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I argue that the more my recommendations are embraced, the more successful the party will be in this outreach. So, yes, the party can simply decide to strengthen relationships with progressive faith communities, and treat their faith seriously, and that would be an improvement.

But new policy commitments or adjustments to existing commitments--on social issues for moderates/conservatives, but also thinking creatively about progressive leaning areas like poverty, family/life balance, etc--will increase the party's potential.

The changes I recommend here are not aimed at winning over the Religious Right. The vast majority of Roy Moore voters and Robert Jeffress acolytes will vote Republican. But...

The ideas I lay out in the article could result in both a revitalized, empowered and respected base of POC (who are overwhelmingly religious) and progressive people of faith, and a 5-10% swing among Catholics/evangelicals. That, my friends, is a national, governing coalition.

My article in @politico on Roy Moore is something of an application of my article in The Atlantic to the particular case of Alabama. The strategy would obviously be applied differently in different contexts. https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/11/21/doug-jones-can-beat-roy-moore-but-theres-one-big-problem-215856 …

I realize this is not necessarily your area of concern, but I always wonder: how do you communicate about this to the strong pro-choice voters and the queer voters + allies?