Chris Murphy

And I think that's what's happening to a lot of families in this country, that either through work or other family commitments, that Sunday morning time is just not as sacred as it used to be. And so the lack of

Free time, leisure time outside of your work schedule and your family schedule has made it hard for a lot of folks to connect with a variety of different kinds of institutions, not just churches, but other places where you might be able to find connection and find some sense of common cause with people in your community. Do you think that God is disappointed in you?

Free time, leisure time outside of your work schedule and your family schedule has made it hard for a lot of folks to connect with a variety of different kinds of institutions, not just churches, but other places where you might be able to find connection and find some sense of common cause with people in your community. Do you think that God is disappointed in you?

I guess I don't ask that question very often. Listen, I struggle with my own personal thoughts about God and the afterlife, but I find that even if your beliefs lean towards secularism or deism or agnosticism, you can still find a lot of value in church.

I guess I don't ask that question very often. Listen, I struggle with my own personal thoughts about God and the afterlife, but I find that even if your beliefs lean towards secularism or deism or agnosticism, you can still find a lot of value in church.

Well, you were. No.

Well, you were. No.

Well, I mean, we do, right? And I don't have the common religious history that Barack Obama has, right? So I'm not going to speak the same- It's not a very congregational thing to say, I will consider. I'm not, yes. I'm not going to speak the same language as Barack Obama, nor would I try.

Well, I mean, we do, right? And I don't have the common religious history that Barack Obama has, right? So I'm not going to speak the same- It's not a very congregational thing to say, I will consider. I'm not, yes. I'm not going to speak the same language as Barack Obama, nor would I try.

But no, you are correct in that the Democratic Party more broadly, I do think, has to get more comfortable with a language of spiritualism and to not allow the Republican Party to own a monopoly on the ways in which Policy connects to religious tenets.

But no, you are correct in that the Democratic Party more broadly, I do think, has to get more comfortable with a language of spiritualism and to not allow the Republican Party to own a monopoly on the ways in which Policy connects to religious tenets.

As we spoke earlier, the Bible and Jesus' story are full of mandates for communities to care about the plight of the dispossessed and the disempowered, the poorest and the weakest amongst us. And so why aren't Democrats more willing to talk about the spiritual imperative of Medicaid, right?

As we spoke earlier, the Bible and Jesus' story are full of mandates for communities to care about the plight of the dispossessed and the disempowered, the poorest and the weakest amongst us. And so why aren't Democrats more willing to talk about the spiritual imperative of Medicaid, right?

why aren't Democrats willing to call out Republicans demonization of gay children based on a commandment for us to love our neighbors, regardless of their language or ethnicity or sexual orientation. So I think you're right. The Democrats shy away from that kind of language. And maybe that's because, you know, that there are fewer elite Democrats that are spending time in church.

why aren't Democrats willing to call out Republicans demonization of gay children based on a commandment for us to love our neighbors, regardless of their language or ethnicity or sexual orientation. So I think you're right. The Democrats shy away from that kind of language. And maybe that's because, you know, that there are fewer elite Democrats that are spending time in church.

I'm not sure that that's true, but that might be, but that might be true. Justin, Justin,

I'm not sure that that's true, but that might be, but that might be true. Justin, Justin,

Yeah, I'm not sure that I agree with you. I think that there is a secular moralism and a religious moralism that connect. And I think if you are lifting up a debate outside of the sort of weeds of policy and talking about our common obligation to each other, our moral imperative— to take care of our neighbors.

Yeah, I'm not sure that I agree with you. I think that there is a secular moralism and a religious moralism that connect. And I think if you are lifting up a debate outside of the sort of weeds of policy and talking about our common obligation to each other, our moral imperative— to take care of our neighbors.

I think even if you aren't framing that in a specific religious doctrine, you are still speaking to religious voters. So I don't necessarily believe that you have got to talk in the way that you frame it as a mechanism to connect with people who find their interest in policy as directly connected and derivative of their experience in religion.