Posted on 01/15/2009 2:38:09 PM PST by markomalley
A coalition of prominent evangelical leaders who've partnered with Third Way, a Washington think tank influential in shaping Democratic Party policy and messaging, is presenting policy recommendations to Barack Obama's transition team today that purport to offer a consensus approach to hot-button issues that have long divided evangelicals and liberals. More News
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The recommendations include a framework for reducing demand for abortion without further restricting abortion rights, through initiatives like grants for sex education that emphasizes abstinence but includes contraception, an expanded adoption tax credit, and a call for a federal prohibition on workplace discrimination against gays and lesbians, with an exemption for religious organizations.
"This is the first time that evangelicals have taken a gay equality position," says Rachel Laser, director of the culture Ppogram at Third Way.
The memo's drafters, including the Rev. Joel Hunter, a prominent Florida megachurch pastor, and the Rev. Sam Rodriguez, president of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference, released the document—"Come Let Us Reason Together: A Governing Agenda to End the Culture Wars"—this morning, ahead of a meeting with religious outreach and policy aides on the Obama transition team.
"This is historic," says Rodriguez, who leads the largest evangelical Latino group in the United States and was a prominent supporter of Proposition 8, California's recently adopted gay-marriage ban. "Some of these people I'm in complete opposition to on the vast majority of public-policy ideas."
Besides its recommendations on abortion and gay rights, the memo presses Obama to officially ban U.S.-sponsored torture and to enact comprehensive immigration reform, with a pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrants.
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Just another development as the Messiah is about to mount His Throne (/s)
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Just great, now I can open "Catholic Auto Repair" and not worry about having to bend over the fender to work on the engine.
Why on earth does this thrust towards “coming together” out rank principle and the value of life itself?
I know the spiritual answer, but how do Christian clergymen reconcile this in their minds? How can they sleep at night? How can they look at themselves in the mirror?
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This calls to mind Joseph Bernardin. (God have Mercy on his soul.) He did so much to wreck the Catholic Church in the United States, with his “common ground” garbage. He saw the Church Militant as the “church kumbaya.”
I don’t think they try to reconcile this in their minds.
Joel Hunter is again at the top of this list being used by the Marxists. In addition to his church supporting global warming (the religion of Communism), he’s again willing to give on life issues surrounding abortion and homosexuality.
I think what we have here is a group of men trying to be famous.
There is no halfway.
Without God there is no law.
Do me a favor. My friend called me in shock re: this newsletter; Tell me if it makes sense to you. (Warning: Long)
http://www.nbccongress.org/newsletter/default.asp
Oh yes... I did call. You don’t wanna know. Waiting for the march in D.C..
Easy. They’re not Christian. They’re lost.
Frankly, I don't see why this would be shocking at all. Sounds like classic Fr. Raphael.
His point:
Now, yes, he went in a long, drawn out and circuitous path to get there, but the above is basically the summary.
So why was your friend shocked?
someone I forget who told me once that some of the religious are like religious socialists.
Think it’s a good phrase myself.
I’ve met many people who say they are religious and yet think that they can help everyone by giving them things like money.
time for conservatives and the right to stop trying to appease the liberals and the left thinking the left will like them.
I remember someone on here was in the san freako homo area singing where they get assaulted. They had threats , were hit, had hot coffee thrown at them and had stuff stolen.
The officer asked them if they wanted to press charges, the answer was no I forgive them.;
Why not have pressed charges , now they the homo’s will do it again while laughing at these people singing.
agreed.
The homo’s and the left went after the scouts, now it is the military by wanting to have openly homo folk in and they are coming after the church, infiltrating it.
They even have their own homo liberal church though the name eludes me.
How can they teach God and then connect that to their liberal and homo views?
I think that ego does have something to do with it.
It’s especially dangerous for “Christian” leaders to compromise the faith. They risk losing their souls, and risk the loss of souls who learn by their bad example. We have to pray for them.
This so sad.
Thank goodness the Catholics aren’t going.
I'm saying this as a Catholic.
I’m all for social justice, but not attempted through socialism. Some religious people wrongly try to achieve worthy goals through socialism, but the ends do not justify the means.
I agree that you can’t reason with these people.
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