US Christian right exultant after Bush re-election
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The US Christian right took credit for helping President George W. Bush win re-election this week, in part by mobilizing its followers to vote for a ban on gay marriage in 11 of the 50 states.
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US President George W. Bush and Democratic rival John Kerry are battling for support among Roman Catholics voters, an electorate divided between a Bible-reading Protestant president and a Catholic senator who supports abortion rights.
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Whoever officially wins this election&mdash;at the time of this writing, it&rsquo;s technically still a squeaker that could conceivably go either way, though it&rsquo;s looking like Bush&rsquo;s first election to office&mdash;what is clear is that the Republicans owned the political agenda. I&rsquo;m not talking about Iraq or terrorism, though those were significant issues. What I&rsquo;m talking about is what got so many people to turn out and vote Republican on Tuesday: values.
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Just about everybody wants to have their say in this presidential election. From evangelical preachers who claim "God is not a Republican or a Democrat" to the anti-abortion Catholics Against Kerry, political advertising by smaller groups, and individuals in some cases, is popping up across the country.
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Lately it seems all the leading presidential candidates are discussing their religious and moral beliefs &#151; even when they'd rather not. Indeed, seven years after George W. Bush won the presidency in part with a direct appeal to conservative religious voters &#151; even saying during a debate that Jesus Christ was his favorite philosopher &#151; the personal faith of candidates has become a very public part of the presidential campaign.
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The Bush-Cheney campaign held a rally for religious conservatives behind closed doors Tuesday, as the GOP shifted public focus toward its more moderate representatives at the Republican convention.
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The splintering of prominent Christian conservatives over the Republican presidential contenders reflects a schism Â between the dogma of God, guns and gays and the desire to beat Hillary Rodham Clinton.
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who has caused outrage on the left with his conservative Roman Catholic views on homosexuality and marriage. &quot;We expect a reshuffle of the Commission.
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American gays, branded sinners by the Christian right, are waging an all-out battle to eject President George W. Bush from power in the November 2 poll.
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Voters in last year's presidential  election showed a new polarization within some religious  faiths, a fact that may make it all the harder for Democrats to  recapture the White House, according to a report released on  Thursday.
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President Bush&#39;s campaign won re-election through the strategic gamble that there was more to gain from galvanizing conservatives and stressing moral issues than from reaching out to centrist voters.
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Christian conservatives were divided over which of the Republican presidential candidates to support.
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Iowa&#39;s religious  conservatives, a powerful force in Republican presidential  politics for two decades, could be kingmakers again in 2008 --  but it is unclear which candidate will win their support.
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In a U.S. election campaign where presidential candidates from both major parties have talked openly about their Christian faith, some non-Christians feel shut out or turned off.
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An important ally when George W. Bush first won the presidency, the Christian Coalition of America says it's poised again to help a conservative win the White House. Whether it can back up that pledge is an open question.
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&quot;Four more years!&quot; chanted Republican faithful, who finally got to celebrate the US President George W. Bush's re-election after Democratic rival John Kerry conceded defeat.
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The US church now awaits response from traditionalists. Will schism be headed off?