The incoming president of the Christian Coalition has agreed to withdraw. The Rev. Joel Hunter of Northland Church in Longland, Fla., according to news reports, wanted to expand aims of the political-evangelical group to include matters such as poverty and the environment, but the coalition prefers to stay focused on issues like abortion and same-sex marriage.
I saw this news last week online but the reliability of the Internet source was just so-so. Here, now, is a link to The Associated Press, and a registration-free one originally from The New York Times.
The election early this month provides several lessons to public officials and organizations. The lessons truly are unclear. They overlap and contradict: It’s all local? Voters truly think global? Out of Iraq now? Give the Democrats another try? Single-issue campaigning works? Voters really are smarter than appealing to narrow issues? The list can continue, but I think all of these and other explanations altogether are right. You go to the poll with what is important to you.
Whatever these reasons seem to be, the Christian Coalition seems to acting independently of all of them. -30-
