Interfaith Group

From evangelical extremists on the right, and then right here on DU from atheists on the left. I would think progressives, even atheist progressives, would welcome the support of left-leaning religious folk, hut it seems many of them have as a major concern trashing anyone who isn't an atheist, even if it means losing the support of a large progressive constituency. Some of them will even admit they're on an "atheist crusade'--incorporating the language of the most extreme and intolerant of religionist wars as the moniker for his or her campaign.

I have no idea how anyone can think alienating religious progressives moves forward in any way the progressive agenda. I mean, imagine if Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., Rev. Jessie Jackson, Rev. Ralph Abernathy, the Berrigan Brothers, the Sanctuary Movement, the Metropolitan Community Church, the Wilmington 9, and all the others who were willing to sacrifice their freedom and even their lives in the struggle for social justice, had had to face attacks from left atheists as well as from the right while they campaigned for these progressive goals.

Like Bob Marley (himself a person of faith) used to sing, "So much trouble in the world."