
At a campaign stop at a Salvation Army office in Atlanta, Vice
President Al Gore called for "a new partnership" between government
and "faith-based organizations." Gore attacked the "false choice"
between a Right seeking to impose "a specific set of religious
values" and a Left that has "said for too long that religious values
should play no role in addressing public needs."
Following these notable comments, Gore's senior advisor Elaine Kamarck
told the Boston Globe
that they were the opening shot in a campaign to "take God back" for
the Democrats in Election 2000.
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