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Minnesota’s faithful plan event to counter uptick in anti-Muslim rhetoric

By Andy Birkey | 09.17.10 | 1:35 pm

Some of Minnesota’s largest faith organizations are planning an event to counter a recent rise in anti-Muslim sentiment following controversy over a planned Muslim community center in New York City and threats of Koran-burnings by fundamentalist Christians. The event will…

Evangelicals abandon McCain, Obama backers target Christian airwaves

By Andy Birkey | 10.27.08 | 12:07 pm

Results released by the Christian polling outfit, Barna Group, shows that Sen. John McCain has failed to hold on to a critical part of the Republican base: born-again evangelical Christians. Even with Gov. Sarah Palin on the ticket, support from the key constituency has floundered compared to Bush’s numbers in 2004.

Meanwhile, independent groups are hitting the airwaves on Christian talk radio with ads featuring Sen. Barack Obama talking about his faith and prominent “pro-lifers” explaining — and supporting — Obama’s position on abortion.

Minnesota, home of America’s most moral tax code

By Andy Birkey | 01.02.08 | 12:34 pm

Minnesota’s tax code just might be the holiest in the country.

That’s the finding by Susan Pace Hamill, a University of Alabama law professor whose expertise comes in the field of taxation — and…