Robert Parham has written an insightful essay on "Why Democrats Face a God Problem, What they must Do". I agree with most of what he has to say.
I take exception to his castigating Democrats for coming "across so wishy-washy with interfaith babble." He says, "That doesn't connect with people who actually go to church and really read the Bible."
Frankly, I can count on the fingers of one hand the number of Democratic politicians who have attended the "Interfaith Day of Prayer and Reflection" that I have helped organize at the state capitol in Oklahoma over the last three years. Democratic Governor Brad Henry, who attends a CBF church, has participated in Shirley Dobson's simultaneous "Christian Nationalist" Day of Prayer event twice during those three years.
Few Democrats that I know are concerned about preserving liberty of conscience for persons of minority faith, they are primarily concerned about preserving votes for their next election.
Respect for liberty of conscience is the ground upon which genuine religious witness and dialogue is founded. Long before these politicians and preachers are through consoldating their power by grinding the noses of atheists, unbelievers and religious minorities into the ground, messages about Christian love and grace will ring hollow in their ears.
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