Sunday, October 28, 2007

When activism gets in the way of the Gospel

Are the ties that bond the Evangelical Christian community with the Republican Party here in the United States fraying?



The New York Times makes a case today, that a more nuanced balance between religious beliefs and political affiliation is emerging from these conservative pulpits.

Living just a short drive north of Focus in the Family's headquarters in Colorado Springs, I know very well that the Republican drumbeat from James C. Dobson still has a captive audience.

But as pendulums swing one way, they inevitably swing back the other way. Historically religion in America has always worked with different parties to achieve different goals.

There seems to be some hope that moderation and cooperation might yet have a chance in the face of the extremism we've seen arise in the past decade.

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