Evangelicals lean to the left

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Group hopes to reverse the perception that all evangelicals are conservative Republicans.
BY JULIE CARR SMYTH
Associated Press

COLUMBUS, Ohio - ...

"I have been very deeply moved by the history of these great awakenings in our national life, where there was a revival of faith that led to big change in our society," said Jim Wallis, chief executive of Sojourners/Call to Renewal.

The Washington, D.C.-based group will hold the event April 16-18 in Columbus, with 30 of the city's largest evangelical churches, representing 10,000 Christians.

"A whole generation of young evangelicals believes that Jesus would probably care more about the 30,000 children who died again today -- as they did yesterday and they will tomorrow -- from preventable disease than he would about passing a gay-marriage amendment in Ohio," Wallis said.

The group's leaders seek to reverse the public perception that all evangelicals are conservative Republicans whose top social priorities are opposing abortion and gay marriage ...

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1. No thanks, liberalism is up to its ass in stupid now.

"Our message is evangelicals aren't going to be in the pocket of any party anymore, and they're going to evaluate all candidates by their own moral compass," *Wallis said.

*Jim Wallis, chief executive of Sojourners/Call to Renewal.

NO party? Not even the Party of God? Those ignorant assholes helped Bush to power, fuck'em!