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Religion Dispatches

Does Jeffress Help Romney?

A bloggingheads debate.
Sarah Posner
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Robert Jeffress Has a Lot of Nerve

What happens when evangelicals bring theological debates into presidential politics.
Sarah Posner
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Why Do Southerners Call Mormonism a Cult?

An interview with Patrick Mason, the nation’s leading scholarly expert on anti-Mormonism.
Joanna Brooks
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Religion Dispatches

Fischer Says Romney “Insulted” Values Voters Crowd

Calls Romney’s statement “tasteless.”
Sarah Posner
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The War at the Values Voters Summit

Anti-Mormonism takes center stage; FRC’s Perkins says Romney “had a very legitimate and poignant point” in calling out Fischer.
Sarah Posner
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Religion Dispatches

Romney Stands Up to Bryan Fischer at Values Voters Summit

A turning point for anti-Mormon sentiment in the GOP?
Joanna Brooks
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What’s Eating Mitt Romney?

What religion has to do with it.
Joanna Brooks
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Perry v. Romney Showdown Tonight

A Big Mo-Publican Primary update.
Joanna Brooks
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Ponzi Schemes, Treason, and Cervixes

The Tea Party debate.
Sarah Posner
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Can Romney Win by Embracing his Mormon Masculinity?

Mormon GOP candidates give the debate its most reasonable moments.
Joanna Brooks
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