1 May 2020
It’s not just the fringe anymore. Mainstream conservatives are trying to turn Christian scriptures and beliefs into American law.
The Daily Beast reports:
The question isn’t: Will conservatives push to enact laws based on the Bible? We are way beyond that. The real questions are: 1. How many more of these laws do they want to impose? And, 2. What will our nation look like if their crusade is successful to bring America’s laws into agreement with “God’s law”?
To some on the right, America is a “Christian nation” – like Saudi Arabia is a Muslim nation – meaning that our nation’s laws should be based on their religious text. These forces aren’t moved by Thomas Jefferson’s famous letter in which he spoke of the need to create, “a wall of separation between church and state.”
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In upcoming elections, we need to ask any candidate who cites the Bible as the rationale for their political position specifically how far do they intend to take that. At least then we won’t be surprised when they push to pass laws to silence women or stone women to death who aren’t virgins on their wedding night.
Under the title, “Sharia Law has Come to America!”, Mediaite warns:
“And here’s the thing: They have made it clear for years that is their very plan. For example, when Mike Huckabee was running for President in 2008 he told us point blank of his intention to impose Christian sharia: “I believe it’s a lot easier to change the Constitution than it would be to change the word of the living God.” Adding, “And that’s what we need to do is amend the Constitution so it’s in God’s standards rather than trying to change God’s standards so it lines up with some contemporary view.”
The Christian right, which secured Donald Trump’s presidency in 2016, unites around common causes such as anti-abortion activism, opposition to gay rights and sex education classes. They also speak out in favour of the promotion of prayer in schools and the teaching of creationism (or intelligent design), the fight against euthanasia and the safeguarding of what they call religious freedom.
According to The Guardian, there are few signs that Trump’s evangelical supporters are abandoning him:
Those evangelical leaders have a vested interest in seeing Trump win re-election. In the nearly three years since he took office, the president has remade the federal judiciary, stacking the bench with young conservatives who will likely spend decades issuing rulings on everything from abortion to LGBTQ+ rights. According to the Washington Post, Trump nominees now make up a quarter of US circuit court judges, in addition to the president’s two supreme court picks.
Trump has also made aggressive moves to enforce abortion restrictions long sought by the religious right. Earlier this year, the Trump administration moved to restrict fetal tissue research and issued a regulation banning family planning clinics that receive federal funding from referring women for abortions.
In comparison, Democratic presidential candidates have promised to reverse Trump’s abortion restrictions and nominate judges who support Roe v Wade, the landmark supreme court case that recognized women’s right to access abortion.
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You shouldn't be in favor of "euthanasia." You know better than that. That is garbage right out of Hitler Germany. Such nonsense would be used on the elderly, the sick, and the disabled in order to save money or give greedy relatives easier access to inheritances. You totally lost the plot in this article.
You are entitled to your opinion however euthanasia is not a Fascist German doctrine as you cite it.
That's not even remotely correct. Euthanasia allows terminally ill patients in chronic pain to end their suffering sooner. It's voluntary, and there are numerous safeguards to prevent situations where family members try to use it to pull the plug on someone who doesn't want to die, so they can get their inheritance sooner.
We gonners which is why I have been saying for years now : don't bother having children…
The only awards your children would get are the Darwin awards.
We must strengthen the wall of separation between church and state!
Good article that is fair on being insightful about the issues of the evangelical agenda. Unfortunately, it is only the beginning for these guys as they tighten the noose on democracy into the potential abyss of despair.
Sadly, Christianity and belief in God have become weaker, not stronger. This is a recipe for anarchy and destruction. Without God as a foundation, there is no hope. There is still plenty of personal freedom, but there is a danger of losing religious freedom.
"Sadly, Christianity and belief in God have become weaker, not stronger." That's a good thing.
It is the "People of God'" who are spreading hate and divisiveness and White Supremacy. I would call them The People of White Supremacy.
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