A holy war on the Tea PartyIt is a common argument among secular liberals that the application of any religiously informed moral reasoning in politics is a kind of soft theocracy. Dominionism is merely its local extension. (Michael Gerson, Washington Post)
Articles of Faith: Did Austerity Politics Kill Compassionate Conservatism?But is compassionate conservatism dead, or just mostly dead? (Amy Sullivan, Time)
Michele Bachmann’s husband shares her strong conservative valuesMarcus and Michele Bachman have a bond born of a mutual religious awakening in high school and college, a deep faith in an especially conservative form of Lutheranism, and a common abhorrence of homosexuality. (The Washington Post)