Digby has a must-read post on the reasons why the "Christian" right supports Trump. It boils down to a very simple summary: Roe v. Wade:
People like Falwell are savvy enough to realize that if they start blowing horns and beating drums, there's going to be a backlash, big time. And overturning Roe is just the first step: in the event that should happen (and I have my doubts), the fight will go to the state houses. And right now, public opinion is against them:
There is similar support for same-sex marriage, the "Christian" right's other hot-button issue.
And don't forget that neither of those is an end in itself: they are a means. Watch for more cases centering on what the right calls "religious freedom" (i.e., their right to tell everyone else how to live).
A note: I don't share the widespread fear that Roe and Obergefell are going to be overturned next week. There's a whole process that has to happen, starting with finding someone who can prove they have suffered harm by someone else having an abortion or getting married.
As always, read the whole thing.
It's easy to see why they love Trump so much. He's a kindred spirit: a liar and a con man. They love liars and con men:
For evangelical Christian leaders like Jerry Falwell Jr., this is their political holy grail.
Like many religious conservatives in a position to know, the Liberty University president with close ties to the White House suspects that the Supreme Court vacancy President Donald Trump fills in the coming months will ultimately lead to the reversal of the landmark abortion case Roe v. Wade. But instead of celebrating publicly, some evangelical leaders are downplaying their fortune on an issue that has defined their movement for decades.
“What people don’t understand is that if you overturn Roe v. Wade, all that does is give the states the right to decide whether abortion is legal or illegal,” Falwell told The Associated Press in an interview. “My guess is that there’d probably be less than 20 states that would make abortion illegal if given that right.”
People like Falwell are savvy enough to realize that if they start blowing horns and beating drums, there's going to be a backlash, big time. And overturning Roe is just the first step: in the event that should happen (and I have my doubts), the fight will go to the state houses. And right now, public opinion is against them:
Two-thirds of Americans do not want to see Roe v. Wade overturned, according to a poll released Friday by the nonpartisan Kaiser Family Foundation. Among women of reproductive age, three out of four want the high court ruling left alone. The poll was conducted before Kennedy’s retirement was announced.
There is similar support for same-sex marriage, the "Christian" right's other hot-button issue.
And don't forget that neither of those is an end in itself: they are a means. Watch for more cases centering on what the right calls "religious freedom" (i.e., their right to tell everyone else how to live).
A note: I don't share the widespread fear that Roe and Obergefell are going to be overturned next week. There's a whole process that has to happen, starting with finding someone who can prove they have suffered harm by someone else having an abortion or getting married.
As always, read the whole thing.
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