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• New deity dawns for faithful Labor | Christian Labor MPs are vowing to speak more openly about their faith as they grapple with the rise of Family First and the Coalition's courting of Catholics and fundamental church groups (The Australian)
  
  

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'Values':

• To hell with values | I'm sick of talking about values, sick of pretending I have them or care more about them than I really do (Michael Kinsley, Los Angeles Times)
  
  
• The battle is over, but the war goes on | Those who think they won on "moral values" may be in for a surprise (Michelle Cottle, Time)
  
  
• 'Moral values' fact and fiction | There is no evidence that more Americans voted for retrogressive social policies in 2004 than in 2000 or any other year (The Berkshire Eagle, Mass.)
  
  
• Moral to the election: Time to build on values we all share | Most people would agree that we ought to help people who are in need. But people disagree about how to help (Jerry Large, Seattle Times)
  
  
• Conservative Christian values hold sway in U.S. | Conservative Americans, and especially conservative Christian Americans, believe that the founding fathers knew the only common thread that would bind the country together was a moral standard. Standards not defined by chance or whim but those ordained by God. (Mary Endres, Kansas City Star)
  
  
• Defining morality splits Christians | To cast a vote for John Kerry was infinitely more moral than a vote for George Bush (Sydney Smith, News-Leader, Springfield, Mo.)
  
  

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Supreme Court fight:

• The next Phyllis Schlafly | A longtime Republican operative wants to sell herself as a grass-roots leader. Her target: the Supreme Court. (The American Prospect)
  
  
• James Dobson focuses on the Supreme Court | Now that Election Day is over, the Christian leader is rallying supporters for 'moral' Supreme Court appointees (The Baltimore Sun)
  
  
• Courts first to go in right-wing revolution | Every time the so-called Christian Right has tried to turn this country into a theocracy, those pesky federal courts have stymied things (George McEvoy, Palm Beach Post)
  
  

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Religious left:

• From left, religious figures make a push | Almost universally, liberals are seeking to counteract the growing political power exerted by Christian conservatives and the religious right since the 1970s (The Boston Globe)
  
  
• Loser opportunities | If Democrats want to get back in the "values" game and change their image as a party full of secularists intent on removing any reference to God from culture and even the history of America, they can start in the government schools (Cal Thomas, The Washington Times)
  
  
• A lesson for the liberal elite | In a recent speech at Tufts University, Andy Rooney reflected on the election and said, according to The Tufts Daily, that Christian fundamentalism is a result of "a lack of education. They haven't been exposed to what the world has to offer" (Bernard Moon, The Boston Globe)
  
  

God not partisan:

• Christians must focus on God, not politics | It is ultimately God who saves and prospers us. He is our hope—not Republicans or Democrats, liberals or conservatives (Franklin Graham, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
  
  
• God doesn't belong to a political party | Being "pro-life," according to Pope John Paul II and church teaching, is a "womb-to-tomb" belief. It's not just about being opposed to abortion (Dennis Godby, The Oregonian)
  
  

'Conservative hypocrites':

• A moral quandary | Conservatives are hypocrites (Brian McGrory, The Boston Globe)
  
  
• The righteous right: hypocrisy, not 'moral values' | Moral values? How hypocritical. And how typical of the righteous right to be hypocritical (Heather Froeschl, The Roanoke Times, Va.)
  
  

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November (Web-only) 2004, Vol. 48