Preaching politics has come a long way since evangelicals in the "Moral Majority" helped sway the 1980 election to Ronald Reagan. Gone are the navy blue suits, red ties, and gray headed preachers.
Enter Jason Roy, lead singer of "Building 429." That's a Christian rock band and part of a political-religious-musical effort that is described as the antithesis of "Rock the Vote." They call their effort "Redeem the Vote." And they encourage Christian youth to turn out on election day.
Gone too is the religious alignment with the Republican right. A series of 10 ads from peopleoffaithfortruth.org uses Christians offering political testimony of their religious faith and their lack of faith in President Bush.
From an earlier post over the summer, I pointed out how frequent worshippers tend to vote Republican. But that Democrats weren't willing to cede the religious vote.
Which leads us to this point in the campaign, where we're praying it'll be over soon and ready to thank God when it is.
1 comment:
You might be interested in this quote from Kerry's campaign advisor, Mary Beth Cahill, she says, according to Boston Globe writer Ellen Goodman, "[Republican's] entire stategy is to enlarge their base. If more evangelical Christians come out, they win..."
Apparently she doesn't expect to get the christian vote. I wonder why.
Post a Comment