Christian left sees optimism in Obama's second term
Gary Dorrien, an ethicist at Union Theological Seminary in New York City, one of the nation's most prominent liberal Protestant seminaries. For use wtih RNS-OBAMA-LEFT, transmitted on February 8, 2013, RNS photo courtesy Union Theological Seminary.
(RNS) Heartened by his inaugural calls for gay rights and for bold action on climate change, those on the U.S. Christian left are confident that Barack Obama will now claim the progressive legacy they believe he craves.