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Are You For Us -- or Persecuting Us?

The Ashcroft nomination flap ushered in a new religious correctness.

Often and vehemently, Christians in public life bemoan the lack of respect--if not the outright scorn and persecution--they endure. … more

Debra Dickerson | Beliefnet | February 2, 2001

Balwant Singh for President! Inderjit Singh for Vice President

America is reveling in its open-mindedness in (more or less) embracing the Democratic vice-presidential candidate's Judaism, but is giving ketchup a chance after an entrenched tradition of mustard domination really so bold?… more

Debra Dickerson | Beliefnet | August 17, 2000

Schwerner, Goodman, Lieberman, and Chaney

If Republican efforts to woo blacks fail, it may be because of Michael Schwerner and Andrew Goodman. The two Jewish civil rights workers, murdered along with James Chaney in Philadelphia, Mississippi, symbolize… more

Debra Dickerson | Beliefnet | August 15, 2000

Black Anti-Semitism

Let's be honest. If Al Gore's selection of a Jew as his running mate costs him votes, it's not going to be with Southern rednecks, who weren't going to vote for him anyway--or with evangelicals, … more

Debra Dickerson | Beliefnet | August 9, 2000

Flying the Wrong Colors

In movie theaters since Independence Day, Mel Gibson's "The Patriot" is a smash hit. This weekend, Gibson was tomahawking Redcoats, splashing blue blood across 2,751 movie screens nationwide and grossing $6.2… more

Debra Dickerson | Beliefnet | August 6, 2000

Farrakhan's Feeble Excuse

Imagine being 6 years old and living in hell.

Picture a man who's fighting to evict you from your home, harassing you with round-the-clock threatening phone calls, and sending goons to lurk outside… more

Debra Dickerson | Beliefnet | May 16, 2000

Someone to Watch Over Me

The bad news is that one first grader, from a family so dysfunctional that the thought of him trapped in it breaks your heart, shot and killed another. Two already fragile families are now traumatized … more

Debra Dickerson | Beliefnet | March 31, 2000

Operation Rescue Those Unjustly Sentenced to Death

"Rescue those unjustly sentenced to death."Proverbs 24:11

"They shed innocent blood, the blood of their sons and their daughters...and the land was polluted with the blood."Psalm 106:38

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Debra Dickerson | Beliefnet | February 28, 2000