Top Evangelical Magazine Calls For Trump's Removal From Office

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Huffington Post

12/19/2019 08:08 pm ET

The editor-in-chief of Christianity Today, which was founded by Billy Graham, says none of Trump’s positives can balance his “grossly immoral character.”

By Carol Kuruvilla

The editor of a Christian magazine founded by the famous evangelist Billy Graham is calling for President Donald Trump’s removal from office.

Mark Galli, editor-in-chief of Christianity Today, published an editorial on Thursday telling his readers that the impeachment hearings “illuminated the president’s moral deficiencies for all to see.”

“The facts in this instance are unambiguous: The president of the United States attempted to use his political power to coerce a foreign leader to harass and discredit one of the president’s political opponents,” Galli wrote. “That is not only a violation of the Constitution; more importantly, it is profoundly immoral.”

Trump’s evangelical supporters justify their loyalty to the president by pointing to his Supreme Court nominees, defense of religious liberty, stewardship of the economy, and other achievements, Galli wrote. But none of the political wins Trump has achieved for evangelicals can justify the “moral and political danger we face under a leader of such grossly immoral character.”



Read more: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/christianity-today-trump-removal-from-office_n_5dfbfe53e4b0843d35f8ea9b

[BootinUp]

1. that has gotta smart eh donny boy?

[Grokenstein]

7. Can't wait to see his response.

[Judi Lynn]

2. Evangelical magazine founded by Billy Graham calls for Trump's removal from office

By ASSOCIATED PRESS
DEC. 19, 2019 9 PM

NEW YORK — A major evangelical Christian magazine founded by the late Rev. Billy Graham on Thursday published an editorial calling for President Trump’s removal from office.

The editorial in Christianity Today — coming one day after the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives made Trump the third president in American history to be impeached — raised fresh questions about the durability of his support among the conservative evangelicals who have proved to be a critical component of his political base.

The magazine’s editorial, written by editor in chief Mark Galli, envisions a message to those evangelical Christians who have remained stalwart Trump backers “in spite of his blackened moral record.”

“Remember who you are and whom you serve,” Galli’s editorial states. “Consider how your justification of Mr. Trump influences your witness to your Lord and Savior. Consider what an unbelieving world will say if you continue to brush off Mr. Trump’s immoral words and behavior in the cause of political expediency.”

More:
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2019-12-19/evangelical-magazine-christianity-today-trump-must-go

[Jake Stern]

3. Read the replies and YIKES

[dogknob]

4. Which replies? where?

Neither the original article in CT nor the stories referenced in this thread (HuffPost & LA Times) have replies.

[Judi Lynn]

9. Could be a reference to the magazine's Twitter page:

Link to tweet

Click the tiny bird, upper right side corner.

[Judi Lynn]

11. I found something there near the top I had never seen before:

CNN
@CNN
· May 22, 2017
The Trump Taj Mahal casino broke anti-money laundering rules 106 times in the early 1990s, according to the IRS http://cnn.it/2qGVXx2

Whoa! No wonder he doesn't want his taxes revealed.

That's when he should have been thrown in a deep hole UNDER the slammer.

[Lonestarblue]

23. He was fined around $15 million for white collar crime.

No wonder Trump thinks he is above the law. He has gotten away with breaking many of them his whole life. This information was easy to find during the 2016 election, but the major media never reported it. Nor do I remember seeing much, if anything, about the federal government going after him for refusing to rent to minorities. The media should have reported Trump’s questionable dealings, but they gave him a pass and allowed his lies of amazing business success to stand. Meanwhile, they couldn't write enough stories about Hillary’s innocuous emails. We all know this here, but I fear that the media will be in Trump’s court again for 2020–another hurdle to overcome.

[scarytomcat]

32. the media was too busy giving him free airtime and ignoring Sanders and the Democrats

his history is well documented
Even now it would be good if the media gave us his history in specifics.

[softydog88]

35. Hi, Jake.

I tried to send you a private email, but I don't have enough posts. I think you have a typo in your signature line. It says "I can't be bargained with," and I think you mean 'it,' not 'I.'

[Jake Stern]

44. Thanks!

Fixed.

[BootinUp]

5. Burn! I mean Spurn Him! Spurn!!!!

[Historic NY]

6. That ought to leave a my on the IMPOTUS.

they ain't praying with but against him now.

[NanceGreggs]

8. It's easy to dismiss this ...

... as inconsequential - as many are already doing.

The fact is that the tiniest crack in the dam can eventually lead to a flood that can't be stopped.

We all know how easily-manipulated the 'religious right' is - and they are especially vulnerable to the words that come from 'their own'.

This could very well be the start of something big.

[BootinUp]

12. I think being only the 3rd to be impeached has cured their blindness

to his many grievous faults, simply because it becomes a bigger blight on anyone who does look away, excuse, etc.

[sprinkleeninow]

13. "...the start of something big."

[jberryhill]

34. They are happy to throw "their own" overboard

I don't agree that they are "easily-manipulated" either. It took a long and concerted effort to cement them into fold of right-wing conservatism, and they've experienced some shrinkage as a consequence of that.

Also, from Christianity Today:



There is only one trendline showing substantial growth in that picture - mostly, but not entirely, due to the relative collapse of mainline protestants, who aren't really "mainline" anymore and have not been for some time. Basically, the mainline protestants are dissolving between evangelical congregations and saying "screw this nonsense."

But even that is not enough to prop up the evangelicals. And that's the good news.

[NanceGreggs]

37. Not easily manipulated?

The minute their “Christian leaders” told them that Trump – a lying, twice divorced, thrice married, self-declared pussy-grabber – was a good Christian chosen by God to lead a nation, they swallowed it whole.

The same people who were horrified that Michelle Obama went sleeveless now claim that Melania is a perfect FLOTUS – despite the fact that her nude photos are all over the internet.

Easily manipulated? You betcha!

[jberryhill]

38. "The minute their "Christian leaders" told them..."

That's the key phrase.

The opinion of one editor of CT doesn't cut it with them. He's not one of their "leaders" and he's already announced he's leaving the magazine. This is just his parting shot, and they know it.

Check out the replies on Twitter if you don't believe it.

They will follow their leaders. They will not be persuaded or manipulated by anything that doesn't come through the right channels, and this editorial is not that.

So, easy for their leaders to manipulate. Absolutely stuck on stupid when it comes to anyone else.

[NanceGreggs]

39. It's their stupidity ...

... that makes them easy to manipulate. The GOP targets 'the stupid' because they can be persuaded of literally anything - like consistently voting against their own best interests.

Intelligent people ask questions, seek out the facts. Stupid people just believe what they're told to believe.

I think too many people are awaiting a Trump action or statement that will drive the RW Christians away in one fell swoop. That's not going to happen - but little trickles here and there sometimes become a flood over time.

[YOHABLO]

10. Hallelujah!

[Deb]

15. Now he is immoral?

It appears some hypocrites have punked Trump.

[Scarsdale]

16. Franklin Graham will not be

pleased with this. He is a staunch supporter of tRump. He also stated "Mrs. Trump is the CLASSIEST first lady to ever set foot in the WH" Yeah, right, Frankie. He must have really been a fan of her nude, lesbian photos. Her lies on her bio about 5 college degrees, how she barely speaks English after all these years. Her pleasant scowl in all her photos. Classy, right Frankie?

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

17. Evangelicals would love to see a President Pence.

That would be a recipe for a country ruled by religion.

[cstanleytech]

18. True but they are also willing to keep on embracing Trump as long as they feel like

they are winning and to hell with the long term consequences for the country.

[yaesu]

19. what positives? Like the majority of fascist repukes in power he thinks religion is just another

moronic base to manipulate.

[UpInArms]

20. Am hoping that one leaves a mark ... like a tire track

From a bus ...

The article is also posted on Marketwatch... which has suddenly become a place where no one (or very few) are defending the impeached menace

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/major-evangelical-christian-magazine-says-trump-must-be-removed-from-office-2019-12-19?mod=home-page

[bucolic_frolic]

21. Trump, President #I-3-45, followed a great President 44

and that is part of his misfortune. He worked so hard to diminish Obama and spent no time of his own thinking about how to achieve anything other than a Wrecking Ball Presidency.

Pile on your abbreviations.

Trump, President #I-3-45-WBP

One for the dustbin of history

[Woodwizard]

22. He is having his twitter tantrum right on schedule

Calling it a far left failing magazine...........

[jberryhill]

24. They deserve each other

[riversedge]

25. We need more and more Editors of religious mags and organizations to do the same.

[jberryhill]

26. Won't make a dent with these people

They aren't going to give a crap about the opinion of one editor of a magazine.

[stevesinpa]

29. agreed

all this will do is cause idiots to cancel their subscription to the magazine

[LiberalLovinLug]

36. An iconic cartoon

[Aphotic]

27. Uninspiring

The republicant base is so enthralled and utterly devoted to Trump that none of this will matter. Remember, we're dealing with people who think an iron age war god exists, spoke to a bearded man through a burning bush, and ordered them to evangelize everyone.

These are literal psychopaths who would be comitted if it weren't for the intellectual stagnation of American psyche.

[stevesinpa]

28. "stewardship of the economy"

I am so sick of right wingers pushing the fantasy that the subhuman is good with the economy. he has slowed President Obama's economic growth, it has done nothing positive for our economy. ask the farmers

[YOHABLO]

30. What you want to bet Mark Galli gets fired?

[FiveGoodMen]

33. Announced back in October

https://www.christianitytoday.org/media-room/news/2019/mark-galli-announces-retirement-as-editor-in-chief.html

Carol Stream, IL October 7, 2019 — Mark Galli announced his retirement as editor in chief of Christianity Today, where he has served in various editorial roles for the last 30 years.

[scarytomcat]

31. positives?

like immoral personal conduct, none church going, call people names, lying, cheating, womanizing and all the rest of his disgusting behavior. He is disgusting.

[Eugene]

40. Evangelical Leaders Close Ranks With Trump After Scathing Editorial

Source: New York Times

Evangelical Leaders Close Ranks With Trump After Scathing Editorial

Christianity Today’s call for President Trump’s removal gave voice to his evangelical critics. But they remain a minority in a political movement that Mr. Trump has reshaped in his own mold.

By Elizabeth Dias and Jeremy W. Peters
Dec. 20, 2019
Updated 2:55 p.m. ET

The publication is small, reaching just a fraction of the evangelical movement.

But when Christianity Today called for President Trump’s removal in a blistering editorial on Thursday, it met the full force and fury of the president and his most prominent allies in the Christian conservative world. If the response seemed disproportionate, it vividly reflected the nuanced reality of evangelical Christianity in the Trump era.

While white evangelicals are the cornerstone of Mr. Trump’s political base and their leaders are among his most visible and influential spokesmen, a significant number of people who are followers of the faith remain deeply uncomfortable with the alliance with the president.

Mr. Trump, after being impeached this week, has repeatedly insisted that the Republican Party and its voters are unanimously lined up behind him. And on Friday he lashed out on two separate occasions at Christianity Today, erroneously calling it a “far left magazine” that was doing the Democratic Party’s bidding.

“I guess the magazine, ‘Christianity Today,’ is looking for Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, or those of the socialist/communist bent, to guard their religion,” Mr. Trump wrote on Twitter on Friday. “How about Sleepy Joe? The fact is, no President has ever done what I have done for Evangelicals, or religion itself!”

-snip-

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/20/us/politics/christianity-today-trump-evangelicals.html

[Brainfodder]

41. Positives?

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

42. Lock him up!!

[RussBLib]

43. Better late than never

I guess

I suppose it could shake loose a few votes from Trump. A few here, a few there, and before you know it, Trump is out.