Tag Archives: Christian Nationalists

The Detroit News reports: Republican Michigan state Rep. Josh Schriver said Monday that gay marriage should be “illegal again,” voicing opposition to a U.S. Supreme Court decision that set the standard for the nation and spurred same-sex weddings across the country nine years ago. Schriver of Oxford made his statement on the social media platform X, 27 days after the …

Salon reports: Hegseth — now on his third marriage — has claimed that he rediscovered Christ, saying “faith became real” to him in 2018. He became deeply involved with the Association of Classical Christian Schools (ACCS), moving to Tennessee to enroll his children in a branch of this fundamentalist organization. He also joined the associated denomination, the Communion of Reformed …

The Guardian reports: Pete Hegseth, Trump’s nominee for secretary of defense, has attacked several key US alliances such as NATO, allied countries such as Turkey and international institutions such as the United Nations in two recent books, as well as saying US troops should not be bound by the Geneva conventions. At the same time, the man who would head …

Angry White Men reports: In a Nov. 20, 2024 livestream for Right Response Ministries, Christian nationalist Wesley Todd claimed that the United States, if it becomes a “Christian nation,” will enact policies that will drive out non-Christians. This includes banning houses of worship, like mosques and synagogues, and publicly executing “pornographers.” “Not conversion at the point of the sword,” Todd …

Politico reports: As uncertainty mounts about whether the new Republican-controlled Senate will sign off on some of President-Elect Donald Trump’s more controversial Cabinet picks, a top conservative grassroots group is dialing up the pressure. Turning Point Action, the group spearheaded by prominent conservative activist Charlie Kirk, plans to hold rallies in states where they believe GOP senators may need extra …

Kyle Mantyla reports at Right Wing Watch: When Donald Trump announced his intention to nominate Fox News host Pete Hegseth to serve as Secretary of Defense, concerns were raised immediately about Hegseth’s undisguised Christian nationalism. Hegseth, who has admitted that his multiple crusader tattoos got him “deemed an extremist” by his own National Guard unit, has deep ties to misogynistic …

“I know the left doesn’t want our kids to know anything about the role the Bible played in American history. They don’t want any of our kids to know about the Constitution. “Our religious liberties are protected, and the left has driven the Bible out of schools, driven prayer out of schools and everything in education has gotten worse since …

The Associated Press reports: Oklahoma’s education superintendent has sent an email to public school superintendents requiring them to show students his video announcement of a new Department of Religious Freedom and Patriotism within the state Department of Education. Ryan Walters, a Republican, announced the new office on Wednesday and on Thursday sent the email to school superintendents statewide. “In one …

“Tom, you have our full support. I agree with you, and I would love to meet with you privately about a communications strategy. I don’t know the border stuff like you do, but I know how to win the information war. And I’d love — whenever you’re around here in the winter White House, I’d love to chat with you …

NBC News reports: Lance Wallnau [photo], a celebrity evangelist who has spent decades calling on conservative Christians to occupy positions of power and influence over society, told followers that Trump’s victory had been prophesied years ago — a key step in God’s plan to usher in a new era of Christian dominion around the world. The chain of events that …

Religion Dispatches reports: On October 12th one of the most remarkable political statements of any religious leader in this or any election season was broadcast live from an all-day rally of tens of thousands of people on the Washington Mall. The event, called A Million Women, was staged by some of the leading apostles and prophets in the New Apostolic …

Kyle Mantyla reports at Right Wing Watch: Oklahoma state Sen. Dusty Deevers is a far-right pastor and unabashed Christian nationalist who wants to abolish abortion, ban no-fault divorce, outlaw pornography, and literally see this nation taken back to the 1600s. Earlier this month, Deevers joined fellow Christian nationalist and former Trump administration official William Wolfe on the latter’s Center for …

“Kamala Harris says her values haven’t changed. So your Marxist values haven’t changed? Your values when you were attorney general of California? “Kamala Harris screams as somebody who has unaddressed, lingering father issues. By the way, you know her father does not like her and wasn’t even at the convention? “Her father’s still alive, somebody should go find her father …

AlterNet reports: Christian nationalist and far-right activist Charlie Kirk is in Chicago at the Democratic National Convention, and was “owned” by the president of the Young Democrats of Georgia, according to a reporter on the scene. Kirk promotes pro-Trump conspiracy theories and misinformation including about the 2020 election and COVID, and has been called “a racist commentator” by USA Today’s …

“Let me be very clear, guys. If you do not get one hundred percent turnout from your own house, you’re doing it wrong. If you are a parent that has 18 or 19-year-old kids, you gotta get them out to vote. “And by the way, if you are paying your 18, 19, or 20-year-old kid’s tuition and they go vote …

“This economic crisis is a national security issue. Over one trillion dollars a year in interest payments alone. “The current kleptocrats of Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer and Kamala Harris and Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren and Cory Booker — they could not care less about the damage that’s being done to the country because it is the Cloward-Piven strategy. …

The Washington Post reports: With fewer than 100 days before the election, local GOP officials in battleground states have raised alarms about the scant presence of Trump campaign field staff. For the large armies of paid and volunteer door-knockers and canvassers who typically drive turnout in presidential elections, the campaign is largely relying on outside groups such as America First …

NBC News reports: In the ad, Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson and his wife talk directly to the camera, revealing few details about the procedure beyond his telling viewers, “Thirty years ago, my wife and I made a very difficult decision. We had an abortion.” Later in the ad, Robinson says he agrees with the current abortion restrictions in North Carolina, …

“All right, so yeah, it’s a big crowd, quite a reception. Why were they there? How did Kamala pull that crowd? She was the most unpopular vice president of all time about 62 seconds ago. Now she’s filling arenas. “How? Why are these people there? Maybe they came to hear the vice president debut her new urban accent. “But does …

“This is pure, unadulterated Marxism. The destruction of the nuclear family as we know it. Where parents are no longer even allowed to know that their kids are being called by different names receiving medical treatments. Kamala Harris is in favor of this. “Kamala Harris and her gang of California radicals and mobsters have been pushing for the state to …