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	One of the nice parts about heading toward middle age is that you can find all your favorite music in the bargain bin. - Ken Floyd

Michelle Shocked rises again

Los Angeles City Beat

Friday 17 June 2005, 10:17 am
Keywords: Christian Topics , News Articles

By NATALIE NICHOLS

Michelle Shocked is a rare bird in this day and age: a left-wing evangelical Christian. Dunno if she’d put it that way, or want me to, but it’s clear that the veteran singer-songwriter’s dedication to the antiwar movement, human rights, and freedom of expression equals her devotion to the Lord. The Texas-born L.A. resident, who attends an African-American church, speaks freely about being “saved” but doesn’t accept the typical Pentecostal notions that homosexuality is wrong and women are inferior beings. At a time when a persistent cultural meme, however false, holds that “liberal” and “Christian” are far apart, her convictions might make both sides uncomfortable in turn. But all she’s doing is living her life, her way.

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