Christian website hopes to win the faithful for the Democrats
-07/09/06
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Christian website hopes to win the faithful for the Democrats
-07/09/06
A new Christian website has been set up to try and change the minds of the many American Christian voters who tend to see the Republicans as their natural party of choice.
FaithfulDemocrats.com is not officially part of the Democrat party. However it claims to comprise religious and political leaders, writers, and regular Americans who are ëcommitted to the Gospel and the common goodí.
Echoing the calls of Jim Wallis, dubbed by the UK press ëGordon Brownís Guruí, that Christianity has been hijacked by Republicanism, FaithfulDemocrats.com aims to mobilise voters over the coming election season and beyond.
Co Director Roy Herron says he is pushing for ìFaithfulDemocrats.com to help the Church avoid the heresy that Jesus is a captive of any political party.î
To some sceptics this may seem like one of the hardest tasks imaginable in a country where religion tends to favour the political Right. However the Associated Baptist Press reports that key members of Faithful Democrats hold similar views to those often associated with the Religious Right. Roy Herron stands in agreement with Pro-lifers and those opposed to same sex marriages.
However Faithful Democrats hope to transcend these issues and show a fuller and deeper ëbiblicalí concern for the poor, oppressed and marginalised which they see as being best suited to democratic ideas.
Herron is quick to point out that neither he, nor the tradition he grew up in, conflated the Democratic Party with the Church. Herron does not claim that all Christians have to be Democrats and he does not question the validity of the faith of Christian Republicans.
You can visit the Faithful Democrats web site here
Christian website hopes to win the faithful for the Democrats
-07/09/06
A new Christian website has been set up to try and change the minds of the many American Christian voters who tend to see the Republicans as their natural party of choice.
FaithfulDemocrats.com is not officially part of the Democrat party. However it claims to comprise religious and political leaders, writers, and regular Americans who are ëcommitted to the Gospel and the common goodí.
Echoing the calls of Jim Wallis, dubbed by the UK press ëGordon Brownís Guruí, that Christianity has been hijacked by Republicanism, FaithfulDemocrats.com aims to mobilise voters over the coming election season and beyond.
Co Director Roy Herron says he is pushing for ìFaithfulDemocrats.com to help the Church avoid the heresy that Jesus is a captive of any political party.î
To some sceptics this may seem like one of the hardest tasks imaginable in a country where religion tends to favour the political Right. However the Associated Baptist Press reports that key members of Faithful Democrats hold similar views to those often associated with the Religious Right. Roy Herron stands in agreement with Pro-lifers and those opposed to same sex marriages.
However Faithful Democrats hope to transcend these issues and show a fuller and deeper ëbiblicalí concern for the poor, oppressed and marginalised which they see as being best suited to democratic ideas.
Herron is quick to point out that neither he, nor the tradition he grew up in, conflated the Democratic Party with the Church. Herron does not claim that all Christians have to be Democrats and he does not question the validity of the faith of Christian Republicans.