Buttigieg is a symbol for a rising Christian left

I’m happy to report that when the rage subsided, I could see the attack on Buttigieg revealed something encouraging at the same time: Conservatives and fundamentalists are noticing progressive Christians. That’s a sign of our growing influence and visibility.

There’s a growing push toward LGBTQ inclusion across the many strands of American Christendom. Fundamentalists are worried, and worried people make outlandish attacks like Erickson’s. Even the Mormon Church is taking steps toward greater LGBTQ inclusion.

And progressive Christians are becoming more vocal in other ways, including the revival of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Poor People’s Campaign by the Rev. Dr. William Barber II to the Nuns on the Bus and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s writing about how her faith informs the need for criminal justice reform.