Our alma mater Guilford College has a reputation for being somewhat liberal. OK, a lot. We're talking Noam Chomsky/Andrea Dworkin/Karl Marx stuff here.So it's surprising, to say the least, that they're bringing Ralph Reed to speak about something called "The Role of Faith in the Renewal of America." A lot of us have issues with Reed's conservative politics, but let's leave those aside for now.
Reed is a lobbyist, a practice he started in 1999 while he was also an advisor on the Bush presidential campaign. His job is to take money from people who have lots of it and try to influence the laws and policies of this country.
How does this make him any kind of an expert on religion, faith or anything of the like? Reed is a servant of money and the powerful, which if I'm not mistaken puts him in direct conflict with his own religion and most others.
A lot of people may be shocked that Guilford is giving a platform to a right-wing conservative Christian, but I'm just shocked that they would give it to someone whose personal and professional life are in conflict with the school's goals of service for the underprivileged.
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