I've always thought that there was plenty in Christian dogma and doctrine, as well as the words of Jesus himself, to argue for progressive ideas. That's why it surprised me so much in the last election that Democrats never went into churches to argue their position. Even as a civil rights worker in Georgia in the mid sixties we went into white fundamentalist churches and preached for justice right out of the bible. Sure, as a few writers have noted, a lot of these people are too far gone to be reached. But it sounds like there's some fertile ground there and in my opinion how much progressives reach out to them will determine their success in the coming election. Take a quarter of fundamentalist religious voters and the race is over.

Posted at February 11, 2008 3:47 PM in response to Souled Out: Why The Era of the Religious Right is Over