Religious Groups Push New President for Change
February 2, 2009 | Read Time: 1 minute
As progressive religious activists apply pressure on the new Obama administration to take action on issues concerning poverty, the environment, and social justice, President Obama faces potential conflicts over priorities, reports The Washington Post.
Progressive religious activists are optimistic that President Obama will back the causes they support, but satisfying the expectations of the activists that he has reached out to may prove challenging as his administration attempts to balance competing interests with other areas of his agenda, such as the economy, the newspaper says.
“We’re trying to help him fulfill his commitment and hold his administration accountable at the same time,” said Jim Wallis, who heads Sojourners, a liberal evangelical group, in Washington, that is organizing a march in April that will call on the president to cut the poverty rate in half within 10 years.
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