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With less than four weeks until the election, faith groups continue to respond to the turmoil of the presidential campaigns. The release of a tape with sexually offensive comments from Donald Trump has provoked vigorous debate among many evangelicals, conservative Catholics and Mormons. Host Bob Abernethy and Religion News Service reporter David Gibson discuss some of the religious reactions and their likely effects.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cA lot of evangelicals are doubling down, especially that old-guard religious right, on their support of Trump. Never Trump evangelicals are saying look, this is the last straw. There\u2019s no way any good evangelical can support this guy. The key is you\u2019re seeing some of this showing up in the polls for white evangelical voters. They\u2019re only supporting him about 65 percent. That\u2019s not nearly enough to get Donald Trump into the White House,\u201d says David Gibson, a national correspondent for Religion News Service. 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