eugene rivers, senior policy adviser for the church of god and christ and an msnbc political analyst and eric dyson, an ordained minister. hello, gentlemen, good to see you both. good morning, michael. good morning, gene. i will begin with you, professor dyson. does rick santorum of mitt romney to use gay marriage as a weapon have any similarities to the southern strategy we saw used by president nixon and others in the 1960s? i think it does. i think there s a clear agenda item for the conservatives and the far right to exploit the base bigotries that prevail in the culture along with the anxieties along the new fault lines that are being developed as we grapple with questions of sexual orientation and the roimp between people s religious beliefs, the institutional expression of their religions, as well as their own understanding of sexual orientation. so as these questions continue to come before us, i think that
sides of the issue. supporters of the marriage ban have more often than not been religious leaders or used religious arguments to make their points. testifying earlier this week, bishop bob of the, what is that? of the church of god church of god of christ in st. paul, minnesota told a state house committee, god gave marriage as a gift to adam and eve. his party outnumbered seven to ten on the house bill. an eloquent rewrite to the theological basis of the debate before the vote. we have to be careful about trying to shine our beliefs, however valid we believe them to
reporter: you re looking at that political movement that s growing in evangelical churches across the country. we are here at the church of god headquarters in tennessee. reporter: from tennessee to illinois and california, latino evangelicals are fed up with both democrats and republicans. we were promised immigration reform. both parties treat the hispanic community, the latino community as a tool for political expediency, and we will not be abused. we ll be working with strategic thinkers. reporter: we met with the reverend sam rodriguez president of the leadership conference. he told us the movement is getting ready to launch. the bill of course is to register 1 million new voters. we re going to train and equip leaders nationally. reporter: rodriguez says it s time for latinos to fight back and the church has to lead the way.
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