In what I find a very encouraging trend, this report from 365gay.com indicates that more young faith voters are widening their political focus beyond the issues of abortion and same-sex marriage to concerns like poverty and war.
In my opinion, the religious right seized on the abortion and same-sex marriage because they lent themselves to simplistic, black-and-white policies--DON'T! I believe the old guard religious right leaders either didn't have the intellectual capacity to adequately address broader issues or didn't believe their followers did.
The new generation of faith voters doesn't seem to be satisfied with that approach and shows signs of holding policy makers accountable for finding ways to make sure people don't go hungry and to bring peace back to our nation.
You know, the kind of thing Jesus did while He walked the earth.
Here's the link to the 365gay.com story.
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