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• Know your fundamentalists | Are they: a) moral b) God-centered c) caring d) intolerant e) anti-intellectual f) homophobic g) all of the above? Next: A look at the voting bloc that may give George Bush another four years in the White House (Rob Weir, Valley Advocate, Easthampton, Mass.)
• Data show claims of increased abortions under Bush don't hold up | Glenn Stassen is wrong (National Right to Life)

Kerry & religion:

• Please, don't throw me into the friar patch | Is it possible that the attacks by conservative Bishops are helping Kerry? (Steven Waldman, Beliefnet)
• Kerry's auxiliary bishops | America's bishops are more likely to vote for John Kerry than excommunicate him (George Neumayr, The American Prospect)
• Why millions of Catholics will be voting for Kerry | Like many American Catholics, Kerry doesn't seem to wear his religion on his sleeve (William Jeakle, The Seattle Times)
• Unholy righteousness | John Kerry offends Catholics and Protestants (Quin Hillyer, National Review Online)

Religion & politics:

• Crossing the line? | Religion is a tricky subject for the secular press—especially in this election (Melinda Henneberger, Newsweek)
• Christian youth ready to 'Redeem the Vote' | Christian radio stations and musicians are teaming up with Redeem the Vote, which claims to have registered more than 70,000 members (Fox News)
• Amish in area not rushing to the polls | Despite national reports that some Amish are heading to the polls this November, clerks in Hillsdale County say there are no Amish registered to vote. (The Ann Arbor News, Mi.)
• Single-issue vote is the real sin | A democratic, pluralistic society is best served by voters who consider the range of a candidate's positions and performance and make their judgments accordingly (Tom Ferrick Jr., The Philadelphia Inquirer)
• It may take faith to be a pollster | Gallup unfairly smeared for his religion, but questions about surveys' accuracy are valid (Rena Pederson, The Dallas Morning News)
• Strategists say religious voters can swing race | Religious strategists for both campaigns think the outcome of the closely contested race is now in the hands of the faithful. (The Orlando Sentinel)
• McAteer was factor in making religion matter in politics | Ed McAteer was a successful, well-traveled sales manager with Colgate-Palmolive before he shifted his gregarious gifts to full-time Christian politicking (Ray Waddle, The Tennessean, Nashville)
• A religious creed for making political decisions | Patriotism can be defined as good citizenship, a positive loyalty to or a love of one's country. But what happens when extreme emotions, especially in the name of patriotism and/or the Bible, have a negative impact on our patriotic theme of "liberty and justice for all?" (Michelle Olley, The Journal Times, Racine, Wis.)

The Catholic vote:

• Catholics here get controversial voters guide | Since June, the Archdiocese of St. Louis has distributed 50,000 copies of a controversial voters guide to nearly half of its parishes (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
• Politics, religion sometimes don't mesh | Come Nov. 2, I won't be voting according to my Catholic teachings (Minerva Canto, The Orange County Register, Ca.)
• Ad in Pittsburgh Catholic opposes one-issue voting | Fifty priests and several hundred sisters and laity from Western Pennsylvania have signed an ad in the Pittsburgh Catholic, saying that voting decisions cannot be reduced to the single issue of abortion (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
• Catholics don't need bishops escorting us to voting booth | Catholics, You Are Not Americans: It seems to me that's what some of the bishops are saying (Delia O'Hara, Chicago Sun-Times)

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October (Web-only) 2004, Vol. 48