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• Sep 17, 2012

  Racism, Anti-Mormonism Won't Affect Election, Expert Believes

  With a black man and a Mormon running against each other in the presidential race, will racism or anti-Mormonism effect the outcome? Political scientist Norman Ornstein does not think so.

• Sep 16, 2012

  'I Wish Mitt Romney Would Meet People Like Me,' Rape Conceived Pro-Lifer Says

  Rep. Todd Akin's (R-Mo.) recent "legitimate rape" gaffe has brought greater scrutiny to the issue of whether pro-lifers should support abortions for women who get pregnant after getting raped. While the Republican Party platform does not include a rape exception, the Republican presidential candidate, Mitt Romney, supports a rape exception. In a Saturday interview with The Christian Post, Ryan Bomberger, a pro-life activist who was carried to term and given up for adoption after his mother was r

• Sep 16, 2012

  Values Voter Summit Highlights Abortion, Adoption Link

  Ending abortion has been a central concern of social conservatives since the movement, sometimes called the "Christian Right" or "Religious Right," began in the late 1970's. At the Values Voter Summit this past weekend, adoption was also a common theme linked to the pro-life cause.

• Sep 15, 2012

  Rand Paul Talks Faith, War, Abortion at Values Voter Summit

  Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) spoke about struggling with doubt in his Christian faith, as well as how his faith informs his views on war and abortion, at the Values Voter Summit Friday in Washington, D.C.

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  Sep 15, 2012

  Paul Ryan Blasts Obama for Straw Man Arguments, Extreme Abortion Stance

  Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan accused President Barack Obama of inaccurately portraying Republican positions using straw man arguments in a Friday speech at the Values Voters Summit in Washington, D.C. He also accused the president and Democrats of giving up their "pretense of moderation" on the issue of abortion.

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  Sep 14, 2012

  4 Unusual Factors That Could Decide the Outcome of the Presidential Race

  The electorate is about evenly split between Republicans and Democrats and only about two percent of voters will likely determine the outcome, political analysts pointed out at an American Enterprise Institute panel discussion Thursday. With an election that close, even small factors can make a difference. The discussants pointed out four of these small factors that could, in a very close election, decide who will be the next president of the United States.

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  Sep 13, 2012

  Steven Curtis Chapman, Katherine Heigel, Josh Kelley, Ne-Yo Gather in Support of Adoption

  Steven Curtis Chapman, Katherine Heigel, Josh Kelley and Ne-Yo were in attendance at the Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute's annual gala Wednesday. Heigel, Kelley and Ne-Yo were among the 113 honored as "Angels in Adoption." Chapman, a previous honoree, sang two songs for those in attendance.

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  Sep 13, 2012

  Obama, Romney Address Poverty in New Videos

  Political leaders need to make poverty a priority, a group of Christian political leaders urged Wednesday. On the day that the U.S. Census Bureau released its annual figures on poverty, Circle of Protection announced the release of videos by both of the major parties' presidential candidates, President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, addressing poverty.

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  Sep 12, 2012

  Woodward Accuses Obama of Failed Leadership in New Book

  As the nation heads for a "fiscal cliff," the national debt surpasses $16 trillion and 100 percent of GDP, and Moody's warns of another credit downgrade, famed journalist Bob Woodward has written a book recounting the story of how the nation's current precarious predicament was almost avoided.

• Sep 11, 2012

  Moody's Warns of Another US Credit Downgrade

  The credit rating of the United States government may face another downgrade, this time by Moody's Investor Services, the company warned Tuesday. The president and Congress must negotiate a deal by the end of next year that will lower the nation's growing debt relative to its economic production to avoid the downgrade.