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niccolos_smile

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Wed Jun-28-06 03:22 PM
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15. Does "evangelical" necessarily mean religious extremist?

Edited on Wed Jun-28-06 03:44 PM by niccolos_smile

An honest question. I don't think a person need be an evangelical to be an extremist, or vice versa.

My own opinion about this is two fold: 1) Obama knows that Democrats cannot appear "godless," if they seek a broader appeal for the 2006 and 2008 electoral campaigns (and the right has done a good job of creating this appearance and framing the debate on this issue), therefore some concessions can be made to appeal to evangelicals, such as the Pledge of Allegiance, thus allowing Democrats to re-frame the religious debate; 2) I don't think he means that stances on choice, gay rights, etc. should be compromised.

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