By Associated Press
Montgomery, AL – The reorganized Christian Coalition of Alabama is broadening its agenda. It will now include environmental issues and putting together a paid staff to promote membership and lobby the Legislature.
Christian Coalition Chairman Randy Brinson Thursday played host to Andy Brack, president of the Center for a Better South, on his multistate tour to promote a book about environmental issues in the South.
Brinson said the Christian Coalition of Alabama is trying to encourage discussion on a wider variety of issues affecting the quality of life and empowerment of Alabamians.
For years, the Christian Coalition of Alabama focused on issues such as restricting gambling, limiting abortions and holding down taxes. But its longtime state leaders fell out with the national organization's leadership last year and formed a new organization, Christian Action Alabama.
Brinson, a Montgomery physician who had led Redeem the Vote drives to register young Christian voters, got appointed as the new state leader and began rebuilding the coalition.
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