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(RNS) Ralph Reed’s Faith and Freedom Coalition is trying to corral "NASCAR Christians'' in hopes that they will give Mitt Romney a critical boost in November. By David Gibson.

Topics: Politics, Election
Beliefs: Christian - Protestant
Tags: 2012 campaign, faith and freedom coalition, mitt romney, nascar, ralph reed

David Gibson

David Gibson is an award-winning religion journalist, author and filmmaker. He writes for RNS and until recently covered the religion beat for AOL's Politics Daily. He blogs at Commonweal magazine, and has written two books on Catholic topics, the latest a biography of Pope Benedict XVI.
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