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Level -> The search for common ground (10/10/2007 5:32:53 PM)
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Oct. 10, 2007 - A group of evangelical and progressive leaders, led by the left-leaning think tank Third Way, are meeting this week in Washington to launch “Come Let Us Reason Together: A Fresh Look at Shared Cultural Values Between Progressives and Evangelicals,” a new paper that calls for common ground on the toughest cultural issues of our day: abortion, gay and lesbian rights, treatment of the human embryo and the role of religion in the public square. The paper finds that among evangelicals in the U.S., one-fifth can be described as progressive and one-third as moderate, results similar to those of a 2006 survey by the PEW foundation that reported that while 46 percent of evangelicals are highly socially conservative, 36 percent are moderate and 18 percent are significantly less conservative on social issues. The full Third Way report can be found at www.third-way.com.
Third Way, a nonprofit group founded in 2005, does not have a high profile with the public, but it targets policy-makers—and in that arena it is beginning to make some waves. And there’s reason to believe the group may be on to something. In a national survey conducted earlier this month, Third Way found that three-quarters of those surveyed said they wish elected leaders would look for a middle ground on abortion.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21221162/site/newsweek
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