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Commentary by Ingrid Schlueter
CrossTalk<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Emergent author and teacher, Brian McLaren, is offended because a The Daily Kos has questioned whether \u201cevangelicals\u201d belong in the Democratic party at all. McLaren has been trying to make inroads for \u201cevangelicals\u201d with the Democrats because he doesn\u2019t think Christians should be defined by opposing abortion, gay marriage and so forth. McLaren sees the Democratic Party as a far more Christian kind of party, unlike the greed-driven Republican bunch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It offends McLaren that the Democrats he has so admired just aren\u2019t that into him and his cronies. McLaren, Campolo, Wallis, Sider and company apparently believed that the Dems would welcome them with open arms as bridge people who could connect the less pugnacious, more intellectual, kinder, more open-minded sort of evangelicals to the Democratic Party. Instead, they are finding out that the party of child-killing, gay marriage and oppressive government is not interested in debate any more than the \u201creligious right\u201d reportedly are. In short, McLaren et al find themselves in a kind of no-man\u2019s land. They reject and despise the \u201creligious right\u201d Republicans, but are far from warm acceptance in the Democratic Party because they insist on using the hated label, \u201cevangelical.\u201d Click here to read more.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Related Information:<\/strong>
Brian McLaren: Hoping Obama Will Be Our Next President <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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