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Read what the media is saying about the work of the American Values Network:
Summer 2012_________________________________________________________________________
08/11/2012 Religious Progressives Prepare to Mount Case Against Ryan (CNN)
07/12/2012 Opinion: World Needs Arms Trade Treaty (Newsday)
07/12/2012 Retired Maj. Gen. Roger R. Blunt: Setting the Record Straight on the UN ATT (The Hill)
07/11/2012 Arms Trade Treaty, Second Amendment Compatible (The Christian Post)
07/03/2012 Former Child Soldier Turned Bishop Stresses the Importance of Arms Trade Treaty (The Christian Post)
07/02/2012 Evangelicals to Attend UN Negotiations Addressing Deadly Illegal Arms Trade (The Christian Post)
07/08/2012 A Treaty on Conventional Arms (New York Times)
07/05/2012 Under Regulate Global Weapons Trade Undermines Peace and Security, Says Christian Leaders (The Washington Post)
05/29/2013 Arms Trade Treaty: Christians Unite Against International Violence (The Christian Post)
07/09/2012 Time to Curb the Illicit Global Arms Trade (The Christian Science Monitor)
Winter 2012_________________________________________________________________________
03/26/2012 Rep. Paul Ryan is Marie Antoinette (Care2.com)
02/07/2012 A Pulpit For The Masses: YouTube, Christians Click (NPR)
01/29/2012 Is Compassionate Conservatism Dead? (USA Today)
01/23/2012 ‘Tea Party Jesus’ Preaches Selfishness, Causes Outrage (The Christian Post)
01/20/2012 Tea Party Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount (Washington Post)
01/19/2012 Tea Party Jesus: ’Blessed Are the Mean’ (Christianity Today)
Summer 2011________________________________________________________________________
06/05/2011 Heightening The Republican Contradictions (The Daily Beast)
06/03/2011 Paul Ryan’s Ayn Rand Problem (Time)
06/02/2011 B - udget Battle Pits Atheist Ayn Rand vs. Jesus (Religion News Service)
05/02/2011 GOP Must Choose: Ayn Rand or Jesus (Huffington Post)
05/24/2011 Rand Paul, other Republicans can’t have it both ways on Ayn Rand (Courier-Journal)
05/13/2011 Ayn Rand: The GOP’s Godless Philosopher (Time)
05/12/2011 Boehner on Catholic Critics: Budget Cuts Uphold Faith Values (Christian Post)
Winter 2010________________________________________________________________________
12/15/2010 Senators Fight Over Christmas (USA Today)
12/15/2010 Senators Argue Over Christmas (CNN)
12/15/2010 Ratify New START, Say Religious Leaders. Celebrate Christmas With Peace (Courant.com)
12/16/2010 Scarborough: DeMint And Kyl ‘Owe Harry Reid An Apology’ For Questioning His Faith (Think Progress)
Autumn 2010________________________________________________________________________
11/19/2010 Incoming GOP Senators Call for Delay on New START Ratification Vote (CQ Today)
11/19/2010 Obama Wants Lame-Duck Congress To Pass START (NPR)
11/19/2010 STEEL GUITARS, COWBOY HATS AND NUKES (Politico Morning Defense)
11/19/2010 Obama Forces Showdown With GOP on Arms Pact (New York Times)
11/19/2010 US religious group blasts START treaty delay (AFP)
11/19/2010 Sid Salter – Super Talk Mississippi Radio Network
11/19/2010 Religious Group: Pass Nuke Treaty or We All Burn (Wired)
11/08/2010 ‘Daisy Girl’ is Still Counting (God’s Politics)
11/04/2010 ‘Daisy’ Ad Revisited to Urge Senate to Pass New START (Huffington Post)
11/05/2010 Nuclear Deja Vu All Over Again: “Daisy Girl Ad” Revived to Move the Senate to Act on New START (Arms Control Now)
Summer 2010_______________________________________________________________________
07/07/2010 The Choice: Drill, Baby, Drill or American Values. You Can’t Have Both (Huffington Post)
06/23/2010 Enviro Groups Circulate Memo to Attack Former GOP Climate Ally (New York Times)
06/16/2010 Sen. Lindsey Graham Energy Reversal Draws Fire (Politico)
06/16/2010 Faith-Based Group Accuses Graham of ‘Flip-Flopping’ on Energy Bill (New York Times)
Autumn 2009_______________________________________________________________________
10/30/2009 Health Care Cacophony (Christianity Today)
10/26/2009 Religious Right Opposes Health Care (But Where’s the Religion?) (Politics Daily)
“Here’s another irony: The other new religious-based ad, from the liberal folks at Sojourners and The American Values Network, is all about Bible-based imperatives for health care reform.”
10/23/2009 Remembering “God’s Children” Healthcare Ad (CBN Brody File)
10/15/2009 American Values Network Makes Religious Case for Health Care Reform (Huffington Post)
10/16/2009 The Rise of the Religious Left (The Guardian)
“The American Values Network is one example. It is promoting radio and television ads that make the moral case not only for healthcare but for climate change legislation as well. On health care the Network tells Americans that “scripture warns against those who pursue wealth at the expense of the lives and welfare of others”.”
10/17/2009 This Week in God (Washington Monthly)
09/25/2009 Religious Groups Push for Climate Change Legislation (U.S. News and World Report)
“In the House, religious activists helped to narrowly pass a climate bill in June. A group called the American Values Network, founded by the religious outreach director for Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign, Burns Strider, bought Christian radio ads promoting the bill in conservative congressional districts.”
09/08/2009 Health care not only Congress’ top priority (CNN)
09/03/2009 Backers of climate bill spend more on ads (USA Today)
“Also spending heavily: the American Values Network, a religious advocacy group that has pumped about $400,000 into an advertising and e-mail blitz in support of the bill in 14 states, including ads on Christian, country and talk radio.”
08/18/2009 The Morning Fix: American Values Network Pushes on Climate Change (Washington Post)
Summer 2009_______________________________________________________________________
07/03/2009 In Political Ads, Christian Left Mounts Sermonic Campaigns (Wall Street Journal)
“A religious coalition called the American Values Network spent nearly $200,000 placing the global warming ads. Some political analysts credit the campaign with boosting support for the Waxman-Markey climate bill, which narrowly passed the House last week.”
07/07/2009 Christian Left Takes Messages to the Air Waves (Christianity Today Politics Blog)
06/25/2009 General Influences Coloradans’ Use of Clean Energy (CBS, Grand Junction, CO)
06/26/2009 Selling the Climate Change Bill in Indiana: a Franciscan Sister (U.S. News & World Report)
06/25/2009 North Dakota Radio Ad Calls for Energy Bill Passage in House (North Dakota Ag Connection)
05/09/2009 God in Government (Washington Post)
05/05/2009 New Liberal Faith Group Takes on Global Warming (Washington Post)
05/05/2009 Dems Launch Christian Radio Ad Blitz On Climate Change (Huffington Post)
05/05/2009 Christian Radio Ads Urge Support for Climate Change Legislation (Associated Baptist Press)
05/05/2009 In the Beginning . . . (Christian Broadcasting Network)
05/06/2009 New Progressive Faith Group Launches Christian Radio Campaign for Climate Bill (U.S. News & World Report)
05/11/2009 Perriello foresees jobs in climate change (Richmond Times Dispatch)
05/06/2009 Hot Button (Washington Times)
