Republicans

What Americans believe about violence against the government
(RNS) — The relationship between partisanship and support for violence against government is clear. Church attendance does not appear to fuel the fire — nor tamp it down.

If you’re religious and supported President Trump
(RNS) — Can you simultaneously believe in God and the president?

Witches to GOP: If you summon a demon, have a plan to banish it
(RNS) — The events of Jan. 6 prove without a doubt the GOP is incapable of controlling what it unleashed with Trump.

President Trump is a religious leader
(RNS) — Trumpism, like other bad religions, denies science, identifies dark forces and denies reality.

Dear AOC: You blew it
(RNS) — US Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has made a huge mistake. There is still time to correct it.

Is Kamala Harris anti-Catholic?
(RNS) — It is important to distinguish anti-Catholicism from anti-clericalism.

Trump or Biden? What’s a Catholic voter to do?
(RNS) — In order to be totally in line with Catholic social teachings, you would have to be a pro-life liberal Democrat. These unicorns have a hard time winning elections.

Survey: Most Americans aren’t comfortable going back to religious services
(RNS) — The only religious group comfortable with church reopenings was white evangelicals — strong partisan supporters of the Republican Party and President Donald Trump.

Is Trump killing his supporters?
(RNS) — Data from the Pew Research Center indicates that Republicans may have risked their lives because they trusted the president’s views on the pandemic.

The Focolare have two words for our broken political dialogue: Jesus forsaken
(RNS) — The lay Catholic group teaches a model of dialogue that urges us to Christ-like suffering as a bridge to those with opposing views.

For many religious Americans, the word ‘liberal’ has become taboo
(RNS) — If you went to a church on a random Sunday morning in 1974 and grabbed 20 white parishioners, 11 would have been Democrats. Today, four would be Democrats. And those Democrats would outnumber the politically liberal churchgoers by a 2-1 ratio.

Just like political parties, religious groups see their rivals as extremists
(RNS) — White evangelicals and atheists sum up the political landscape the same way: “My party is moderate and sensible, while the other party is filled with extremists.”

The death of trust and the triumph of suspicion
(RNS) — Unless we build bridges and trust, neither the church nor America has much of a future.

Oklahoma conservatives’ views on medical marijuana evolving
Their support for a medical marijuana measure on Tuesday’s ballot could ensure Oklahoma joins the growing list of states that have legalized some form of pot.

The tax bill: What happened to ‘family values’ and ‘pro-life’ principles?
(RNS) — To lavish gifts on the rich and corporations while demolishing any chance at a decent life for many other people who need help is cruel.