# A voice of reason from the right **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [November 23, 2006, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-voice-of-reason-from-the-right/381517 "2006-11-23T03:58:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![stegon66](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee59a6/32.png) [@stegon66](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stegon66)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2006, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-voice-of-reason-from-the-right/381517/1 "2006-11-23T03:58:48Z")
Interesting [interview](http://www.secularhumanism.org/index.php?section=library&page=blynn) with the Reverend Barry Lynn, executive director of Americans United for Separation of Church and State. I’ve seen lots of deserved rants against the Christian fundies who would love for the U.S. to become a theocracy, so it’s quite heartening to see someone of faith sticking up for reason. Get 'em, Barry! ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2006, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-voice-of-reason-from-the-right/381517/2 "2006-11-23T04:07:55Z")
Problem is, Rev. Lynn is apparently not on the right. Believe it or not, the left (and the center, though I’ll continue to use the word “left” in this thread) has many people who are religious. If you look back, you’ll find that religious people have been heavily involved in pressing for the abolition of the death penalty, in supporting welfare, in many positions that the left holds. I, for one, can recognize that the religious do not equal the Religious Right. You, I think, seem to assume that anyone of religion must be of the right, and I hope you can find the error in that assumption. ---
**Author:** ![stegon66](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee59a6/32.png) [@stegon66](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stegon66)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2006, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-voice-of-reason-from-the-right/381517/3 "2006-11-23T04:15:00Z")
Well, it’s not an assumption I made, but that _was_ a badly-worded title. Forgive me! 🙂 Still, you don’t hear of too many Christians that are _against_ teaching Intelligent Design in schools (guess the bad eggs get all the press!). ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2006, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-voice-of-reason-from-the-right/381517/4 "2006-11-23T04:23:20Z")
[QUOTE=stegon66] Still, you don’t hear of too many Christians that are _against_ teaching Intelligent Design in schools (guess the bad eggs get all the press!). [/QUOTE] True about the press. This Christian got very little mass media attention when he [condemned “Intelligent Design”](http://www.catholic.org/national/national_story.php?id=18503) as bad science. (Of course, he may not be a “real” Christian.) ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2006, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-voice-of-reason-from-the-right/381517/5 "2006-11-23T06:15:32Z")
Actually, most of the Christians that I know accept the theory of evolution. I grew up in one of the Presbyterian churches, became an Anglican and worked for the United Methodist Publishing House. Christians are more liberal than you might think from listening to the press. ---
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2006, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-voice-of-reason-from-the-right/381517/6 "2006-11-23T07:29:32Z")
[QUOTE=Frank] Believe it or not, the left (and the center, though I’ll continue to use the word “left” in this thread) has many people who are religious. [/QUOTE] And, believe it or not, the “Right” (and, yes, we are right ;)) has many people who are not religious in the least.