Christian Coalition
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U.S. News & World Report | 4 days ago
Christian Right Playing Big Role in Challenging Establishment GOP Candidates
"You're going to see the largest number of competitive Republican primaries since the 1992-to-1994 period," says Reed, the former Christian Coalition chief. "It's a sign of a healthy movement." But some GOP leaders worry that the...
In this article: Republican Party, Dede Scozzafava, New York, Florida, Newt Gingrich, Charlie Crist, Marco Rubio, and Conservatism
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution | 5 days ago
Gore brings environmental solutions tour to Atlanta
...community. Often thought of as being aligned with a particular political point of view ... and yet on this issue many groups, including the Christian Coalition, by the way, have come out arguing the Earth is the Lord's and the fullness...
In this article: Al Gore, Atlanta, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, An Inconvenient Truth, Waste, Georgia Tech, National Geographic, and Saturday Night Live
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Congressional Quarterly: Politics | 6 days ago
Is Toomey Edging to the Center?
...ran as a moderate Republican relative to the other candidates in the primary. Toomey defeated conservative state Sen. Joseph Uliana and Christian Coalition-backed 1996 nominee Bob Kilbanks in a competitive multi-candidate primary. He...
In this article: Pat Toomey, Arlen Specter, Pennsylvania, Rick Santorum, John Peterson, Barack Obama, Arne Duncan, and GOP
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True/Slant | November 16, 2009
Doom Sells, But Who's Buying?
After it didn't happen, he used the general prophesy of "it can't be long now!" to cover any doubt about what was around the corner. The Christian Coalition's Pat Robertson annually makes predictions about the coming year. In 2007 he said,...
In this article: Socialism, God, Anxiety, Apocalypse, John Hagee, and Pat Robertson
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Entertainment Weekly | November 11, 2009
Britney Spears' Twitter account hacked
...Fine, word police, that's one too many letters. But no-though she may believe in certain sexual combinations not implicitly approved by the Christian Coalition, la Brit is not, despite recent updates on her Twitter page, an actual minion of...
In this article: Britney Spears, Twitter, and Miley Cyrus
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washingtonpost.com | November 11, 2009
Lobbyists for God
...in right leaning religious lobbying groups, typically associated with hot button social issues like gay marriage and abortion. The Christian Coalition, a conservative advocacy group that boasts an e-mail list of 3,000,000 and has strong ties...
In this article: God, Washington, E mail, Climate change, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and Union for Reform Judaism
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Yahoo! News | November 11, 2009
Health vote shatters abortion ceasefire (Politico)
...insurance policies, then you are either paying for it with tax dollars or you're not," said Ralph Reed, the former executive director of the Christian Coalition, adding that abortion "looks increasingly like it is a major cleavage running...
In this article: Barack Obama, Bart Stupak, Rosa DeLauro, White House, Supreme Court, Sonia Sotomayor, Mexico City, and Tax
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washingtonpost.com | November 09, 2009
Evangelicals' political clout: real or imagined?
...to church audiences. Republican National Committee funds have been supporting Christian Right organizations since Pat Robertson's Christian Coalition of the early 1990s. Since then, it has extended its organizational networks through...
In this article: Republican Party, Buddhist, Socialism, University of California, Riverside, Mark Noll, Republican National Committee, Pat Robertson, and Sarah Palin
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CBS News | November 05, 2009
Washington State Approves Gay Partnerships
...Washington state was dealt a blow to their opposition to human rights. Even more incensed was the Christian Coalition. Maybe one day they will both turn from their hatred and embrace human rights. No doubt the Catholic Church in that state...
In this article: Washington, Washington, Catholic Church, Maine, Chris Gregoire, All rights reserved, and Probate
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washingtonpost.com | November 02, 2009
Palin, Huckabee call Virginia voters
...phone message encouraging Virginians to get out and vote on Tuesday. Now, we have learned that a conservative group affiliated with former Christian Coalition founder Ralph Reed asked both Palin and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee to make...
In this article: Sarah Palin, Mike Huckabee, Bob McDonnell, Virginia, and John McCain
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The Christian Coalition was an Evangelical Christian political party operating in New Zealand. It was an alliance of the now-defunct Christian Heritage Party and the Christian Democrats, New Zealand's two largest Christian parties. The Christian Coalition did not meet with the success that it hoped for, and was eventually dissolved.
The Coalition was established for the purpose of contesting the 1996 election, which was the first to be held using the new mixed member proportional (MMP) voting system. Under MMP, it would not be necessary for the party to win any electorate seats – it merely needed to gain more than five percent of the national vote. The party was led by the Christian Democrat's leader Graeme Lee and Graham Capill.
In terms of policy, the Coalition generally pursued goals located somewhere between those of the Christian Democrats and Christian Heritage. At times, there appeared to be dispute between the two groups, with the Christian Democrats pursuing a more moderate path and Christian Heritage insisting upon a hard line. There were also complaints from the Christian Democrats that Christian Heritage was dominating the Coalition, and that Graham Capill (leader of Christian Heritage and Co-leader of the Coalition as a whole) was running the party "autocratically".
In the election itself, the Christian Coalition gained 4.33% of the vote, ranking sixth. It would have needed around 13,000 more votes to enter parliament. None of the Coalition's thirty-seven electoral candidates were successful.
Christian Heritage New Zealand and Destiny New Zealand also tried to form a second Christian Coalition in 2004, but were unsuccessful. In October 2006, CHNZ Leader Ewen McQueen announced the closure of CHNZ.
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