President Obama's affirmation of same sex marriage has raised evangelical ire. While polls indicate that Americans are evenly split over the issue, a multi-racial chorus of evangelicals has sang a sad song of dismay with the refrain "pro-gay marriage is anti-Christian".
What is really at stake in this recent dust...
(4) Comments | Posted February 6, 2012 | 3:41 PM
Excerpt from Gods, Gays, and Guns: Essays on Religion and the Future of Democracy (Campbell and Cannon Press, 2012)
Over the past two decades, I have written and organized on the front lines of the culture wars and the greatest challenges of the democracy. This collection of...
(5) Comments | Posted October 14, 2011 | 7:33 PM
A democratic fever is breaking out in United States of America. Young people have assembled in town squares throughout the nation, most notably on Wall Street. And while religious leaders have played a minor role in the Occupy movement, there is something deeply spiritual if not religious taking place.
As...
(2) Comments | Posted May 20, 2012 | 6:17 PM