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The (Prayer) Breakfast Club: Obama Does the Lion's Den Again
By David Gibson - Politics DailyPresident Obama's address at the National Prayer Breakfast on Thursday was a given -- the chief executive has been the main speaker since the event began in 1953. But rarely has so much been riding on what in recent years has seemed like a feel-good function for conservative Christians and a chance for a few brave Democrats to burnish their faith-based credentials. Obama's attendance came after a freshman year of brutal economic news, ugly policy fights, declining poll numbers and election setbacks, and, not least, a relentless barrage of inflammatory criticism of his character, often by the ...
Secret Societies Splashed Across Headlines
By Carl Franzen - AOL News(Feb. 6) – Several conservative politicians in America have found themselves in hot water lately over their participation in the burgeoning Tea Party movement. But in the United Kingdom, tea party politics of a wholly different sort are causing a stir: Documents released Thursday indicate the leading British conservative sipped tea with the Freemasons secret society. David Cameron is a member of Parliament who has led the Conservative (Tory) Party and the opposition to Prime Minister Gordon Brown's Labor Party since 2005. Until recently, Cameron was widely expected to be a shoo-in for ...
If Uganda Executes Gays, Will American Christians be Complicit?
By David Gibson - Politics DailyA bill currently before the Ugandan Parliament sounds like an absurdist scenario from some liberal nightmare about a theocratic state: Under the proposed law -- which appears to have strong public support -- criminal penalties on homosexual acts in the East African nation would be made much harsher, and include the death penalty. Killing homosexuals for having sex? Just as shocking, however, are the links between the proposal and American Christians who have at times been rousing cheerleaders for Uganda's draconian statutes. A key episode in the trail of evidence was an event in March 2009 ...
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