updated Fri. March 22, 2024
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New York Times
March 11, 2018
They meet in secret and have a private Facebook group, which its organizer said has about 160 members, to talk about their support for Mr. Trump. ... and became a more coherent movement with the 1988 presidential campaign of the religious broadcaster Pat Robertson and the rise of Christian Coalition.
Mintpress News
March 3, 2018
Afterwards, Hyung-jin is seen socializing with Eric Trump and assorted militiamen as his wife and church co-leader, Yeon Ah Lee-moon, engages in .... The 'outside' view of the Capitol Hill event was that Father received a crown, an award for his years of dedication and leadership in reconciliation andÃâà...
New York Times
February 28, 2018
The gun-owning daughter of a Baptist preacher, she was an early organizer for the Tea Party movement. .... Ms. Dooley worked to counter their efforts, standing with environmentalists and business groups and helping win support from the Christian Coalition and self-identified libertarians. Her side prevailedÃâà...
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
February 26, 2018
Graham may not have been a political organizer, but he did like to be close to those in power. He got too close to then-President Nixon. Rev. Graham lent his ... Jerry Falwell of the Moral Majority and Pat Robertson of the Christian Coalition. “If I took sides in all these different divisive areas, I would cut off aÃâà...
Commonweal
February 23, 2018
His face was Hollywood handsome, his body lean like a pole-vaulter's. His first name alone commanded the kind of instant recognition that only Elvis surpassed. But it was his singular voice—big as the Bible, yet softened at the edges, like a Carolina mountain—that made Billy Graham a thoroughlyÃâà...
Harvard Gazette
February 23, 2018
Shortly after the re-election of President Barack Obama in 2012, the conservative Christian Coalition sent an email to its members. ... In 2011, the institute asked Americans “whether a political leader who committed an immoral act in his or her private life could nonetheless behave ethically and fulfill theirÃâà...
Southern Poverty Law Center
February 12, 2018
Update February 14, 2018 — According to the Treasure Valley ACT for America chapter, Redman plans to present his anti-Sharia bill at a public hearing on Thursday, February 15. ACT circulated an email to its supporters on February 13, stating, “Time has come!! Rep. Eric Redman will be presenting HBÃâà...
New York Times
November 10, 2017
In his book “Active Faith: How Christians Are Changing the Soul of American Politics,” former Christian Coalition leader Ralph Reed described 1989, the year the group was founded, as a dark one for religious conservatives. The once-powerful televangelists Jimmy Swaggart and Jim Bakker wereÃâà...
Montgomery Advertiser
April 25, 2017
Under Brinson's leadership, the Christian Coalition of Alabama tried to find ways to work with both parties. In 2007, Brinson supported legislation to limit electronic bingo to Birmingham and Mobile dog tracks while increasing penalties for illegal gambling machines. Brinson argued the organization was notÃâà...
Rappler
December 31, 1999
After all, the chamber's leaders are not in favor of it, especially Senate Majority Leader Vicente Sotto III, the one who calls the Senate's agenda. Sotto has consistently opposed the measure, as evident in his interpellation. In fact, the Christian groups met with him and Senator Gregorio Honasan after theÃâà...
