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When Rob Schwarzwalder, senior vice president at the Family Research Council, criticized evangelical groups for ignoring threats to religious freedom, he got some pushback.
\u201c[T]o say that these organizations have not spoken out is not true,\u201d concluded one article in the Christian Post, though it also acknowledged that Schwarzwalder might be looking for a \u201cmore robust and vocal outcry\u201d than the organizations had provided.
The dispute was aired in online posts on the website of First Things, the journal that offers ecumenical and interreligious commentary on the role of religion in the public square. It signaled that some leading evangelicals have begun to reassess their response to a developing political issue.<\/p>\n

The debate has surfaced during a sea change in evangelical political leadership, following the retreat of Focus on the Family\u2019s James Dobson. Some evangelical activists contend that no other leader has been able to match Dobson\u2019s ability to catalyze churches throughout the nation to register their concerns on Capitol Hill.<\/p>\n

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When Rob Schwarzwalder, senior vice president at the Family Research Council, criticized evangelical groups for ignoring threats to religious freedom, he got some pushback.\u201c[T]o say that these organizations have not spoken out is not true,\u201d concluded one article in the Christian Post, though it also acknowledged that Schwarzwalder might be looking for a \u201cmore robust […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2251,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nEvangelicals and Religious Liberty<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"When Rob Schwarzwalder, senior vice president at the Family Research Council, criticized evangelical groups for ignoring threats to religious freedom, he\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/rhetoricraceandreligion\/2011\/12\/evangelicals-and-religious-liberty.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Evangelicals and Religious Liberty\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"When Rob Schwarzwalder, senior vice president at the Family Research Council, criticized evangelical groups for ignoring threats to religious freedom, he\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/rhetoricraceandreligion\/2011\/12\/evangelicals-and-religious-liberty.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Rhetoric Race and Religion\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2011-12-09T15:24:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Andre E. 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