Russell Moore of the Southern Baptist Convention says it is time for evangelicals to tone down the rhetoric.
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| Russell Moore, the principal public voice of the Southern Baptist Convention, warns evangelicals not to become 'mascots for any political faction.' Melissa Golden for The Wall Street Journal |
For years, as the principal public voice for the Southern Baptist Convention, the country's biggest evangelical group,
Richard Land
warned of a "radical homosexual agenda" and pushed for a federal ban on same-sex marriage.
His
successor,
Russell Moore,
sounded a different note when the Supreme Court in June struck
down the federal Defense of Marriage Act. "Love your gay and lesbian
neighbors," Mr. Moore wrote in a flier, "How Should Your Church
Respond," sent to the convention's estimated 45,000 churches. "They
aren't part of an evil conspiracy." Marriage, he added, was a bond
between a man and a woman, but shouldn't be seen as a "'culture war'
political issue."
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