“Tea Partiers Are Fairly Mainstream in Their Demographics”
A March 2010 USA Today/Gallup Poll finds that Tea Party members skew to the right politically but are fairly representative of the American public demographically.
Category: Government & politics
“Tea Party Supporters: Who They Are and What They Believe”
See results from an April 2010 CBS News/New York Times survey on Tea Party supporters and their political, religious and demographic composition. A New York Times story on the survey says it shows that contrary to some perceptions, Tea Party backers are wealthier and more educated than the average American.
“Social conservatives put religious twist on ‘tea party’ message”
A March 11, 2010, Los Angeles Times story says Christian conservatives are trying to align themselves with Tea Party libertarians on the issues of small government and religious freedom.
“Channeling the Populist Rage”
Read an April 6, 2010, column at Christianity Today by Charles Colson. He accuses the Tea Party movement of having no governing philosophy.
“Render Unto Caesar? On Paying Taxes After Obamacare”
Read an April 5, 2010, column by R. Albert Mohler Jr., president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and a leading voice for Christian conservatism, rejecting suggestions of a “tax revolt” like that advocated by some conservatives and Tea Party supporters.
“Tea parties stir evangelicals’ fears”
Read a March 12, 2010, story at Politico.com in which Richard Land, president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, said he consider Tea Party supporters “additional allies and fellow travelers.”
“How Christian Is Tea Party Libertarianism?”
Read a May 27, 2010, column at the Huffington Post by Jim Wallis of Sojourners, a leader of the religious left.
“Religion and the Tea Party Movement”
Read a June 7, 2010, blog post at Beliefnet.com by Mark Silk, Professor of Religion in Public Life at Trinity College about whether or not Christianity and the Tea Party are compatible.
“Is the Tea Party unbiblical?”
Read a July 22, 2010, Religion New Service story posted on the Washington Post site discussing whether or not the Tea Party is compatible with Christianity.