We certainly hear a lot more about the religious right than we do about the religious left. This past week, for example, a number of conservative religious leaders, including Franklin Graham, son of famous evangelist Rev. Billy Graham, called for a day of prayer for the president, saying that no president has been attacked more than Donald Trump. Graham and other evangelical religious leaders have been outspoken in their support for Trump before and since his election. President Trump himself stopped by a large evangelical church in Virginia this past Sunday for a brief visit and interaction with the pastor during the worship service.
The idea that this large and influential "religious right" could be countered by a "religious left" has bounced around for a long time, but has gained currency this year -- in part because of the self-identified religiosity of Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, Indiana. Buttigieg has been forthright in discussing his religious faith and how it leads him to support substantially different policy goals than those usually backed by religious conservatives.
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