Christian Right not on GOP speech list
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Don&#39;t expect to see the reverends Jerry Falwell, Pat Robertson or Franklin Graham at the podium during next week&#39;s Republican National Convention, whose planners hope to keep fire, brimstone and the Christian Right offstage at Madison Square Garden.
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The US Christian right took credit for helping President George W. Bush win re-election this week, in part by mobilizing its followers to vote for a ban on gay marriage in 11 of the 50 states.
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NEW YORK -- Members of the Republican Party&#39;s platform committee yesterday strengthened the party&#39;s official opposition to same-sex marriages, a day after Vice President Dick Cheney broke with the Bush administration by saying the matter of gay marriage
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Thousands of religious conservatives are in Washington today to hear from the leading Republican candidates.
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President Bush on Friday rallied his party's conservative wing to unite behind the Republican nominee in the battle for the presidency, but avoided mention of John McCain, the leading candidate and presumed winner who has a history of clashing with his party's right flank.
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A little known but pivotal group of Christian conservatives is dissatisfied with the Republican presidential field and uncertain where to turn.
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Christian conservatives were divided over which of the Republican presidential candidates to support.
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Bloomberg - Sept. 11 (Bloomberg) -- Republican presidential contender Fred Thompson, who has based his campaign on appealing to conservative voters, said he isn&#39;t a regular churchgoer and doesn&#39;t plan to speak about his religion on the stump.
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If not Giuliani, who? Christian conservatives remain unsettled on a GOP champion for '08 race.
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- When the idea for a proclamation declaring Christian Heritage Week came up in 1994, Jim Guy Tucker, the Democratic governor of Arkansas, would not sign it. His aides said he did not think it was appropriate to honor a particular faith.
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Flag-burning and the words "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance are about to join gay marriage among the volatile issues that congressional Republicans have pushed to votes ahead of the election to remind the public how the GOP and Democrats differ.
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Some quotes from Sunday's forum for Republican presidential candidates in Manchester, N.H. Ron Paul was excluded from the debate.
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President Bush sought to unify the  Republican Party, but did not explicitly mention John McCain, who has been viewed with suspicion by the right.
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The Republican presidential candidate tries to assuage thousands of conservative Christians that he is one among them.
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WASHINGTON - The House passed a bill Thursday that would prevent the Supreme Court from ruling on whether the words "under God" should be stricken from the Pledge of Allegiance.    In a politically and emotionally charged debate, Democrats said majority Republicans in the chamber were debasing the Constitution in order to force a vote that could hurt Democrats in the election...
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WASHINGTON - The House, in an emotionally and politically charged debate six weeks before the election, voted Thursday to protect the words "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance from further court challenges.    The legislation, promoted by GOP conservatives, would prevent federal courts, including the Supreme Court, from hearing cases challenging the words "under God," a part of the pledge for the past 50 years...
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The Republican-controlled House of Representatives failed to pass a proposed constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage Thursday, the latest in a string of conservative pet causes pushed to a vote in the run-up to Election Day.