winterbadger | if you haven't seen this yet...

I'll post a link to it as well, but LJ people seem to be doing a good job at getting the word out about it.

The Christian Alliance for Progress sounds like an excellent group, an organization that has decided to stand up to the Religious Right's--who attempt to monopolize the label of Christianity while exhibiting very few actual Christian values.

Their values statement is pretty heady stuff:

How We Seek to Follow the Jesus of the Gospels - Seven Values We Share:

Compassion and Care for "The Least of These"
We follow Jesus' call to compassion and his command to "love your neighbor as you love yourself."
Responsibility and Obligation
We heed the call to take up our cross - to transform our lives, but also to do more: to move beyond the "personal" and to take responsibility in our communities and country.
Justice for All
We stand against powerful systems of human injustice in our world as Jesus stood against them in his.
Equality and Inclusiveness
Like Jesus did among women, tax collectors, Samaritans and others, we reject hurtful exclusionary distinctions between "us" and "them."
Faithful Stewardship
We follow Jesus' call for responsible stewardship - caring protection for the environment and sharing of our worldly treasure.
Right Use of Power
We turn away from fear; we use the power of God that flows through us to protect the innocent and build justice in the world, not to coerce others to our will or force others to accept our vision.
Spiritual Foundation
We turn to God as our spiritual foundation.

This appears to me to be a bone fide group of liberal Christians trying to model true Christian values, not just a bunch of folks who don't like Jerry Falwell shouting at him; as much as I sympathize with the latter, I think this is a more productive approach. As tempted as I am to say "What took you so long?" I think I'll stick with applauding, and maybe donating to them.