The Christian Right in the Lead on Humanitarian Issues
USA Today has an excellent article about the Christian right and its successes in working toward humanitarian goals, often in alliance with many organizations that it butts heads with on abortion and gay marriage. It's a fascinating article about the cooperation that occurs between many ideologically opposite organizations where they find common ground. Surprisingly, it's very positive about the Christian right's motives and intentions. Susan Page of USA Today writes:
Evangelicals' engagement on a wider range of issues and their willingness to forge surprising coalitions reflect the growing maturity and sophistication of the most powerful emerging force in American politics today. And while the alliances formed on, say, the Sudan aren't likely to change anyone's mind when the topic turns to abortion or same-sex marriage, they could help moderate the bitter tone of the nation's politics.
posted by Lighthorse Harry at 10:46 AM
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2:32 PM
Sadly, this reflects more on the maturation of USA Today than it does on Christian conservatives. Let's rewrite the paragraph only slightly:
[The media's] engagement on a wider range of [topics] and their willingness to [recognize what Christians have been doing for millenia] reflect the growing maturity and sophistication of the [declining and so-called "main stream" media]. And while the [reporting] on, say, [political leaders who identify themselves as Christian conservatives is]n't likely to change any [reporter]'s mind when the topic turns to [conservative] or [Republican] candidates, they could help moderate the [view that the media is made up of unregenerate left-wingers and toadies of the Democrat Party].
2:33 PM
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