Published October 10, 2005, on AmericanDaily.com
In the wake of the “values voters” phenomenon during the 2004 General Election, a new left-wing organization has popped onto the political radar screen with the specific goal of unshackling Christianity from the so-called intolerance and divisiveness of the religious right. The Christian Alliance for Progress claims to represent a broad spectrum of disgruntled Christians fed up with the extremism of their conservative brothers and sisters on such topics as abortion, sexuality, the environment, and welfare funding. The organization was founded for the purpose of reclaiming Christianity in the American political sphere and advancing a supposedly progressive vision of the Gospel. Evidently stepping forward in the name of Jesus Christ, the Alliance markets itself as a way to bring Christians back to the bedrock of the faith.
But is the Christian Alliance for Progress truly basing its beliefs on the foundation of Christianity, or on a modernist, watered-down interpretation? Is the organization guilty of the same hypocrisy with which they so eagerly charge the religious right, namely the substituting of political ideology over true faith? A cursory examination of the organization’s stances on major issues reveals the answer. Read the rest of this entry »