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	<title>The Wall of Separation</title>
	
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	<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:22:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Star Dreck: Religious Right ‘Federation’ Clings On To Same Old Misguided Mission</title>
		<link>http://feeds.au.org/~r/AUblog/~3/6jgLCA0OMd8/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.au.org/2009/07/06/star-dreck-religious-right-federation-clings-on-to-same-old-misguided-mission/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:22:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Boston</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Religious Right Research]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[family research council]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[freedom federation]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[ken blackwell]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[liberty counsel]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Traditional Values Coalition]]></category>

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Economic news, the possibility of health-care reform and even the death of “king of pop” Michael Jackson have dominated the headlines lately. But quietly, beneath the surface, the “culture wars” continue to percolate.
Leaders of the Religious Right aren’t real happy with the current situation. President Barack Obama remains popular. Same-sex marriage is now legal in [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AUblog/~4/6jgLCA0OMd8" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Happy Independence Day, America!</title>
		<link>http://feeds.au.org/~r/AUblog/~3/mf1K63quDAY/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.au.org/2009/07/03/happy-independence-day-america/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sandhya Bathija</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Church Politicking]]></category>

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[The &#8220;Wall of Separation&#8221; is taking a break today to celebrate America! We&#8217;ll be back on Monday. Happy Independence Day!<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AUblog/~4/mf1K63quDAY" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Confusion Museum: Kentucky’s Creationist Facility Is Unhappy Revelation To Scientists</title>
		<link>http://feeds.au.org/~r/AUblog/~3/POCe0GR3z5Y/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.au.org/2009/07/02/confusion-museum-kentuckys-creationist-facility-is-unhappy-revelation-to-scientists/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:47:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ilana Stern</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Evolution &amp; Creationism]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Religion in Public Life]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Creation Museum]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[creationism]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[public schools]]></category>

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Washington,  D.C., is a great city. In addition to all of the wonderful historical and political landmarks, there are a ton of tourist attractions: we have the Spy Museum, the Museum of Crime and Punishment and our very own Madame Tussaud’s wax museum. 
Northern Kentucky, however, may have us beat. Petersburg is the home [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AUblog/~4/POCe0GR3z5Y" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Sally Kern, Unpatriot: Why Does Oklahoma’s Looney Lawmaker Hate America?</title>
		<link>http://feeds.au.org/~r/AUblog/~3/XQCMmGCv7eI/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.au.org/2009/07/01/sally-kern-unpatriot-why-does-oklahomas-looney-lawmaker-hate-america/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:11:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Boston</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Government-Sponsored Religion]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Religion in Public Life]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Religious Right Research]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[David Barton]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[James Madison]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Oklahoma]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Oklahoma ACLU]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Oklahoma Citizen’s Proclamation for Morality]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[sally kern]]></category>

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Everyone’s favorite raging theocrat, Oklahoma House member Sally Kern, is at it again.
Numerous reports indicate that Kern and her supporters plan to publicly sign a document dubbed the “Oklahoma Citizen’s Proclamation for Morality” declaring the United States a Christian nation tomorrow at the state capitol.
I’ve read Kern’s resolution, and it’s a whole lot of crazy [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AUblog/~4/XQCMmGCv7eI" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Military Disservice: Fundamentalists On The March In America’s Armed Forces</title>
		<link>http://feeds.au.org/~r/AUblog/~3/RCdrzmddSco/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.au.org/2009/06/30/military-disservice-fundamentalists-on-the-march-in-americas-armed-forces/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:10:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Boston</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Government-Sponsored Religion]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Religion in the Military]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Brent scowcroft]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[harper's magazine]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[jeff sharlet]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[John McHugh]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Military Proselytizing]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Military Religious Freedom Foundation]]></category>

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Aggressive fundamentalist Christian organizations are continuing their efforts to expand their presence in the U.S. military.
Last month, researcher Jeff Sharlet penned a disturbing article for Harper’s magazine about efforts to “Christianize” the military. Newsweek ran a similar story online on June 20. The articles attracted a lot of attention and put the issue in the [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AUblog/~4/RCdrzmddSco" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Vouching For Religion?: D.C. Program Subsidizes Indoctrination, Hiring Bias</title>
		<link>http://feeds.au.org/~r/AUblog/~3/l51NiASqlSA/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.au.org/2009/06/29/vouching-for-religion-dc-program-subsidizes-indoctrination-hiring-bias-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:08:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joseph L. Conn</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Religious School Vouchers]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[National Coalition for Public Education]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[school vouchers]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Sen. Joe Lieberman]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.au.org/?p=1869</guid>
		
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Did you plan to make a contribution to Washington, D.C.’s Blessed Sacrament Elementary School? How about Muhammad University of Islam or First Rock Baptist Christian Church School?
Guess what? You already have.
Those three schools and 52 additional religious and other private schools in the District of Columbia were beneficiaries of the federally funded D.C. Opportunity Scholarship [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AUblog/~4/l51NiASqlSA" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Grassroots Blight: Religious Right Trains Local Activists To Impose ‘Biblical Worldview’</title>
		<link>http://feeds.au.org/~r/AUblog/~3/csUFZmi6AuU/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.au.org/2009/06/26/grassroots-blight-religious-right-trains-local-activists-to-impose-biblical-worldview/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:38:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sandhya Bathija</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Religious Right Research]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[American Majority]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Let Freedom Ring]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Ned Ryun]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Queer Eye for the Straight Guy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Rick Scarborough]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Sex and the City]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[U.S. Pastor Council]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Virginia Renewal Project]]></category>

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Yesterday, Let Freedom Ring Ministries (LFRM) sponsored the first of many grassroots rallies it hopes will “save” America from “destruction.”
The Roanoke Times reported that around 100 people showed up at the Penn Forest Worship Center in Roanoke, Va., to listen to speakers peddle “Christian nation” propaganda.
LFRM, led by Bethlehem, Ga.-based religious broadcaster and pastor Jody [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AUblog/~4/csUFZmi6AuU" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Compassionate Conservatism?: Olasky’s Snake Oil Doesn’t Have Much Appeal</title>
		<link>http://feeds.au.org/~r/AUblog/~3/MzbVNVWXY7I/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.au.org/2009/06/25/compassionate-conservatism-olaskys-snake-oil-doesnt-have-much-appeal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:35:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ilana Stern</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Faith-Based Initiatives]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Government-Sponsored Religion]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Religion in Public Life]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[AEI]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Compassionate Conservatism]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Olaksy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.au.org/?p=1855</guid>
		
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[On Tuesday I had the opportunity to take my cousin Sam, visiting from London, to a luncheon at the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research. A political studies student at Leeds University, he was interested to learn about the impact of religion on our national politics.
When we arrived at AEI, we were greeted warmly, [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AUblog/~4/MzbVNVWXY7I" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Ralph’s Resurrection?: Former Christian Coalition Honcho Reed Seeks To Rise From The Crypt</title>
		<link>http://feeds.au.org/~r/AUblog/~3/5DbwrSmYI7g/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.au.org/2009/06/24/ralphs-resurrection-former-christian-coalition-honcho-reed-seeks-to-rise-from-the-crypt/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:45:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Boston</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Christian Coalition]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Pat Robertson]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Religious Right Research]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[christian coalition]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[faith and freedom coalition]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[ralph reed]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.au.org/?p=1852</guid>
		
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Last month I wrote a story for Church &#38; State speculating about possible new leaders for the Religious Right. I focused on Mike Huckabee, Newt Gingrich, Rick Warren and others.
One person I did not think to include was Ralph Reed, the one-time wunderkind who served as executive director of Pat Robertson’s Christian Coalition from 1989 [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AUblog/~4/5DbwrSmYI7g" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Liberty Learns A Lesson: Falwell School Accepts AU Advice On Political Clubs</title>
		<link>http://feeds.au.org/~r/AUblog/~3/VutM5keO7Yg/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.au.org/2009/06/23/liberty-learns-a-lesson-falwell-school-accepts-au-advice-on-political-clubs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:29:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Boston</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Jerry Falwell]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Jonathan Falwell]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Religious Right Research]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Jerry Falwell Jr.]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[jonathan falwell]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[liberty university]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Student Clubs]]></category>

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Americans United reacted quickly when word spread recently that officials at Liberty University had revoked university recognition of a student Democratic Party club.
AU, noting that recognition and funding were still being extended to a Republican club on campus, asked the Internal Revenue Service to investigate the matter. Liberty University, as a tax-exempt institution, could not [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AUblog/~4/VutM5keO7Yg" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
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