professed my faith, to give glory and
thanks to God for the extraordinary
opportunity I had been given, some of
the hosannas quickly turned to how-
,
dare-he."
Lieberman pointed the finger at the
Anti-Defamation League, saying that
"when 1 expressed the outrageous view
that religion can be a good source of
better values and that faith-based
groups can help government solve
pressing social problems, the Anti-
Defamation League nearly had a con-
stitutional coronary." Echoing a theme
common among evangelical preachers,
he pointed to a "new spiritual awaken-
ing" in the nation.
"I suspect that this one began in the
hearts of millions of Americans who
felt threatened by the vulgarity and
violence in our society, and by the
degradation of societal limits and stan-
dards, and turned to religion as the
best way to rebuild a wall of principle
and purpose around themselves and
their families."
But unlike earlier spiritual revivals,
he said, this one is pluralistic.
Americans "want religion to play a
larger societal role, but they seem to
care little or not at all what denomina-
tion it is."
Abraham Foxman, director of the
Anti-Defamation League, described
Lieberman's jab at his organization as
"inelegant," and expressed concern
about the lawmaker's religious lan-
guage.
"He is using some of the code lan-
guage of the religious right," he said.
"That continues to bother us."
But Lieberman's continued focus on
the intersection of religion and public
policy may be good politics, several
analysts said.
"Politically, what he seems to be
doing is musing on broadening the
Democratic coalition," said John
Green, a University of Akron professor
who studies the intersection of religion
and politics. "In some ways, he wants
to go back to the Democratic coali-
tions of an earlier era."
Green said that Lieberman used the
argot of the Christian right, "but he
uses it for progressive causes such as
civil rights. He gets in a lot of key lib-
eral themes, but expresses it in ways
religious conservatives can feel very
comfortable with."
Lieberman's speech, Green said,
could be the first step in an effort to
forge a new electoral coalition that
could pull in some of the religious
white Protestants who have drifted
away from the Democratic Party in
recent years.
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