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Americans (and More Evangelicals) Want Churches out of Politics

Pew survey also raises questions about whether Democratic faith outreach is working.

Sarah Pulliam | posted 8/22/2008 09:58AM

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The survey conducted by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life is available online.

Christianity Today's previous coverage of the Democratic Party's efforts to religious voters include:

The Party of Faith | Democrats and Republicans vie for the title in their upcoming elections.

The Megachurch Primaries | How the leading Democratic candidates are trying to win evangelical votes.

More on the 2008 election is available in our full coverage area and on our politics blog.

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Wayne

Posted: August 26, 2008 12:33 PM


Obama will support pro choice; McCain will support the rights of the unborn. Any Christian who supports Obama is not necessarily a fraud--only sadly misled. End of discussion.

EricR11

Posted: August 25, 2008 3:42 PM

"[We] need to understand the critical role that separation of church and state has played in preserving not only our democracy, but the robustness of our religious practice...the evangelicals were the most adamant about not mingling government with religion...[and] hindering their ability to practice their faith...Democracy demands that [we translate] religious concerns into [universal values] amenable to reason. I may be opposed to abortion for religious reasons, but if I seek to pass a law...I have to explain why abortion violates some principle that is accessible to people of all faiths, including those with no faith at all...Now this is going to be difficult for some who believe in the inerrancy of the Bible, as many evangelicals do. But in a democracy, we have no choice...[uncompromising religious commitment] may be sublime, but to base our [government]... on such commitment would be a dangerous thing." Barack Obama, Call to Renewal Keynote Address, June 2006

EricR11

Posted: August 25, 2008 3:29 PM

"I want a Chief Executive whose public acts are responsible to all and obligated to none, who can attend any ceremony, service, or dinner his office may appropriately require of him to fulfill; and whose fulfillment of his Presidential office is not limited or conditioned by any religious oath, ritual, or obligation...But if the time should ever come - and I do not concede any conflict to be remotely possible - when my office would require me to either violate my conscience or violate the national interest, then I would resign the office; and I hope any conscientious public servant would do likewise." JFK speaking to Houston ministers about his Catholicism, 1960

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