In the announcement that is sure to keep the chattering class chattering at least 'till next week, Culture War Watch is prepared to announce its support for the Common Do-Gooders.

Focus on the Family Action NOT Endorsing a Candidate, Only a Coincidence that Mitt Romney is Pure Good and the Rest of the Candidates are Evil. Focus Action wants the (liberal, of course) Mainstream Media to stop reading into things and lose the idea that Focus on the Family Action made a "stealth endorsement" of Governor Romney in their online voter guide. They are shocked that their mostly positive portrayal of Romney and largely negative commentary on the other candidates would even be mentioned in the same sentence as "endorsement." Culture War Watch is siding with Focus on this one. After all, mischaracterizing your candidate's position on his own religion and then refusing to correct the error is more clumsy than stealthy.

Beck to Churches: Drop the Politics (like helping people in need) and Stick to Non-Controversial Topics (like apocalyptic Israel policy) Political and theological expert Glenn Beck sure knows where to draw the line between church mission and political action. He lays it out very clearly in this interview with Rev. Walter Coleman, whose congregation is currently giving sanctuary to an undocumented immigrant. Beck chastises the Rev. for taking such a position and tells him he should have his tax-exempt status revoked. Interestingly he seems to have spared Rev. Hagee, a strong advocate for very specific public policies with regarding Israel, similar criticism. We expect he'll soon be sending an Epistle to the Missouri Bishop's conference correcting them on their deep theological errors.

Moderate Baptists Gather, Tell World to Stop Looking So Surprised Contrary to popular belief, moderate Baptists exist and claim a rich religious tradition. Next week, 20,000 Baptists, including sitting Senators and ex-presidents, are gathering to identify common ground and ways to collaborate on social justice issues--Culture War Watch wishes them luck.

The Scorecard: This week goes to the Common Do-Gooders, who are still enjoying the Culture War Watch endorsement bounce.