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Evangelicals Sway Toward the Center

Posted May 21, 07 5:34 AM CDT in US,  Politics,  Arts & Living 

(Newser) – The once hard-right Evangelical Christian movement is waxing centrist, the New York Times reports, as a new breed of religious leaders breaks from an abortion-and-sexuality-obsessed old guard to tackle broader nonpartisan issues like AIDS, and even liberal-leaning ones like Darfur and global warming. 

Baby-boomer pastors especially are focusing mega-churches on humanitarian issues over the hot buttons of Jerry Falwell's generation. "The evangelical movement is growing up," says one minister. But abortion, a potential stumbling block for Rudy Giuliani's pitch to the Republican base, is still a core issue. "This remains a pretty socially conservative group," one pollster warns.

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