Democratic rivals at ease with faith talk: The forum on faith and politics
The stereotypes seem etched in stone, as definitive as the Decalogue: Democratic politicians are hostile to faith; they believe that church and state should remain forever separate; they’re uncomfortable in front of evangelicals.
The three leading Democratic presidential candidates used a prime-time televised forum on faith and politics June 4 to chisel away at those stereotypes and to give Americans a glimpse of their soulful side.