Christian Conservatives

Donald Trump won a standing ovation from hundreds of Christian conservatives who came to New York City on Tuesday with a somewhat skeptical but willing attitude toward a man who has divided their group with comments on women, immigrants and Islam.

Dr. Carson called for a renewal of the principles of the founding fathers and support for the idea that the U.S. is a Judeo-Christian nation. He insisted that efforts must be undertaken to improve the nation's education system, curb the federal deficit and reform the tax system.

“Duck Dynasty” star Phil Robertson has a cure for the GOP. “You want to turn the Republican party around, get godly,” Robertson told the Republican Leadership Conference on Thursday.

Our friend Prof. Robert P. George gave a powerful talk at this year's National Catholic Prayer Breakfast and his message goes beyond his audience that day to ask this question of all conservatives and liberty minded Americans: Are you ready to stand for the immutable Christian principles this country was founded upon no matter what the cost?

While these groups are similarly conservative on economic matters (libertarians are further to the right than white evangelicals or Tea Partiers on some economic issues, such as raising the minimum wage), they are extremely divided by their views on religion.

In the second of a three part series on the TEA Party, Tom DeWeese, Founder and President of the American Policy Center, explains that even as the news media wants to bury the TEA Party, what it says matters because it is the one movement in our country that is protecting the right of opposition and freedom of speech for every American.

New Mexico Supreme Court Justice Richard C. Bosson said Elaine and Jonathan Huguenin “are compelled by law to compromise the very religious beliefs that inspire their lives,” as “the price of citizenship.” We say if you are compelled to work against your will or to provide your talent or artistry against your will you are truly a slave.