07-10-2022, 05:59 PM
“Mark my word, if and when these preachers get control of the [Republican] party, and they're sure trying to do so, it's going to be a terrible damn problem. Frankly, these people frighten me. Politics and governing demand compromise. But these Christians believe they are acting in the name of God, so they can't and won't compromise. I know, I've tried to deal with them.” - Barry Goldwater
Martin Luther King, Jr has this to say about Goldwater:
“I feel that the prospect of Senator Goldwater being president of the United States so threatens the health, morality, and survival of our nation that I can not in good conscience fail to take a stand against what he represents”
Yet, even Goldwater -- the man who King deemed a threat to the nation -- was frightened by the thought of Christian extremism taking control the Republican party. Those fears were well-founded:
Florida offers new training for teachers that says it was a 'misconception' that 'the Founders desired strict separation of church and state'
https://www.businessinsider.com/floridas-new-training-teachers-undermines-separation-of-church-state-2022-7
The Far-Right Christian Quest for Power: ‘We Are Seeing Them Emboldened’
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/08/us/christian-nationalism-politicians.html?smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=cur
Boebert says she is ‘tired’ of separation between church and state: ‘The church is supposed to direct the government’
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/3540071-boebert-says-she-is-tired-of-separation-between-church-and-state-the-church-is-supposed-to-direct-the-government/
SCOTUS Justices ‘Prayed With’ Her — Then Cited Her Bosses to End Roe
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/roe-supreme-court-justices-1378046/
Martin Luther King, Jr has this to say about Goldwater:
“I feel that the prospect of Senator Goldwater being president of the United States so threatens the health, morality, and survival of our nation that I can not in good conscience fail to take a stand against what he represents”
Yet, even Goldwater -- the man who King deemed a threat to the nation -- was frightened by the thought of Christian extremism taking control the Republican party. Those fears were well-founded:
Florida offers new training for teachers that says it was a 'misconception' that 'the Founders desired strict separation of church and state'
https://www.businessinsider.com/floridas-new-training-teachers-undermines-separation-of-church-state-2022-7
The Far-Right Christian Quest for Power: ‘We Are Seeing Them Emboldened’
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/08/us/christian-nationalism-politicians.html?smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=cur
Boebert says she is ‘tired’ of separation between church and state: ‘The church is supposed to direct the government’
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/3540071-boebert-says-she-is-tired-of-separation-between-church-and-state-the-church-is-supposed-to-direct-the-government/
SCOTUS Justices ‘Prayed With’ Her — Then Cited Her Bosses to End Roe
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/roe-supreme-court-justices-1378046/
