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Technorati“But this is a different generation – not to depart from the foundation that they laid – but there are other issues and we live in a much more complex society,” Perkins said regarding differences between the first and second generation of the Christian right movement.
“The issue facing our nation has broadened and we have to grow with the issues,” Perkins asserted. “It is not that they (older Christian right generation) refused to do that but simply those issues such as terrorism – terrorism was not an issue 15 to 20 years ago.”
Climate change and immigration were other issues that were not topics of concerns for the older generation.
“So we are saying we have to be ready to answer and propose a solution for whatever the issue is,” said Perkins, the younger face of the Christian right.
Perkins also noted that he “clearly” foresees the Christian right moving away from the Republican Party in terms of “blind allegiance.” But he defended previous conservative leaders who were staunch supporters of the GOP, explaining that the party previously had shared the same values.
But at this point in time, “the party has left and moved away,” he said.
Last year, the Rev. Jerry Falwell, the Rev. D. James Kennedy, and Ruth Bell Graham passed away, leaving their legacies behind. Dobson, however, has not been reported to have any serious health problems and is still the Focus on the Family board chairman and voice of the ministry’s radio program.
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