Former Hillary Clinton Aide Launches New Progressive Faith Group
Burns Strider, one of the Democratic Party's most influential faith operatives—he was faith outreach director for Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign—is playing a lead role in launching a progressive faith group called the American Values Network. "We believe America needs leaders who understand public service
is a calling and who know they will be held accountable not only by voters but by their Creator," the group's newly launched website says. "We should not be afraid to proudly embrace the traditional and fundamental values that have guided and defined our country since its inception and helped make America a shining beacon of hope and freedom around the world."
Such language sounds as if it was plucked from the literature of conservative Christian groups like the American Family Association or Focus on the Family.
A key feature of the group's website is its "Guide to Scripture and...