Evangelical’s ‘Outraged’ by Obama’s Contraceptive Compromise
President Obama’s attempt at a “compromise” in his new contraceptive coverage rule seems to have backfired and only further fanned the flames among evangelicals and conservative Catholics.
“Southern Baptists and people of other various faith communities are outraged with President Obama’s so-called compromise on his administration’s abortion mandate,” Dr. Richard Land, president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, told The Christian Post.”
Romney’s Tax Return Could Be a ‘Teaching Moment,’ Says Expert
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney relented to pressure and released two years of tax returns today, an action that an expert on investing and entrepreneurship believes can be used as a “teaching moment” to educate voters on the nation’s complicated tax structure.
The Romney’s 2010 tax return shows the couple paid 13.9 percent in taxes, and an estimate of their 2011 return shows an estimated 15.4 percent tax rate. With both years combined, this amounts to about $6.2 million in taxes on about $42.4 million of income. The returns are more than 500 pages and can be found here.
The […]
Santorum, Gingrich Children Play Vital Role in Dad’s Campaign
Charleston, S.C. – Voters are accustomed to seeing the spouses of political candidates stump for their better half’s on the trail. But in this week’s South Carolina primary, the children of two of the remaining GOP hopeful are fulfilling critical role in their father’s campaigns and in a unique ways.
The children of the other candidates may be more active, but none are larger than the Santorum clan of seven children ranging in age from 20 to 3 and a half. They include Elizabeth, John, Daniel, Sarah Maria, Peter, Patrick and Bella.
The former Pennsylvania Senator and his wife Karen are tireless […]
Study: Presidential Candidates Expressing Their Faith May Be Turning Voters Off
Charleston, SC – A new poll released by LifeWay Research shows that presidential candidates who share their faith on the campaign trail may not be helping their cause. The results of this study may go against the strategy being implemented by at least two of the GOP candidates this week in South Carolina as they try to woo evangelicals to the polls on Saturday.
The online survey of adult Americans was conducted Sept. 23-26 and asked the question, “When a candidate running for office regularly expresses religious conviction or activity, how does that impact your vote?”
According to the study’s findings, only […]
Gingrich Still Surging On Eve of South Carolina Primary
Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich is continuing to ride a wave of support despite revelations from his second wife on Thursday that he asked her for an “open marriage.”
I’ve been in South Carolina all week and I have to say that things have changed drastically since Sunday. At the beginning of the week there were six GOP presidential hopefuls. Now that Huntsman and Perry have dropped out we’re down to four. If one of the remaining group does not have a respectable finish in the Palmetto State, there could be one less.
Needless to say, Thursday was the most […]
As SC Primary Looms, GOP Candidates Rush to Nab Undecided Values Voters
CHARLESTON, S.C. – With less than 48 hours until the South Carolina primary, GOP presidential candidates are hustling about to win over the state’s many still undecided, if not conflicted, Values Voters.
Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum stopped in Mt. Pleasant, S.C., this afternoon to try to convince undecided voters why he is their best option. But before speaking to voters, Santorum presented Family Research Council President Tony Perkins with a sweater vest – now a Santorum trademark.
FRC along with The Heritage Foundation are sponsors of the Values Voter bus tour. Santorum spoke at the bus tour’s stop in […]