Progressives, Evangelicals Launch Plan to Cooperate

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At first glance, they seem unlikely bedfellows. But a group of progressives and evangelicals say they want to work together to find common ground on divisive issues like gay rights, abortion and religion’s role in public life.

Members of both groups gathered Wednesday to announce a new working paper released by the left-leaning think tank Third Way that they hope will start to bridge their differences. The paper, entitled Come Let Us Reason Together: A Fresh Look at Shared Cultural Values Between Progressives and Evangelicals, states that one-fifth of evangelicals can be described as progressive, a third as moderate and half as social conservatives.