Can Christian conservatives repackage certain issues?
Life issues will always be center — life and death issues will always be central. I guess what I would think is the core issue — which is possible [issue] around which to build bridges — is the family, issues about family togetherness, reducing divorce rates, helping kids do missionary work or aid work in Africa. All that stuff should come from the core pro-life community to a broader community. How does religion make a difference in the Republican Party, as opposed to just promoting conservative values? Religion connects you to a set of moral principles that are more than just conserving the past or the free market. Americans like the free market, they like capitalism, but it’s not that inspiring. To really inspire people and inspire young people, you’ve got have a more serious moral mission. So I think social conservatives at their best provide that. As long as it’s not a social conservatism that is about how sinful everybody else is. Is there anything that evangelicals can do to rep
