Roughly half of Americans think Christian nationalism is a rising threat to freedom

[DonViejo]

By Bil Browning · Wednesday, April 3, 2019

Roughly half of registered voters in the United States think “Christian nationalism” is a rising threat to America’s freedom. A poll from Morning Consult shows almost half of respondents think it is “an important or critical threat to the vital interests of the country within the next 10 years.”

They defined Christian nationalism as “the belief that the country is or should be a Christian nation that can often include social and political campaigns supposedly aimed at maintaining or reverting back to that status.”

These would include laws targeting LGBTQ rights and “religious freedom” laws intended to give Christians a license to discriminate against women, LGBTQ people, racial minorities, and other religions.

The ideology uses “efforts to restrict the space for religious pluralism in the country and give special privileges to a narrow segment of white Christians in America,” according to Rachel Laser, president of the nonpartisan Americans United for Separation of Church and State.

“There is a strong movement to preserve white Christian power in America right now, and a real feeling of fragility about the changing demographics of America,” she said.

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[zipplewrath]

1. Which means roughly half don't

Unfortunately, that's probably not how those voters senators are divided.

[marylandblue]

2. There is a political opportunity here

"62 percent of registered Democrats thought it was dangerous, but only 35 percent of Republicans."

Thirty-five percent of Republicans are therefore uncomfortable with their own party, but not enough to cross the aisle. Yet.

[SharonAnn]

3. Of course it is. It's a type of authoritarian fascism. See below

Some countries that have gone this way since WWII

Spain under Franco
Peru under Fujimori
Chile under Pinochet

All of them deeply entwined in and supportive of conservative, fundamentalist type christian nationalism.

[Left-over]

4. I am a christian but this sort of thing scares me.

Jesus told people to respect the leaders but never told them to run for office!

[ooky]

10. These aren't Jesus' christians.

They wave the bible, but don't practice what's in it, while they make up their own "religious" doctrine that aligns with their evil deeds. They are much more like the Pharisees.

[The Liberal Lion]

5. Not coming, but already here and growing (uncontrollably)

[rownesheck]

7. This shit is scary.

I have to hold back my anger when people tell me to have a "blessed" day. I hate that phrase because, to me, it has a religious ring to it. The encroachment of this xtian nationalism has done that to me. I'm worried for my childrens' futures, considering my oldest was already called out by his teacher in his 6th grade class when he was the only one who didn't raise his hand when the teacher said, "raise your hand if you're a Christian."

There is a rabid sickness to these people.

[Initech]

8. I've been saying that since the Bush years!

At least Bush, even though he was a fan of toxic Christian nationalists, kept them out of the White House. Trump is giving them a free pass to the VIP table, because this administration is all about sticking it to liberals, because they are fucking insane. This won't end well.

[ck4829]

9. K&R