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Last night the Family Research Council announced that Donald Trump would, after all, be speaking at the annual Values Voters Summit tomorrow. As I noted last week, Trump’s initial decision to decline…

RD senior correspondent Haroon Moghul on CNN talks Trump, Ben Carson, Ahmed Mohamed, and why American Muslims just can’t be who they are. Read Haroon’s latest, Protocols of the Elders of Mecca: Hints…

During last night’s debate, there was more evidence that the religious right is turning against Donald Trump, particularly because Carly Fiorina is positioning herself to be a heroine to the anti…

A few days ago, I predicted that Donald Trump’s love affair with evangelicals will be short-lived. The evidence continues to mount. Trump has declined the invitation of the Family Research Council…

I went to convocation at Liberty U, and it was okay.* Well, I wasn’t really there for Bernie Sanders’ speech to the Liberty University student body, but I did watch the video. I wasn’t kidding about…

According to the latest Quinnipiac University poll of Republican likely caucus-goers, Donald Trump is still earning the admiration of 20 percent of evangelicals, bested only by Ben Carson at 27…

Years ago, I remember Christian right leaders fretting about pastors going to jail if they expressed their anti-gay views; when that didn’t come to pass, they fretted about churches losing their tax…

UPDATE: Following this morning’s hearing, Kim Davis has been taken into custody by U.S. Marshals for contempt of court. Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee, not known for shying away from…

Donald Trump is rejiggering the way the Republican Party does religion. Give Trump credit for one thing: exposing, in plain view, that much of the religious right is driven more by politics than by…

I went on vacation for two weeks, during which Donald Trump continued to be Donald Trump, and continued to lead the Republican primary field in the polls. Some religious conservatives say he can’t win…