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guillaumeb

(42,649 posts) Fri Jan 25, 2019, 08:28 PM Jan 2019

Provoked By Trump, The Religious Left Is Finding Its Voice [View all]

From the article:

Religious conservatives have rarely faced much competition in the political realm from faith-based groups on the left.
The provocations of President Trump may finally be changing that.
Nearly 40 years after some prominent evangelical Christians organized a Moral Majority movement to promote a conservative political agenda, a comparable effort by liberal religious leaders is coalescing in support of immigrant rights, universal health care, LGBTQ rights and racial justice.

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Provoked By Trump, The Religious Left Is Finding Its Voice [View all] guillaumeb Jan 2019 OP

Since you neglected to name or link to this group, I will: MineralMan Jan 2019 #1

It was in the next paragraph, guillaumeb Jan 2019 #2

Not everyone cares to click links. MineralMan Jan 2019 #3

I prefer to encourage exploration. guillaumeb Jan 2019 #4

Who? Major Nikon Jan 2019 #5

Neither had I heard of them. MineralMan Jan 2019 #6

Typically the links lead to appalling Voltaire2 Jan 2019 #7

That's true. This group is waffling on reproductive choice, MineralMan Jan 2019 #9

It's worse than that, they have no clue Voltaire2 Jan 2019 #11

The Right has the 24/7 Fox media outlet; that dwarfs any left output Bretton Garcia Jan 2019 #26

It's good to have a counterweight to the religious right marylandblue Jan 2019 #8

And it broadens the dialogue. guillaumeb Jan 2019 #10

Read the article. Voltaire2 Jan 2019 #12

I read it, mass is small but non-zero marylandblue Jan 2019 #13

Zero. Voltaire2 Jan 2019 #14

So your entire objection is just that this group only organizes protests marylandblue Jan 2019 #15

The "concern" about effectiveness was spelled out clearly Voltaire2 Jan 2019 #16

We just need more gun nuts to keep us safe from the gun nuts Major Nikon Jan 2019 #17

People are irrational marylandblue Jan 2019 #19

You have this exactly backwards Major Nikon Jan 2019 #20

Not really looking to reach the unreachable marylandblue Jan 2019 #21

They aren't going to reach the reachable either Major Nikon Jan 2019 #22

If not this group, then there are others I heard of marylandblue Jan 2019 #23

I have no doubt it's being felt in churches Major Nikon Jan 2019 #24

Yes, I think having a religious leftism is beneficial marylandblue Jan 2019 #18

The "religious left" is often overlooked Igel Jan 2019 #25

Newsflash: Act_of_Reparation Jan 2019 #27

Shh, that doesn't fit the preferred narrative. trotsky Jan 2019 #28