Red Letter Christians establish network of moderate and progressive clergy

[dajoki]

MSNBC
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14905066/

Liberal evangelicals begin campaign
'Red Letter Christians' head out into field to get out the vote

Updated: 2 hours, 28 minutes ago

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Red Letter Christians, a project of Sojurners/Call to Renewal, announced plans to establish a grass-roots network of 7,000 moderate and progressive clergy members.

"A debate on moral issues should be central to American politics, but how should we define religious values?" said Jim Wallis, an activist and executive director of the Christian ministry, which also publishes the liberal Sojourners Magazine.

Expanding the issues
The project's name comes from the color of some Bible's type, with words directly attributed to Jesus appearing in red.

Wallis said Christian conservatives have limited the discussion to abortion and same-sex marriage, two fears that mobilized voters in 2004, and that voters care about more than two the issues. INTERACTIVE

"We must insist that the ethics of war - and whether we tell the truth about going to war - these are moral values issues too," Wallis said. Democrats have pinned part of their midterm strategy on voters' restlessness with the war in Iraq.

[mom cat]

1. I am sure the IRS will be after them but not the RW preachers.

[dajoki]

2. Naturally n/t