This website was set-up about a month ago. It describes itself as an “online wing of a powerful, new progressive faith movement, like the ones that fought for independence, abolition and civil rights.”
Its honorary chairperson is William Sloane Coffin. Most people reading this will recognise Rev. Coffin as a man with a long history of applying the principles of his faith to political pressure points and bearing the mantle of radicalism as a result. Sojourners, linked by the FaithfulAmerica.org site, is presently carrying an interview with Wendell Berry in which he eloquently remarks upon the difference between those who shop for faith and those that practice it in all aspects of their lives.
While the organisation claims to support separation of church and state it objects to what they call a separation of moral principles from politics. In an effort to address the Bush administration’s failure to accept moral responsibility for its role in the torture scandal they’ve crafted a 30-second ad to air on Arab television. A senior member of George’s own United Methodist Church, Bishop Melvin Talbert, endorses the campaign.
They are currently accepting donations for the ad that will run next week on Al Jazeera and Al Arabiya and can be viewed here.