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In polarized Washington, a Democrat anchors bipartisan friendships in faith [View all]
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Part of his secret, it seems, is religion. Over the course of multiple interviews with Religion News Service, Coons, who grew up attending Red Clay Creek Presbyterian Church in Hockessin, Del., explained that his faith has not only provided grounding for his own life but has also emerged as a point of connection with Republicans, with whom he has forged lasting relationships — and legislation....
“This is what interests me more than almost anything that I’ve done in public life,” Coons said, referring to the intersection of religion and politics....
“Christian nationalism, understood as a view that God created and inspired the United States to be the nation on earth that is meant to be a Christian democracy and to carry forth Christ’s vision for the world … that is in profound tension with our founding as a pluralistic, multifaith, multiethnic, multilingual democracy, which in its founding documents recognizes a creator and recognizes natural rights but expressively declines to create a state religion, and to align … powers of the state with any particular faith,” he said.
“This is what interests me more than almost anything that I’ve done in public life,” Coons said, referring to the intersection of religion and politics....
“Christian nationalism, understood as a view that God created and inspired the United States to be the nation on earth that is meant to be a Christian democracy and to carry forth Christ’s vision for the world … that is in profound tension with our founding as a pluralistic, multifaith, multiethnic, multilingual democracy, which in its founding documents recognizes a creator and recognizes natural rights but expressively declines to create a state religion, and to align … powers of the state with any particular faith,” he said.
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https://religionnews.com/2019/01/29/in-polarized-washington-a-democrat-anchors-bipartisan-friendships-in-faith/
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In polarized Washington, a Democrat anchors bipartisan friendships in faith [View all]
guillaumeb
Jan 2019
OP
Remember, this is the same guy who expects sympathy on DU for a TRUMP SUPPORTER...
trotsky
Feb 2019
#87
Yeah, wants to "build bridges" to religious wingnuts who are the farthest to the right...
Major Nikon
Feb 2019
#88
OK, since it takes up more than 4 paragraphs, I'll give it as sections.
muriel_volestrangler
Feb 2019
#44
So your contention is that online sex workers are necessarily free from pimps?
guillaumeb
Feb 2019
#59
The particular event used to gin up the moral outrage was the raid on "backpage".
Voltaire2
Feb 2019
#71
See my current signature for what turning up to his photo-ops is like
muriel_volestrangler
Feb 2019
#76