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TBQH this is not super interesting, but I'll give Rev. Empsall this--he knows white evangelicals aren't worth trying to reach
Maybe his group will be able to move a few white mainline Protestants and Catholics to vote for Biden.
https://apnews.com/09e6cd648fc6ebd5ee5900baf449a23d
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Maybe his group will be able to move a few white mainline Protestants and Catholics to vote for Biden.
https://apnews.com/09e6cd648fc6ebd5ee5900baf449a23d
#TuesdayThoughts
That could be one prong of a Democratic faith outreach strategy that makes sense. If the party gives up on trying to convert white evangelicals, it could divert more resources to reaching into Black Protestant and non-Christian communities, including the secular community.
Democrats are finally beginning to recognize the contributions of atheists, agnostics, humanists, and assorted nones to American society and to the party. When we vote, we vote overwhelmingly Dem
https://religiondispatches.org/in-convention-event-democrats-embrace-the-nones/
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https://religiondispatches.org/in-convention-event-democrats-embrace-the-nones/
CC: @AmericanAtheist @seculardotorg
#EmptyThePews
As for Empsall, I had occasion to mention him in my latest piece for @RDispatches. He's still very much operating in a framework of seemingly unrecognized Christian hegemony and white Protestant inflected Christian privilege. https://religiondispatches.org/news-flash-christian-supporters-of-kenosha-killer-are-christians/
I would be curious to hear what @AntheaButler @pastordan @aejohnsonphd think of the efforts of Empsall and his group with the unfortunate and super cringe name "Faithful America." And that's a rap on my initial thoughts for this thread, I guess.
