Gingrich took Tea Partiers and evangelicals.

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Romney Won Almost Every Demographic

BOCA RATON, Fla. — GOP presidential hopeful Rick Santorum , campaigning under the banner “faith, family and freedom,” has made his life story central to his political identity. He often mentions his seven kids — one of whom is gravely ill — a son who died hours after birth, and his wife of two decades as proof that he not only preaches conservative values but lives by them in his daily life. Read full article > >

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Daughter’s illness is quandary for Santorum

The attempt by Newt Gingrich to cover his tracks on climate change has been one of the shabbier little episodes of the 2012 presidential campaign. His forthcoming sequel to “A Contract with the Earth” was to feature a chapter by Katharine Hayhoe, a young professor of atmospheric sciences at Texas Tech University. Hayhoe is a scientist, an evangelical Christian and a moderate voice warning of climate disruption. Read full article > >

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Climate and the culture war

Rick Santorum said the vote of support by evangelical leaders on Saturday should persuade Republicans in South Carolina that he deserves the alternative to Mitt Romney.

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The Caucus: Santorum and Gingrich Scramble for the Conservative Vote

The political world is once again buzzing about evangelical Christians. Former senator Rick Santorum ’s near-victory in the Iowa caucuses and his ascent in the ranks of Republican presidential contenders have fueled this new fervor, which is leading to the same tired debates and conversations that we’ve heard about evangelicals for a generation now. Read full article > >

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God’s quarterbacks: What Tebow and Roethlisberger reveal about evangelical politics

The political world is once again buzzing about evangelical Christians. Former senator Rick Santorum ’s near-victory in the Iowa caucuses and his ascent in the ranks of Republican presidential contenders have fueled this new fervor, which is leading to the same tired debates and conversations that we’ve heard about evangelicals for a generation now. Read full article > >

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God’s quarterbacks: What Tebow and Roethlisberger reveal about evangelical politics

White evangelical voters just aren’t as predictable as they used to be. That’s the news out of Iowa – and it’s bound to be reflected in Republican primary results all over the country. The most interesting poll data from the Iowa caucuses are these: Mitt Romney won in the cities. Rick Santorum won in the rural areas. In Iowa, where the vast majority of voters qualify as “white evangelicals,” these results can only mean one thing. Conservative Christians who reside in urban areas may have been taught in Sunday school that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is a heretical sect, but they’re willing to look beyond those teachings and cast a vote for a Mormon who was once pro-choice. Their brothers and sisters who reside in the country are not. Because nearly 80 percent of Americans live in or near cities, that’s very good news for Romney. Read full article > >

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The new evangelical vote

Proponents of a boycott of the Salvation Army say people often know little about the organization’s evangelical Christianity and its opposition to homosexuality.

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Beliefs: Beliefs: Salvation Army Hears Dissent Over Gay Views

Des Moines — Jenifer Bowen, the executive director of Iowa Right to Life, spent a recent evening at the Hoyt Sherman Place theater here listening to four Republican presidential candidates deliver faith-infused pitches to about 1,000 evangelicals representing one of this election’s most critical and conflicted voting blocs. Read full article > >

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Evangelicals divided on whom to support in GOP presidential race

The Jacksonian-era movement to keep the Sabbath pure deplored Sunday mail delivery. Said one evangelical: “We have always viewed it as a national evil of great magnitude, and one which calls for national repentance and reformation, that the mails are carried, and the post offices kept open, on that holy day in every part of our country.” Read full article > >

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Privatize the nation’s mail delivery

DES MOINES — The biggest barrier between Mitt Romney and the Republican presidential nomination may be an informal coalition of pastors and evangelical leaders in the key state of Iowa, some of whom have long been skeptical of his conservative credentials or are quietly uncomfortable with his Mormonism . Read full article > >

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Mitt Romney faces familiar hurdle in Iowa: Skeptical evangelical Christian leaders

Last week, Rick Warren sent this message to the nearly 500,000 people who follow him on Twitter: “Husbands & wives should satisfy each other’s sexual needs. 1 Cor 7:3.” His Twitter feed lit up with amens and retweets. “Oh gosh,” exclaimed one follower. Evangelical Christians want to talk about sex. And not in the same old punitive way. They want to talk about hot sex — as long as it’s between a man and a woman who are husband and wife. That Warren, perhaps the nation’s most prominent evangelical pastor, would take up the cause only shows how much it matters to the people who listen to him. Read full article > >

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Christian leaders talk about marriage and sex

Last week, Rick Warren sent this message to the nearly 500,000 people who follow him on Twitter: “Husbands & wives should satisfy each other’s sexual needs. 1 Cor 7:3.” His Twitter feed lit up with amens and retweets. “Oh gosh,” exclaimed one follower. Evangelical Christians want to talk about sex. And not in the same old punitive way. They want to talk about hot sex — as long as it’s between a man and a woman who are husband and wife. That Warren, perhaps the nation’s most prominent evangelical pastor, would take up the cause only shows how much it matters to the people who listen to him. Read full article > >

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Christian leaders talk about marriage and sex

Like something out of the Old Testament, an affliction from on high has rained down on Faith Evangelical Presbyterian Church in Fairfax County: golf balls. One smashed the rear window of Pastor Bob Barnett’s Honda Odyssey on a Sunday. Another crashed through a church office window, and a third plunked the youth director on the head, knocking him down as he worked with a group of children. In all, 2,637 balls pelted the property during a recent year-long period, the church claims. Members know because they collected each one. Read full article > >

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Fairfax County church takes action against TopGolf driving range for wayward golf balls

In evangelical America, the Revs. Richard Land and Jim Wallis are odd bedfellows. Land is a leader of the huge, traditional Southern Baptist Convention who advises conservative talk show host Glenn Beck. Wallis is a staple on lists of the country’s most influential religious progressives. But the men will convene an unusual public “discussion” on Wednesday night in Washington to discuss something upon which they agree: that the 2012 presidential candidates have not focused on core moral issues that for years have broadly defined evangelical voters. Read full article > >

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Evangelical opposites to hold discussion on 2012 presidential race