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In a Friday morning Fort Worth Star Telegram article by Bud Kennedy, we became aware that Tea Party leader Julie McCarty has opposed a local candidate for criminal court judge because “he is a Methodist…Methodists tend not to take a stand on issues – anything goes.” She explained why she is supporting another candidate in the race: “My preference is a straitlaced Baptist to an everything-goes Methodist.” Early in our nation’s history, our Founding Fathers decided to be free of the destructive denominational wars of Europe. They knew firsthand the dangers of sectarian conflict and sought to prevent this nation...

As Speaker John A. Boehner (R.-Ohio) struggles with the budget crisis, a Troy, Ohio schoolteacher and Tea Party activist announced Sept. 30 he will challenge Boehner in the 2014 GOP primary. Joseph D. “J.D.” Winteregg, who is a founder of the Ohio Accountability Project, a grassroots organization in Ohio-8, a congressional district bordering Indiana, said he is motivated by the gulf between the interests and values of the district and Boehner. It is a gulf exasperated by the Speaker’s concern for national issues, which has come to mean that although the district’s congressman is the Speaker of the House, the...

A month after finishing 12 percentage points ahead of his closest competitor in Georgia's 9th district special election, former state Rep. Tom Graves finished the job in Tuesday's special runoff. Graves, a Republican, will now serve out the unexpired term of GOP Rep. Nathan Deal, who gave up his seat in the House to concentrate on running for governor. With 60 percent reporting, The Associated Press called the special election for Graves, who had 60 percent of the vote. Former state Rep. Lee Hawkins pulled 40 percent. Graves, a real estate investor, built much of his early campaign around courting...