Atheist, Muslim candidates worry voters
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One in four people in the U.S. said in a recent poll that they would be less likely to support a presidential candidate who is Mormon, an ominous sign for Republican contender Mitt Romney.
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There are signs that the furor over the Congressional page scandal is sapping the enthusiasm of religious conservatives.
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Christian conservatives, traditionally a reliable Republican constituency, aren't necessarily a GOP gimme this time around. There is an undercurrent of concern that some evangelicals, unhappy that the GOP-led Congress and President Bush haven't paid more attention to gay marriage and other "values" issues, may stay home on Election Day or even vote Democratic.
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A convert to Islam stands an election victory away from becoming the second Muslim elected to Congress and a role model for a faith community seeking to make its mark in national politics.
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Christian conservatives were divided over which of the Republican presidential candidates to support.
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Today's election pits the secular against the Islamic, but ethnic tensions could be the decisive factor.
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The three leading Democratic contenders for the White House tried to woo the "Religious Left" on Monday, fielding questions about their belief in a televised panel that highlighted the importance of religion to politics in America.
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Exit polls stir a debate over the role of morals - and religious values - in the nation's politics.
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For some, voting day will be violent and disappointing. For others, just plain confusing. And the Sunnis may have to be drawn in after the fact
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Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said Sunday he does not think voters have a litmus test on religion, whether evangelical Christianity or his childhood years in the Muslim faith.
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DES MOINES, Iowa  - Iowa'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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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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As both Democrats and Republicans sought their support, American Muslim leaders wrapped up their community's largest convention Sunday still debating whether to endorse a presidential candidate.
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Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry has begun speaking more openly about his faith, a move political experts say is crucial to chipping away at President Bush's advantage among churchgoers.
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After years of talk about the close ties between religious conservatives and the Republican Party coalition, an opposite factor is gaining wider notice: the Democrats' reliance upon non-religious voters.
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Abdullah Gul, a religious man in the secular realm of Turkish politics, hopes to persuade the establishment that it has nothing to fear from his candidacy.
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A federal judge heard arguments Thursday in the case of an atheist who wants to prevent a Christian minister from reciting a prayer at President Bush's inauguration.