[Steve_Seattle]

"After spending 30 years in the wilderness the "Christian left" is making its voice heard. From Washington, D.C., to Dallas, large conferences have been held in an attempt to politically mobilize these "progressive" Christians."

Of course, it is absolutely false to claim that there has been no "Christian Left" in this country for the last 30 years, or that it has not been mobilized and very active. The national leadership of most mainstream churches has been left/liberal for decades, as reflected in the antics of the National Council of Churches and the various "peace and justice" groups that thrive on Catholic college campuses.

[Conservative Goddess]

Yes, this heathen Baptist just graduated from a Catholic university where I was excoriated for suggesting that we the people own the full fruits of our labor and the government has no business redistributing it. I was told that I have "bad morals." Yup. That's me....heathen Baptist who believes as Pope Leo XIII did (Rerum Novarum can be found here: http://www.osjspm.org/cst/rn.htm ). Too bad Pope Leo's words were "reinterpreted," in supposed "celebration" of the 40th anniversary of the release of his encyclical, in Quadragesimo Anno: http://www.osjspm.org/cst/qa.htm

Sounds like Rerum Novarum was reinterpreted by the same crowd that likes to assert that the US Constitution is a living, breathing document.