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    • Megachurches build a Republican base

      Posted by Billbar from Reuters

      In a March survey, a quarter of Ohio residents said they were evangelicals. The fastest-growing faith group in America, evangelical Christians have had a growing impact on the nation's political landscape, in part because adherents believe conservative Christian values should have a place in politics -- and they support politicians who agree with them. "Evangelical Protestants have become much more Republican in recent times, although 40 or 50 years ago more of them were Democrats," said Political analyst John Green, director of the University of Akron's Bliss Institute of Applied Politics.

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      A Weak Reed - Why Christian conservatives are souring on the GOP

      Posted by Billbar from Slate

      The inevitable shift in evangelical politics does not change the fact that a majority of evangelicals will remain conservative and vote for the GOP. But the fears of a Republican party dominated by monolithic religious zealots are as overblown now as they were when [former executive director of the Christian Coalition Ralph] Reed was on the cover of Time.

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