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William Lindsey :toad: · 21w
He's concerned that, though what Talarico and Beshear espouse runs directly counter to the Christian nationalism animating MAGA, their appeal to religion threatens the church-state wall as much as Chr...
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These are valid and serious concerns, of course. At the same time, it has to be said, they ignore the centrality of religious discourse in American politics and the way the Trump's fascist movement has occupied center-stage precisely by promoting Christian nationlism.

From where I stand, to fail to address that dominance directly, by wresting religion away from the hands of fascist movements, is to yield to those movements.

#ChristianNationalism #religion #Democrats
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William Lindsey :toad: · 21w
Whether we like it or not, religion is part and parcel of American political life and long has been. And no one is better equipped to challenge the toxic Christian nationalism of MAGA than those who stand within the Christian tradition but who recognize that MAGA is offering a perverted, twisted, de...
Timo · 21w
nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqlzz05275zkk6zwuzel45jusr74ftyyuah8zll8vl09k98w8smy7qnyl70y so many traditional liberal Christians have been driven from their churches that dems in some districts need to bring this up. The dems go by local voter support much more than the lock...