Religious Rhetoric on the Stump

The media is fascinated with candidates' faith. Political parties are courting religious voters.

Does Religious Ideology Erase the Secular Constituency?

As Election Day approaches, the news media is taking an interest in the role secular values voters will play. They are finding that we are getting organized, but not making the kind of dent we should given our numbers.

Obama Won't Talk About Religion, But For the Wrong Reason

Recently Senator Barack Obama, the Democratic candidate overseeing the greatest expansion of religiosity and religious pandering in his party’s history, said this: "Why don’t we join with the Republicans and agree that …religion of the candidates is off limits," elabo

Backlash Against Religion in Politics?

A new report from the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life finds a majority of Americans now say they hear too much about religion from politicians, and too much about politics in their houses of worship.

Obama's campaign releases "Faith Principles" document

On Barack Obama’s Presidential campaign website, there is an entire page devoted to Obama’s “Faith Principles” which consist of the “key values” found in Obama’s public statements on faith and politics over the last decade.

McCain: liberty comes from God

This quote from of John McCain's from February 2008 gives secular values voters a glimpse of the GOP nominee's non-secular side: