Brian McLaren – who will be at Lambeth July 19-24 – is quoted in this CNN story on Obama’s move to mobilize Christians on the left, and not so left:
Brian McLaren … believes that a significant portion of evangelical voters are ready to break from their traditional home in the the Republican Party and take a new leap of faith with Obama.
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That new vision, he said, isn’t focused on traditional social issues like abortion and gay marriage but more on efforts to end global warming and the war in Iraq.
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Pastor Kirbyjon Caldwell, the Texas minister who officiated at first daughter Jenna Bush’s wedding, and “a coalition of pastors and other Christians … who are standing up for our Christian faith and supporting Barack Obama” created a Web site called “James Dobson Doesn’t Speak For Me” that attempts to refute Dobson’s claims with quotes from Obama.
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Recent polling suggests, however, that a majority of white evangelical voters are still backing Sen. John McCain….