Source: The San Francisco Chronicle

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2004/12/12/MNGN9AAPGT1.DTL

On December 14, 2004 The San Francisco Chronicle reported, "Kim Bobo has spent the last 30 years trying to get people of faith to see the connection between their Bibles and the federal budget, to see 'moral value' in tax policies that would bridge the widening gulf between rich and poor. Instead, she sees conservative Christian forces monopolizing the morality- in-politics debate around such issues as abortion rights and same-sex marriage... In the aftermath of an election in which President Bush solidified his hold on white evangelical voters, Bobo and other left-leaning religious activists are struggling to broaden the 'moral values' debate in American politics... Last week, more than 100 church leaders from across the nation met at the Washington office of the National Council of Churches, where they vowed to put new emphasis on poverty issues."