More leaders like this, please
Call me cynical or a tad curmudgeonly (they’re probably both true), but I was astonished—pleasantly so—to see this quote from a Presbyterian pastor in a Sun-Times article describing the likelihood that Protestants would soon form a majority of Americans no longer
I’m not applauding the Protestant decline … what I’m applauding is the viability of a truly diverse nation, a nation that opens its arms and heart to different races, different religions. I think that’s a better place to be than a nation that’s dominated by one religion — whatever it is.
A religious leader preaching tolerance and not pushing his way as the only viable Way? Amazing! Now, if we can get more religious leaders to embrace this concept, plus a number of politicians and some cultural pundits, then we’ll really be onto something good.