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Evangelicals step back from gay marriage fight - CNN.com
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Washington (CNN) -- Evangelical leaders are taking a step back from their decades-long fight against gay marriage, softening their tone and recalibrating their goals.In recent interviews with about a half-dozen prominent evangelicals, no one listed opposition to gay marriage as their top priority. The leaders said they're more focused on protecting religious liberties as same-sex marriage becomes legal in a growing number of states.
"Is it time to differentiate between religious ceremony and civil ceremony?" Jim Daly, the president of Focus on the Family, said in an interview with CNN. "Civil ceremony to the Christian community is no different than getting your car registered."
The generational split is even more pronounced among the GOP: nearly two-thirds of Republicans under 30 favor same sex marriage
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