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While no one is saying it’s not true, at least one prominent blogger is having trouble finding an accurate and consistent account of John McCain’s now-famous “cross in the dirt” story from his days as a P.O.W. Andrew Sullivan was the first to raise some questions about it. And now Beliefnet has this cogent summary…

The answer might surprise you. This comes from Steve Waldman at Beliefnet: One of the most interesting evangelicals these days is Joel Hunter, senior pastor at Northland Church in Florida. He does not consider himself a part of the religious left. He’s a registered Republican, strongly anti-abortion, author of “A New Kind of Conservative,” and…

When I looked over the proposed new language about abortion in the Democratic party platform, I shrugged. That’s it? Is that the best they could do? The plank still “strongly and unequivocally” endorses Roe v. Wade and the right to a “safe, legal” abortion. The rest, it seems to me, is window dressing. But others…

After the New York Times’ John Broder took a hard look at Barack Obama and the Catholic vote, Mark Silk — a blogger who’s been following the election and religious issues — took exception to it. And, I have to say: he raises some very interesting points: The back-and-forth on abortion in Democratic presidential politics…
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