Bible-Belt

The Associated Press reports that at a campaign stop in South Carolina — a deep South, socially conservative Bible-Belt state, no less — Rudy continued to insist that his pledge to appoint strict construction was emphatically not code-talk for overturning Roe v. Wade:

Rudy Digs In: Roe V. Wade "Not Something That I Would Seek To Change." 2009

Is there *nothing* happening in this, the buckle of the Bible-Belt, that has to do with religion that you could blog about?

Buckner's `Shoes for Orpan Souls' program collects 2 millionth pair | RELIGION Blog | dallasnews.com 2009

And on the GOP side, the pro-choice Rudy Giuliani leading with this Bible-Belt state's Republican voters, albeit with a small plurality:

Poll: Hillary, Rudy Ahead In South Carolina 2009

Oklahoma — McCain Ahead: Mike Huckabee originally led in this Bible-Belt state, but the latest poll put John McCain ahead by nearly ten points.

Chart: Polls In Super Tuesday States Show McCain Has It Made 2009

That's because he faces contests in South Carolina, Florida, and the Bible-Belt states voting on Super Tuesday, states with higher concentrations of social conservatives than New Hampshire or even Michigan — and states where his attacks on leading figures of the Christian right have not been forgotten.

Michigan Exit Polls Show Even More Problems For McCain 2009

So, hopefully that will balance the Bible-Belt mentality.

Think Progress » ThinkFast: May 4, 2006 2006

So, hopefully that will balance the Bible-Belt mentality.

Think Progress » ThinkFast: May 4, 2006 2006

The old platitude that "You can take the boy out of the Bible-Belt, but you can't take the Bible-Belt out of the boy" is relevant here, in so far as I don't think you can simply jump ship from one religion to another and reset your psyche to a tabula rasa.

The Power and the Piss Hal Duncan 2006

Like me, you probably missed all of the Bible-Belt pogroms following showings of "The Passion."

Obama, Farrakhan, and how Hillary Clinton took the opening and then squandered it. Ann Althouse 2008

The old platitude that "You can take the boy out of the Bible-Belt, but you can't take the Bible-Belt out of the boy" is relevant here, in so far as I don't think you can simply jump ship from one religion to another and reset your psyche to a tabula rasa.

Archive 2006-09-01 Hal Duncan 2006