attackfish

I'm not asking you to convince them. No, that's impossible. I need Christians to say "we're Christian, and we don't agree with the Evangelicals." So that when the Evangelicals start ranting about how we hate Christians, there are a whole bunch of Christians saying "shut your trap." That has a political punch. The Evangelicals have been saying "You aren't a real Christian if you don't vote this way, do this thing, believe this bigoted thing, etc, oh and other people are oppressing us as Christians by not letting us run things this way, which is what makes them a political force. The religious left used to have power. We need to reawaken that power and say no, there is a different way to be Christian, and you Evangelicals can't extort any of the non-fringe Christians into agreeing with you anymore by denying their Christianity unless they do. Because there are the fringe, there are the people like you, and then in the middle, there are a lot of people who are looking for guidance on how to be Christian, and only hearing the loudest voices, and they're who you need to speak to.

I know it's hard, and I know it feels like banging your head into a wall. Believe me, I know, but I can't speak for Christians like you. You have to do it.