Religious right leaning toward Democrats?

[dkf]

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- For decades, evangelicals have been seen as solid supporters of the Republican Party. That could be changing.

The religious right, a cornerstone of the so-called Reagan revolution -- the battle over abortion law, and gay marriage -- wants a change.

At least some evangelicals do.

A group of influential Christian leaders are declaring they are tired of divisive politics, tired of watching fights over some issues trump all the good they could be doing.

"Our proposal in manifesto is to join forces with all those who support a civil public square. ... a vision of public life in which people of all faiths -- which, of course, means no faith -- are free to enter and engage public life on the basis of their faith," said evangelical leader Os Guinness.
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Evangelicals are now leading public support for many issues dear to Democrats: global campaigns against AIDS, hunger and poverty.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/05/11/dems.religion/index.html

[niyad]

1. one of my dearest friends used to say that she confused the hell out of people

because she was a LIBERAL evangelical christian. the congregation to which she belonged was one of those that actually took the messages of the gospels seriously--stewardship of the earth, help for all in need, kindness, caring and compassion. (quite unlike my neighbors up the road, fungus and new life)

[dkf]

2. I've often wondered why evangelicals haven't noticed they

have strayed off the path.

Your friend is more along the lines of what I imagined Christianity should be.

Of course I am speaking as an agnostic.

[Indiana_Dem]

3. well get this one...

I attended a First Assembly of God for 5 years and consider myself a "born-again" Christian AND I'm "liberal"...meaning I believe in separation of church and state, Roe vs. Wade, and all the aboe mentioned in niyad's post, etc. I no longer attend organized religion per se because I saw where the church was intermingling with the state too much at the beginning of the 90s. However, I'm still a believer and pray every day.

[UTUSN]

4. Wish it were true. After all, CARTER is who broke the JFK covenant with the nation

about religious influence in politics. And I realize that THIS thread specifically cites "evangelicals," but I had just finished looking at this other thread about the Catholic Archbishop of KS rebuking the Catholic governor of KS over being pro-Choice, so I'm having to laugh.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x3266464

[saltpoint]

5. If some of these folks woud read their own New Testament and use

their brains for a change, they'd maybe stop voting for the Pukes.

Assault on sovereign nations, torture, ignoring the needy of New Orleans and elsewhere -- how can they square those realities against what they've been taught?

They were stupid enough to be fooled; now they need to be strong enough to reconsider.

[LiberalFighter]

6. How many of them actually read it? And those that do how many are reading it?

And when they read it they also take in what their minister tells them.

[saltpoint]

8. Good questions. Some of the responsibility falls on the pastors'

willful neglect of those texts.

[LiberalFighter]

7. The good evangelicals need to avoid being labeled religious right.

[T Monk]

9. there's been mass exodeses from the gop to the dems before

notably following the vietnam debacle when many many military families and personel found the animosity of their fellow citizens over their involvement to much to bear. The rightwing religious people should serve to move the democrats even more rightward than the vets did

[spanone]

10. yuck!