evangelicals: McCain 65, Obama 22 No Religious Affiliations: Obama 65, McCain 22
Wow
By Mark Silk — October 30, 2008
This is an ad that will live in infamy. And Campbell Brown’s commentary deserves to be remembered too.
NEXT WEEK’S COLUMNISTS
By RNS Blog Editor — October 30, 2008
Supreme Court to consider non-traditional monuments
By RNS Blog Editor — October 30, 2008
Thirty years later, ghosts of Jonestown live on
By RNS Blog Editor — October 30, 2008
Marriage in the Land of Steady Habits
By Mark Silk — October 30, 2008
On Tuesday, CT voters get to decide if the state should hold its first constitutional convention in 40 years–the fond hope of those who would like to do away with same-sex marriage, as recently mandated by the state supreme court. And indeed, according to a new Hartford Courant poll, the voters seem to want to […]
Bishops take note
By Mark Silk — October 30, 2008
According to the latest Le Moyne/Zogby poll of Catholic attitudes, barely 13 percent of Catholics who agree with their church’s position on abortion say they would be unlikely to vote for a candidate who disagrees with them. Correction: Make that 13 percent of all Catholics say they would be unlikely to vote for a candidate […]
Evangelical Hoosiers
By Mark Silk — October 30, 2008
The race in Indiana is tied at 45 each, according to a new Indianapolis Star poll. In this usually dependable red state, it is not good news for McCain that evangelicals are supporting him by less than 2-1 (57-33). In 2004, they backed Bush 77-22. Bush won Indiana by 21 points, 60-39. Evangelicals constitute 35 […]
The Obama-Khalidi Kerfuffle
By Mark Silk — October 30, 2008
My colleague Ron Kiener explodes the latest McCain-Palin scare tactic over at his blog, Bingoprof. Check it out.
COMMENTARY: Helping us to help God
By Cathleen Falsani — October 30, 2008
c. 2008 Religion News Service CHICAGO _ A few hours before the bodies of singer Jennifer Hudson’s murdered mother and brother were discovered on the city’s South Side last Friday (Oct. 24), across town one of the world’s greatest peacemakers began his remarks at the Hotel Intercontinental by addressing head-on Chicago’s daunting problem with violent […]
Supreme Court to weigh limits of broadcast indecency
By Brittney Bain — October 30, 2008
c. 2008 Religion News Service WASHINGTON _ While the rest of the country heads to the voting booth Tuesday (Nov. 4), the U.S. Supreme Court will be taking on television obscenity in a hearing that could lead to the first ruling in 30 years on standards for regulating public airwaves. The case, FCC v. Fox […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — October 30, 2008
c. 2008 Religion News Service Two Jesuits found murdered in Moscow VATICAN CITY (RNS) Two Jesuit priests have been found dead, apparently victims of murder, in their Moscow home. The bodies of the Rev. Victor Betancourt, 42, and the Rev. Otto Messmer, 47, were found in their shared apartment in the Russian capital on Tuesday […]
Paranormal beliefs aren’t always treated equally
By Kristen Campbell — October 30, 2008
c. 2008 Religion News Service (UNDATED) On Friday (Oct. 31), no one will be surprised to see ghosts and goblins on the loose. But for some Americans, ghosts _ along with extraterrestrials, Bigfoot and UFOs _ aren’t the stuff of seasonal sightings or tabloid teasers. They’re real _ as real as a resurrected Jesus and […]
