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1936 WALLIS SIMPSON
Jim Wallis Evangelical leader
"We want to throw light on the things that no one will be talking about in the other conventions--and have a genuine debate, not an infomercial," Huffington says. She and her co-conveners--who include Scott Harshbarger of Common Cause and antipoverty activist Jim Wallis--have whittled their agenda...
If it sounds a little vague--well, that's how movements often begin. No one should underestimate Huffington's powers as a publicist for the causes she champions. Says Wallis, a veteran of radical politics: "We've waited years for someone like her." Her enthusiasms are worth taking seriously. "She...
Still, Wallis cautioned against religious activism co-opting the "government's legitimate role" or turning "churches and synagogues into social agencies."