PROGRESSIVE POLITICS AND EVANGELICAL CHRISTIANITY

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080622/pl_nm/usa_politics_evangelicals_dc

This Yahoo article is interesting because it makes me realize that the older conservative Christian Right has controlled the image of Evangelical Christians for decades and to this day they maintain that control. How true is their assertion that they represent the majority? How much of their conservative rhetoric really lies at the heart of those who would identify as the Right?

Perhaps it is a sign of the times that the majority of Gen X and younger people are so dissatisfied with the archaic political practices represented by the majority parties that many people on either side of the political line are identifying as independents. Perhaps it is a sign of our distrust and apathy for the older constructions that have kept us locked in a system where we are so easily controlled by the major corporations and money groups that own our leaders. Whatever the origin, young people with conservative views of big social issues such as gay marriage and abortion are finding themselves in line with progressives on issues like the environment. They identify their faith as being a major part of their political decisions and yet, despite continuing to asset that they represent the majority of religious conservatives, the Republican Party is starting to see an exodus of their younger conservative base over issues that they can't address due to their lack of ability to divorce themselves from big money.