Greetings everyone, I'm Rob Lalka, and I'm here at the Values Voter Summit -- an annual conference for the religious right, which has long dominated our nation's values debate.  We've heard that the bloc is starting to lose their control over the direction of the Republican Party recently, and particularly with the leading Republican candidate being Rudy Guiliani, that very well may be the case.

I'll be here all weekend...

For decades, Republicans have made opposition to abortion the foundation of their national coalition.  Strangely, though, they haven't actually passed anything particularly significant to reduce the number of abortions in the U.S.  The Democrats, however -- long demonized for being "pro-abortion" -- have now passed an initiative in the House of Representatives to cut down on the abortion rate. 

Fox News is contributing to the destruction of God's creation by ridiculing proven science on global warming.  Watch the video -- and then sign the petition.

By Jesse Lava

The debate about partial birth abortion is a distraction from the real issue: how to reduce the number of abortions in America.  And the law that the Supreme Court upheld today will accomplish exactly nothing to that end.

By Jesse Lava

Kowtowing to the likes of Bill Donohue is a never-ending exercise in futility.  He's the Energizer bunny of bile, and nothing will defang him except for standing up to him.  But the twin goals of cultivating religious respect and building a wide progressive coalition are important endeavors.  And we ignore them at our peril.

Right-wing religious leaders are attacking the purpose-driven Pastor Rick Warren for inviting Senator Barack Obama to speak at a seminar about AIDS.  Why the attacks?  Because they disagree with Obama's politics.  Well, we're hitting back.  Check out the letter that we've helped organize.  About 30 religious leaders are standing up for the notion of -- imagine this -- people working...

One of the most significant revelations to emerge from the 2006 election is the Democrats’ enormous success with faith-based outreach. Democrats who were willing to share their faith with voters consistently exceeded expectations. Lost causes became close races. Close races became solid victories.  Solid victories became landslides.

By Jesse Lava, 11/07/06

At FaithfulDemocrats.com, we believe God longs for a politics of compassion and social justice.  We believe all of God's creation must be restored and exalted.  We believe war may be taken only as a necessity and last resort.   We believe families are best served by a society that promotes the common good, not selfishness and materialism.

By Mark Brewer, Chair of the Michigan Democratic Party

The meetings were an eye-opening experience.  I was struck both by how much common ground existed with "conservative" pastors and also with how similar the suggestions from "conservative" and "liberal" were when it came to the Democratic Party.   These leaders didn't want Democrats to suddenly "find God" as much as they wanted to be...

By Jesse Lava, Executive Director of FaithfulDemocrats.com

In the whirlwind of pre-election coverage of this titillating accusation, we must not forget Christ’s command to judge not, lest we be judged.  If the allegation turns out to be true, it will just be one illustration of a fundamental Christian belief: that all human beings fall short and need God’s grace.  No one is exempt from temptation.  No...

By Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack

Posted October 31, 2006

So what do voters want? Not just talking to them, but listening and realizing that the answers to the questions and challenges we face are not found on K Street, but on Main Streets across the country.

Too often when a politician goes to Washington they come home and try to explain the goings on of...

Barack Obama answers FaithfulDemocrats.com's questions about humility, the black church, and partisan prophecy.  "The black church rarely had the luxury of separating individual salvation from collective salvation," he says, "which is why its membership is at the forefront of the fight for civil rights and the common good."

Because I accept the Holy Bible as the inspired and interminable Word of God, I consider myself to be a Christian fundamentalist.   I accept, as an inseparable component of my faith, the omnipotence, omnipresence, and omniscience of God. 

Therefore, I am baffled by my fellow fundamentalists who seem to be utterly opposed to and terror-stricken by the advancement of science, including stem-cell research. ...

Released 10/23, 11:19am, by FaithfulDemocrats.com

Can a congressional candidate whose faith says Catholics follow Satan win in a district that's 30 percent Catholic?

Released 10/16/06 by FaithfulDemocrats.com

The sad truth is that our country's leaders, especially those in the the White House, appear to use faith almost solely as a political weapon.  They don't respect it.  They don't care about its capacity to improve people's lives.  They want power, period.  And apparently, they are willing to manipulate religious voters and break the law in...

By Jesse Lava, FaithfulDemocrats.com 

FaithfulDemocrats.com just organized a crew of clergy and academic Christian leaders to write a letter to Speaker Hastert about the Foley mess.  The letter offers moral clarity during a time when when the Republicans offer obfuscation and misdirection.

By Melanie Griffin, Sierra Club 

Let’s face it, to dedicate your life to protecting the planet from basic human behaviors like greed and power and selfishness, you’ve got to be an optimist at heart.  You have to believe that you can make a difference with your life – that there is hope.

Even in...