he's creating an opening where even some evangelical Christians might be able to find a home in the Democratic Party.Some already have. Case in point: Jim Wallis.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_WallisRaised in a traditional evangelical (Plymouth Brethren) family, as a young man Wallis became active in the civil rights movement. He graduated from Michigan State University, where he was President of Students for a Democratic Society and then went on to attend Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Illinois where he joined with other young seminarians in establishing the community that eventually became Sojourners....
In discussing the 2004 American presidential elections, Wallis said "Jesus didn’t speak at all about homosexuality. There are about 12 verses in the Bible that touch on that question ... there are thousands of verses on poverty. I don’t hear a lot of that conversation."
Wallis was invited by Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) to give the Democrats' weekly radio address on Saturday, December 2, 2006. He spoke about the importance of moral leadership in Washington, and touched on a variety of social concerns. In February 2007 he wrote in Time about the post-Religious Right era and the resurgence of mainstream Christianity, with evangelicals "deserting the Religious Right in droves".edit: emphasis
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