Reply #16: Thanks for saying what I was thinking.

[keopeli]

Traditional Christians, the majority, don't believe in mixing state with religion. At our church which is very progressive, it's very difficult to bring up politics in the context of worship and church functions because we welcome everyone, even scumbag Republicans (though they don't come...true conservatives are showing up more often at our church, though).

It is not the job of good Christians to govern the bad ones. Even still, there is a groundswell of good Christians now that is developing into a movement. These things take time - years. But, you can start with Jim Wallis' book, God's Politics: Why the Right Gets It Wrong and the Left Doesn't Get It. Jim addresses the groundswell of active progressive Christians.

I personally believe it will come from the burgeoning welcoming churches that include gays in their body.