Evangelicalism
"We connect to each other and to God through our shared brokenness."
"God has given all animals the breath of life."
"Here everyone understands that Jesus made us this way, and it's beautiful."
About 38% of adult Catholics in the U.S. are Latino, but they aren't sticking to the faith like they once did.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
"I hope it will promote more open and honest conversation about who we are and whose we are."
While every American has a right to free exercise, I believe two initiatives of the U.S. government, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom and the G.W. Bush administration's expansion of the Faith-Based Initiative, have perpetuated a very asymmetrical view of religious freedom.
In the late 1960s and early 1970s, evangelical Christians widely believed the Bible says life begins at birth and supported looser abortion policies. Given current evangelical anti-abortion activism, the reality and significance of this history deserves fuller discussion.