Mix of politics, religion appears a recipe for disaster

WASHINGTON - The 2008 primary election campaign began with candidates scrambling to embrace religious leaders, and it's ending with candidates rushing to repudiate them. An election cycle that was supposed to usher in the marriage of religion and politics may be hastening its divorce. (Full article: 749 words)

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