Getting the values question right
Jim Wallis, a moderate evangelical preacher, says in USA Today that neither Republicans nor Democrats get the values question right.He notes "The Democrats seem uncomfortable with the language of faith and values, preferring in recent decades the secular approach of restricting such matters to the private sphere. But where would we be if Martin Luther King Jr. had kept his faith to himself? The separation of church and state does not require the segregation of moral language and values from public life. The Republicans are comfortable with the language of religion and values. But the GOP wants to narrow the focus to hot-button social issues it then uses as wedges in political campaigns, while ignoring or obstructing the application of such values where they would threaten its agenda."
Thanks to GetReligion for finding this.
posted by Paul Wilczynski @ 7:15 AM
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