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I was going to say that appointing David Barton as a history adviser to the Texas State Board of Education would be as crazy as appointing an anti-vaccine crank to a public health position...
Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️⚧️Ted Cruz's ties to dominion theology / Seven Mountains Dominionism
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113632345860032911
* Ted Cruz too savvy to openly endorse dominionism
* his team incl. explicit dominionists
* Cruz's father espouses Seven Mountains Dominionism
* Seven Mountains Dominionist David Barton managed Ted Cruz superPAC in failed presidential bid
#Trump2 #fascism #authoritarianism #Project2025
#ChristianRight #theocracy #DominionTheology #DavidBarton #TedCruz
#Christofascism #transgenocide #antiLGBT
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* TX Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick: officials must look to Scripture when making policy
* Ted Cruz too savvy to openly endorse dominionism
* his team incl. explicit dominionists
* Cruz's father espouses Seven Mountains Dominionism
* Seven Mountains Dominionist David Barton managed Ted Cruz superPAC in failed presidential bid
#Trump2 #fascism #authoritarianism #Project2025
#ChristianRight #theocracy #ChristianNationalism
#DominionTheology #DavidBarton #TedCruz
#Christofascism #transgenocide #antiLGBT
Radical Theology That Could Make Religious Freedom a Thing of the Past
https://www.texasobserver.org/dominion-theology
* dominion theology/dominionism
* refusal to separate church/state
* believe Christians “have biblical mandate to control all earthly institutions, incl. gov't, until 2nd coming of Jesus”
#Trump2 #fascism #authoritarianism #Project2025
#ChristianRight #theocracy #ChristianNationalism
#DominionTheology #DavidBarton #TedCruz
#Christofascism #transgenocide #antiLGBT
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* Farris Wilks, Dan Wilks “Koch brothers of Christian Right”
* fund conservative groups e.g.
Focus on the Family
Heritage Foundation
* 2015 $15 million to Ted Cruz super PAC connected to David Barton
#Trump2 #fascism #authoritarianism #HeritageFoundation #Project2025
#ChristianRight #theocracy #ChristianNationalism #DominionTheology #DavidBarton
#Christofascism #transgenocide #antiLGBT #FocusOnTheFamily #FotF
#billionaires #TimDunn #FarrisWilks #DanWilks
Steve Dustcircle 🌹The #ACLU made a critical error in defending #Christian pseudo-historian #DavidBarton
The ACLU made a critical error in defending Christian pseudo-historian David Barton (Livestream)
Steve Dustcircle 🌹Friendly #Atheist #Podcast
Ep 509 #Religion #politics
— #Conservatives can't handle #TheSatanicTemple's harmless display in #Iowa's Capitol.
— The #ACLU made a critical error in defending #Christian pseudo-historian #DavidBarton.
— The #Mormon #Church is buying up acre after acre of #Nebraska.
— #Preacher defends #criminally charged colleague, saying critics will be "sniped and taken out."
— #Denmark reinstates #blasphemy law, criminalizing the #burning of #holybooks.
#ChristianNationalist #DavidBarton 'Already Advising' Speaker
#Texas activist #DavidBarton wants to end #separationofchurchandstate. He has the ear of the new US #Housespeaker.
Texas activist David Barton wants to end separation of church and state. He has the ear of the new US House speaker.
TEXAS, USA — This story was first posted on The Texas Tribune, and can be viewed here. For nearly four decades, Texas activist David Barton has …
SLCW💥#DavidBarton is a #Christofascist historical #revisionist who engages in #agenda-driven historical analysis for the purpose of justifying the imposition of #ChristianNationalist ideals. It's no surprise that Commander #MikeJohnson (R-#Gilead) is receptive to the intellectual bankruptcy being peddled by Barton. In Commander Mike's perfect world, we would all be forced to abide by his version of #Christianity; a literal #hell on earth for most of us.
https://www.texastribune.org/2023/11/03/david-barton-mike-johnson-texas-church-state-christianity/
Texas activist David Barton wants to end separation of church and state. He has the ear of the new U.S. House speaker.
Barton has been a staple of Texas’ Christian conservative movement, offering crucial support to politicians and frequently being cited or called on to testify in favor of bills that critics say would erode church-state separations.