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One leader of the Southern Baptist Convention says that to back Donald Trump, Christian “voters must repudiate everything they believe,” but polls show millions of evangelicals are not demanding that Trump adhere to precepts of the once-dominating Moral Majority. They're supporting a profanity-spouting gambling-house owner who's been married three times with an inconsistent history on abortion and same-sex marriage. Cruz, Rubio and Kasich are passing the litmus tests, so why is Trump leading with voters who call themselves devout Christians?
Guests:
Russell Moore, Southern Baptist Convention (@drmoore)
Robert Jeffress, First Baptist Dallas (@robertjeffress)
David Kinnaman, Barna Group (@davidkinnaman)
Sarah Posner, Religion Dispatches (@sarahposner)
Jim Wallis, Sojourners (@JimWallis)
More:
Moore's 'Onward: Engaging the Culture without Losing the Gospel'
Moore on why Christians should vote third-party rather than 'lesser of evils'
Kinnaman's 'Good Faith: Being a Christian When Society Thinks You're Irrelevant and Extreme'
Barna Group on America's faith segments being divided on the presidential race
Posner on 'Trumpvangelicals' as the new evangelicals
Wallis' 'America's Original Sin: Racism, White Privilege, and the Bridge to a New America'