June 2, 2013, Freeline Media Orlando article arguing that while politicians continue to fight the culture war, America has largely moved on.

May 4, 2013, Tulsa World article about the opening of the National Rifle Association’s annual convention and its vice president’s declaration of a “culture war” that includes gun rights.

May 9, 2013, The Atlantic article about how even though strides have been made towards gay rights, the culture war is not over and LGBT groups and people remain under fire.

Rabbi Irwin Kula is president of CLAL, the National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership, a think tank dedicated to training Jewish leaders. He wrote Yearnings: Embracing the Sacred Messiness of Life (Hyperion, September 2006), among others, and is a highly regarded commentator on the modern approach to understanding and practicing Judaism.

See a Sept. 29, 2006, Catholic News Service story, “What’s a voter to do? Election guides offer different answers” The CNS story focuses on Catholic groups but provides an overview of the issue.

Jan. 29, 2013, The Dallas Morning News blog post which takes offense to the belief that the religious left needs to be more combative to gain traction in the national conversation.

Jan. 11, 2013, The Washington Post article on what the religious left must do to gain more national and media attention.

Founded in 2005, Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good is a lay Catholic organization that promotes Catholic social policy and issues.

Transcript of an April 16, 2013, letter to President Barack Obama questioning the American drone program signed by several progressive religious leaders.