Reply #7: Take this seriously! [View All]

[rogerashton]

Many African-Americans are both evangelical Christians and committed progressives. There are also a few white evengelical Christians who are progressives. They are in the real Evangelical tradition -- in an earlier epoch evangelicals were among the leaders in the anti-slavery cause and in other social causes, often supporting Christian Socialism. It is important both to expose the fraud that Christian faith demands "conservatism" and to avoid demeaning the faith of some of the best friends, and best people, the progressive movement has.