11.24.06
Update on Christian Coalition and Rev. Hunter
Turns out Rev. Joel Hunter won’t become the new president of the Christian Coalition because the board won’t let him expand the group’s agenda from just the two hot-button issues of abortion and homosexuality. Hunter summarizes the response he got to hoping to focus on poverty and the environment this way: “These issues are fine, but they’re not our issues, that’s not our base.” Looks like the CC would rather continue to pander to the Far Right by sticking to deadlocked litmus issues than actually bothering to get anything accomplished. Guess I’m back to hoping the CC is a sinking ship once again. I wonder if evangelicals who actually care about the same things that Jesus did will ever be able to get their voices heard.
More here.
