#christian-nationalism

#christian-nationalism

"We've gotten more testimonials. I'm starting to now see 'Leaving MAGA' signs popping up on billboards, overpasses, and [at] No Kings protests," said Rich Logis, a Catholic ex-Trump supporter who founded a group called Leaving MAGA. Catch up quick: Images of federal agents grabbing U.S. citizens or unauthorized immigrants who were picking up children from school have jolted some evangelicals who backed Trump in 2024.

I had not experienced any racism in Reform, where there were a lot of good people.

The Washington Roundtable discusses how this week's government shutdown can be best understood by looking at the background and influence of Russell Vought, the director of the White House Office of Management and Budget. Vought is a Christian nationalist who served in the first Trump Administration. He was a chief architect of the Heritage Foundation's Project 2025, and has written that the country is in a "post constitutional moment."

Kirk often distanced himself from Christian nationalism, but he was sympathetic to its goals, which include Christian dominance in American politics and culture. To Kirk, the separation of church and state was a fiction. He delighted in pointing out to callow college students that the term doesn't actually appear in the Constitution. But the separation principle is implicit and explicit in our founding document.

the world is evil, but God so good. The sound of this widow weeping [echoes] throughout this world like a battle cry, she said. They have no idea what they just ignited within this wife.

If you're a Christian, white parent who loves the Lord and loves your children, then you need to have the talk. The talk that we're referencing is the talk that takes your children, according to their maturity, at the proper time, the appropriate time, and says there are certain parts of town that you cannot go and there are certain people that you cannot be around, right?

Braeden Sorbo, the son of Hercules stars Kevin Sorbo and his wife, Sam, said if he had it his way, women in America would lose the right to vote. The 24-year-old actor and conservative influencer shared his bold claim while appearing on the Truth & Liberty YouTube show on Friday. Sorbo said a lot of young women tell him they wish the 19th Amendment was never ratified, because it led to a chain of bad events happening down the line, including abortion being legalized and feminism.

These warped "preachers" really do think that Trump is akin to the second coming. What the documentary reveals is staggering. These amoral white men who claim to follow Christ, instead mirror Satan, or Trump. They sneer at the Ten Commandments, they discard compassion for cruelty, and they use their pulpits not to preach love or salvation, but to consolidate power, wealth, and dominion.

Of course the Secretary thinks that women should have the right to vote," Pentagon Press Secretary Kingsley Wilson told reporters on Thursday. "I'm not going to litigate every single aspect of what he may or may not believe in a certain video....

Pastor Doug Wilson stated, 'In my ideal society, we would vote as households. I would ordinarily be the one to cast the vote, but I would cast the vote having discussed it with my household.'

Wilson described his vision for a theocratic America, advocating for a patriarchal society, criminalization of homosexuality, and replacing secular democracy with government ruled by Christ.

Jared Longshore leads a church planting effort for Christ Church in Washington, D.C., embodying the intertwining of conservative politics and evangelical Christianity. He calls for a Christian Republic.

"They understand that what they're doing is devastating, and they're doing it anyway," says Astra Taylor, emphasizing the danger posed by right-wing movements.

During his life in the food industry and public service, Vance Boelter's evolving worldview appeared influenced by fringe theological ideas rooted in charismatic Christianity and Christian nationalism.

"America's in a bad place. There's people, especially in America, they don't know what sex they are. They don't know their sexual orientation - they're confused."

Opposing the Israeli government is viewed by some as a stance against a major source of antisemitism worldwide, merging politics with deep-seated cultural narratives.