Greg, liberal Christians are far from silent. What may create that impression is that the more rabid "fundevangelists" and their outrageous outbursts make much better news copy than the statements of people like the Rev. Jim Wallis (who has written several books on matters of social justice and religious freedom for all religions, and speaks all over the country) and a whole host of ministers and pastors who are speaking out constantly against the excesses of those who claim to be Christians while promulgating ideas that (according to the teachings of Jesus laid out in the Gospels, which is supposed to be the basis of Christianity) would have made Jesus very sad, if not downright furious.

There are a half-dozen churches of various denominations within walking distance of where I live (a couple of Lutheran churches, Presbyterian, Baptist—yes, Baptist!—Methodist, and a very large Episcopal cathedral), and not one of them endorses what the fundevangelists are saying. They all speak out strongly against it.

But as I say again:   when the spittle-spraying hate-mongers shout outrages in the name of what they consider to be Christianity, it makes much better news copy. So that's what gets reported.

Don Firth