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Weblog has finally gone through everything that was published over the American Thanksgiving weekend. Now we're just thankful to be caught up. Many interesting articles below—dozens begging for commentary there's just not time for today. "Don't miss" articles are highlighted.
GOP sees chance to pass faith initiatives | With Minority Leader Tom Daschle leaving the Senate and Republican gains in both chambers of Congress, supporters of President Bush's faith-based initiative hope to quickly pass into law next year legislation providing tax incentives for donations to faith-based and other charities (The Washington Times)
Evangelicals to Bush: Payback time | Christian conservatives say they gave Bush 'moral mandate'; call him to act on their behalf (World News Tonight, ABC News)
The scary right | Religious zealots riding high after W's win (Errol Louis, New York Daily News)
Defending the place of faith in politics | If anything can be said to be right or wrong, there must be an extrinsic standard—one that is separate from and not subject to individual opinions and desires (Caroline Smith, The Plain Dealer, Cleveland)
Catholics are swingers | The Catholic voter exists, as Dems know all too well. (Ramesh Ponnuru, National Review Online)
When the state gets churched | Jesus of Nazareth, who said his kingdom was beyond this Earth, was not the sort of guy you'd expect to see winning an election for the regime of wealth and war (Dan Carpenter, The Indianapolis Star)
Religion, politics, and the new obtuseness | Liberals in a tizzy over religious voters and Bush's reelection need a refresher course on the American tradition of religious expression in the political arena (Claudia Winkler, The Weekly Standard)
A shade of doubt about a true blue state | Is Massachusetts—John Kerry's home, haven for Unitarian Universalists, and home of the nation's only same-sex marriage law—a closet red state when it comes to spiritual values? (Rich Barlow, The Boston Globe)
The godly must be crazy | Christian-right views are swaying politicians and threatening the environment (Grist)
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