“2004 Election Poll Results”
See a chart of 2004 exit polls at the CNN web site that shows the Catholic vote results for each candidate and can be broken down by state.
Faith: Catholicism
“U.S. Catholics split between intent to vote for Kerry and Bush”
The Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate at Georgetown University in Washington conducts an annual poll of U.S. Catholics that includes questions on politics. CARA analysts examined the 2004 Catholic vote in this PDF file. An April 2004 analysis showed that 30.5 percent of Catholics said they usually think of themselves as Republicans, 38.5 percent as Democrats and 21.8 percent […]
“Religion A Strength And Weakness For Both Parties”
An August 2005 Pew Forum poll examines the attitudes of various religious groups, including Catholics, toward politics and salient issues.
“A Mormon for President? Voters Balk”
A Los Angeles Times/Bloomberg poll conducted in late June 2006 about voter views on the religious affiliations of possible presidential candidates showed that 10 percent of respondents would not vote for a candidate who was Roman Catholic. Yet that figure is much lower than the 21 percent who said they would not vote for an evangelical Protestant, […]
Dr. Mark Lowery
Dr. Mark Lowery is a professor of theology at the University of Dallas, an independent Catholic school in Irving, Texas. Lowery has written extensively on the traditional Christian view of sexuality.
“Christians Launch Anti-Slavery Efforts for Super Bowl XLV”
A Jan. 25, 2011, blog post at Christianity Today‘s website detailed how a number of church-based anti-trafficking groups planned to combat the sex trade during the run-up to Super Bowl XLV in Dallas. The groups included Traffick911 and Love 146. And Christian Brothers Investment Services, an investment firm that works with 1,000 Catholic institutions, pressured Dallas hotels to help battle the sex trade.
Carol Peck
Carol Peck is senior director of family services at Catholic Charities USA, where she works on human trafficking issues and policy.
Margaret A. Farley
Margaret A. Farley is the Gilbert L. Stark professor emerita of Christian ethics at Yale Divinity School in New Haven, Conn. She is Catholic and has written widely about Christian sexual ethics.
“What’s Diwali–and Should I Bring Presents?”
Read a column about Diwali gift-giving by author Arthur Magida, posted at Beliefnet.com.