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Core tenet of Christian nationalism, zero understanding of history

Kyle Mantyla — Fri, 29 Sep 2023 04:01:51 +0000

Mark Meckler is the president of the Convention of States Foundation and a leading proponent of the right-wing movement to get state legislatures to call for a dangerous Article V convention that will consider constitutional amendments to radically alter American government and society by making much of what the federal government now does unconstitutional. While this effort relies upon fundamental ignorance of the role and […]

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Christian nationalists speak openly about weaponizing the Supreme Court to install theocracy

Kyle Mantyla — Wed, 07 Jun 2023 15:26:59 +0000

In late May, Charlie Kirk’s Christian nationalist TPUSA Faith organization hosted a pastor’s summit in Nashville, Tennessee. Among the featured speakers was pseudo-historian David Barton, who delivered a presentation urging those in attendance to take advantage of the far-right majority’s control of the Supreme Court to start enacting Christian nationalist policies all across the nation. Citing recent Supreme Court decisions upholding prayer in […]

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14 Bible verses: How David Barton misuses history and Scripture for political purposes

Kyle Mantyla — Tue, 13 Sep 2022 16:00:25 +0000

There is perhaps nobody more responsible for the widely held belief among right-wing activists that the United States was founded to be an explicitly Christian nation than religious-right pseudo-historian David Barton. Despite the fact that Barton’s misuse and misrepresentation of both American history and the Bible have been well-documented, his work has played a key role in laying the foundation for the Christian nationalist worldview being widely […]

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‘Their failure to consider the Bible relevant’: Debunking Christian nationalists’ favorite claim about the Founding era

Kyle Mantyla — Mon, 05 Sep 2022 13:00:55 +0000

In early August of this year, former Rep. Michele Bachmann spoke at an “Understanding The Times” conference in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, where she declared that “it isn’t even debatable” that the United States was founded to be a Christian nation. As “evidence” of this claim, Bachmann asserted that “you can find scripture” throughout both the Declaration […]

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