Some Christian communities in America practice prejudice like dogma. It’s an ugly and reprehensible reality, but also one that is uniquely frustrating for progressive Christians like myself.
What I learned from my time at the border
“Conservative Christians—they want to stand with Jesus—and so do progressive Christians, and this is the good news of all this. It means we have to stand with each other as well. So the question then becomes, not only how we talk to ourselves about the Jesus, but how do we talk to each other.”
“Voters don’t need you to be like them for them to vote for you, but voters do want you to like them if you’re going to ask them to vote for you.”
“What we want is for religious voters to know that Democratic candidates take them seriously and that they want to ask for their vote, and they want to listen to their ideas, and they want religious voters to be included in the Democratic party.”
“If Democrats would reach out to speak with and spend time talking with Evangelical voters, we’re confident a significant percentage of them would think about voting for Democrats.”
“Trying to memorize John 3:16 in the car on your way to the event and then quote that is probably not the best way to connect with faith-based voters”
“But Vote Common Good will be represented at the Values Voter Summit to show there’s an alternative path for religious believers, including evangelical Christians—they don’t have to be part of the Christian right.”