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Sarah Posner

Sarah Posner, author of God’s Profits: Faith, Fraud, and the Republican Crusade for Values Voters, covers politics and religion. Her work has appeared in The Washington Post, The Guardian, The Atlantic, The American Prospect, The Nation, Salon, and other publications. Follow her on Twitter. RSS feed Email

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If The National Prayer Breakfast Is Apolitical and Nonsectarian, Why Is It Used to Question Obama's Faith?

Many conservative commentators are apoplectic over these remarks by President Obama at the National Prayer Breakfast yesterday: But we also see faith being twisted and distorted, used as a wedge — or…
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Netanyahu's Speech, Lane's Trip, and the Impossibility of Boycotts

Will Democrats boycott Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech on March 3? Why didn’t Republican National Committee members boycott a trip to Israel hosted by the American Renewal Project…
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Will Getting Rid of Bryan Fischer Get Rid of the AFA's Problem?

Rachel Maddow broke the news last night that Bryan Fischer, the American Family Association’s Director of Issue Analysis, has been fired, following media coverage and pressure from watchdog groups…
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