[lbo-talk] Evangelicals are the Jews of the left

[Joseph Catron]

But that doesn't really address the Evangelical Lutheran Church in
America or other denominations that are culturally mainline,
politically moderate, and theologically evangelical, like the United
Methodist Church, which resulted from a merger between the Methodist
Church and the Evangelical United Brethren.

On 4/16/07, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
>
> On Apr 16, 2007, at 7:37 AM, Joseph Catron wrote:
>
> > A conversation with a friend and political comrade the other evening
> > reminded me of a past exchange on this list:
> >
> > HER: I think most evangelicals hate brown people.
> > ME: Excuse me? Just who the bloody hell do you think attends the huge
> > evangelical church around the corner in our overwhelmingly Hispanic
> > neighborhood?
> > HER: Well, those aren't really the people I mean when I say
> > "evangelicals."
> >
> > Good God almighty.
>
> The pollster's classification would be "white evangelical
> Protestants," and they do tend to be pretty right-wing. The "white"
> part makes a big difference.
>
> Doug
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