Are Young Evangelicals Skewing More Liberal?

Source: ABC News

Observers Say Younger Christians Have Longer, Broader List of Social Concerns


A younger generation of evangelical Christians is coming of age -- and as they head to the polls, they are breaking from their parents and focusing on a broader range of issues than just abortion and gay marriage.

This weekend at a concert and a rally in New York City, a huge gathering of Christian youth came together to decry the coarsening of culture.


"What should be done to stop glamorizing the things that are destroying my friends, your friends -- like drugs, alcohol and sex?" cried a young evangelical.

The top three issues these young evangelical Christians said they most want the presidential candidates to address are Internet pornography, media glamorization of sex and drugs, and children orphaned by AIDS. Abortion and gay marriage were not at the top of their list.

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Many of those who did rank abortion as their number one issue also said their favorite candidate was Barack Obama.

When asked if they were bothered that Obama is pro-choice, one young evangelical responded: "Maybe a little bit, but it's all personal preference. I mean, you can't really pass judgment on someone because that's their belief."


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There is so much disgust with Religious Right hypocrisy that the Fundies are getting near the point of open rebellion. Especially over the sex issues, like abortion, LGBT issues, and the pro-child-abuse movement.

Let us forgive. And forget. And register many new Democrats.

--p!

Well, duh. Even it if weren't in the nature of the younger generation's not to be as dorky as their parents, do you think they'd REALLY want to be part the Rev. Haggard crowd?

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I read an article about this in the NYTimes magazine a few months ago - it said that the young evangelicals are devoting their lives to poverty, AIDS and global warming. That sure sounds like they will be going for Dems.

working classes, etc. Both abolition and the early women's movement had strong Christian roots. Remember William Jennings Bryan, who opposed Clarence Darrow in the Scopes Trial? He was also a passionate fighter against the hegemony of the rich.

Personally I'm not a Christian of any flavor, but I'm not about to spit in they eyes of some good people just because they don't agree with me on theology.

in louisiana the evangelicals are the david duke supporters, the gay bashers, the men who want to deny the right to birth control and abortion to grown women, the men who want to deny that children can be abused (probably, she sniffs, so they can get away with continuing to abuse them), they are pretty much all round fuckwits

they are also opposed to fair wages and universal health insurance -- god will provide if you're holy enough and fuck the rest of you, if you're poor, god must hate you and so they hate you too

oh they care about the poor AIDS babies! they care so much that...wait for it...they go all the way to africa to pet one on the head and then scurry home, satisfied that they don't have to do another damn thing

please, they're nazis 90% of the time -- who cares where they stood in 1898, that's 110 years ago by my math

But what about, for example, the kind who subscribe to Sojourners? There are a lot of people who endorse the WHOLE Christian message and don't buy into the hateful demagogic nonsense of the "Christian" Right.

I'm in conservative *E* country, and the younger ones have the same Huckabee signs sprouting on their yards. Maybe in NYC where the influence isn't so frigging blinkered. But Georgia - they seem to lockstep just like their elders.

His tax plan aside, Huckabee talks often about the economic plight of families and workers and the greed of corporations. There's a reason why groups like The Club for Growth can't stand the man. I could see the Huckster filling the needs of this group quite nicely.

they call that "liberal" ????

now that hardly any woman in america can get a safe legal abortion, they're going to branch out to try to take away porn and in fact any entertainment that might interest someone over the age of 13?

this is the dumbest "news" story ever

Keep in mind that when they know one fight is lost, they'll move on to another, at least temporarily. This is the same school of thought that brought us all the delightful success that was Prohibition, but I haven't heard much nattering on the moral perils of demon rum, so apparently they do shift with the times when they feel they must.

You can put me down as another "thanks, but no" when it comes to making common cause with the god botherers.

and trying to rake them over coals.

even with the younger spawn, it is an us v. them mentality. Their universe is only 6,017 yrs old, ergo, ours must be, too.

What would Jesus want?