Progressive Faith Groups Now Trying to Shift Debate

Progressive Faith Groups Now Trying to Shift Debate

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Jacqueline L. Salmon and Michelle Boorstein, The Washington Post: "With a president they view as more sympathetic to their causes, progressive religious activists are pushing the new Obama administration for aggressive action - on poverty, the environment and social justice issues - that would mark a significant shift in the faith agenda that dominated the Bush years. Many faith groups close to President George W. Bush focused on abortion, stem cell research and same-sex marriage. But now, liberal and centrist evangelicals and other activists say they are getting a voice and trying to turn the debate."