All posts tagged "Religious Right"

President Donald Trump just exposed the religious right's "devil's pact" with his performance at the National Prayer Breakfast on Thursday.

In an analysis from David Smith, The Guardian's Washington bureau chief, Smith pointed out how Trump, whose Christian faith and religious life has been questioned in the past, hurled insults at political enemies and took swipes at “transgender insanity” throughout his speech in Washington, D.C. And despite these moves, and previous acknowledgement that he might not be the most faithful follower among Republicans, the right-wing Evangelicals have continued to support him.

This week, Trump recalled how Baptist Robert Jeffress gave a frank reaction to him, Smith reported. ...

The Supreme Court is set to hear an Oklahoma case that will force the justices to choose between allowing more religious control of public schools or "respecting the wishes of the Founding Fathers," according to a new article in The Atlantic.

History professor Adam Laats laid out how, "In 2023, the Oklahoma government approved an application from the Catholic Church to create a virtual charter school. Like other charter schools, this one would be funded by taxpayers. But unlike other charter schools, this one would be explicitly religious, teaching students Catholic doctrine."

Laats wrote that Oklahoma’s state attorney general objected on the grounds that the approval violated the state constitution, as well as the U.S. Constitution....

[rebelmouse-image 24862557 original_size="340x214" expand=1]Sometime the truth hurts. For the fundievangelical/American Taliban/bible-beating movement, being associated with the term "Religious Right" (coined by one of their own, Jerry Falwell) is now problematic since the term has become associated with ignorance and bigotry purportedly justified by scripture. Too bad, so sad. (Christianity Today):