[thread 2/x] Christian/Religious Right, theocracy, Dominion theology
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#USpol #GOP #Trump2 #fascism #authoritarianism
#ChristianRight #Christofascism #Gilead #HandmaidsTale
#theocracy #DominionTheology #dominionism
#antiLGBT #transgenocide
Trump ushers in Christian "deep state." MAGA moves to gut U.S. Constitution
https://www.salon.com/2024/12/06/ushers-in-a-christian-deep-state-maga-moves-to-gut-the-constitution
* Trump gave control of budget to Project 2025 henchman who calls this a "post-constitutional moment"
Religious choice vs. Christian nationalism
https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2024/12/06/religious-choice-vs-christian-nationalism
* Donald Trump rec'd <50% voter support
#USpol #GOP #Trump2 #fascism #authoritarianism
#ChristianRight #Christofascism #Gilead
#theocracy #DominionTheology #ChristianNationalism
#antiLGBT #transgenocide #USConstitution
Billionaire Preachers Built Most Powerful Political Machine in Texas
https://www.propublica.org/article/tim-dunn-farris-wilks-texas-christian-nationalism-dominionism-elections-voting
* Tim Dunn, Farris Wilks
* pushed TX statehouse far right. threatens separation of church/state
* relentlessly fund campaigns v. other Republicans
* Christian nationalism
* Dunn linked to think tanks jockeying to influence Trump2 administration
#Trump2 #fascism
#ChristianRight #theocracy #ChristianNationalism #DominionTheology
#Christofascism #transgenocide #antiLGBT
#billionaires #TimDunn #FarrisWilks
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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
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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* 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
Texas school district bans Bible: “Patently offensive” sexual content 🤨
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/12/texas-school-district-bans-the-bible-because-of-its-patently-offensive-sexual-content
* Bible caught up in ban on "sexual content" in school libraries 😹
* Texas House Bill 900 (2023-2024) Restricting Explicit & Adult Designated Educational Resources
* prohibits books with 1+ instance sex content
https://txla.org/advocacy/hb-900-vendor-ratings-for-school-library-materials/hb-900-implementation
#Texas #GOP #HB900 #READERact
#Trump2 #fascism #authoritarianism
#ChristianRight #theocracy #antiLGBT #ParentalRights #censorship
#Christofascism #transgenocide
How Jimmy Carter Lost Evangelical Christians
https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/jimmy-carter-evangelical-christianity/
* Carter (D-GA) won maj. evangelical Christian voters, 1976 pres. election
* those voters later attacked
* response to secular humanism, presaging mod. culture wars:
abortion/Roe v. Wade
Christian educ.
women's rights/Phyllis Schlafly/ERA
homosexuality/Anita Bryant
white supremacy
Rick Perlstein (2020) Reaganland: America's Right Turn 1976-1980
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113708829210825010
U.S. lawmakers want Christianity in classrooms
https://apnews.com/article/trump-religion-school-ten-commandments-9159f412c4f47ad421551885093a4a22
* Trump/GOP support school choice
* expand taxpayer-funded vouchers for parents to send children to religious schools
Charter schools
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110608529417350253
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113153575049972534
#USpol #Trump2 #GOP #fascism #authoritarianism #Project2025
#billionaires #BetsyDeVos
#PublicEducation #SchoolChoice #SchoolVouchers #PrivateSchools #CharterSchools #HillsdaleCollege
#ChristianRight #antiLGBT #Chistofascism #transgenocide
Conservative lawmakers across the U.S. are pushing to introduce more Christianity to public school classrooms, testing the separation of church and state. The efforts come as President-elect Donald Trump prepares to take office pledging to champion the First Amendment right to pray and read the Bible in school. While the federal government is explicitly barred from directing states on what to teach, Trump can indirectly influence what’s taught in public schools and his election may embolden state-level activists. With the help of judicial appointees from Trump’s first term, courts have begun to bless the notion of more religion in the public sphere, including in schools.
Trump Will Bulldoze Separation of Church & State
https://progressive.org/op-eds/trump-will-bulldoze-church-state-separation-gaylor-20250121
* Trump2 will exploit religion, pander to white evangelical base
#USpol #USlaw #GOP #Trump2 #fascism #HeritageFoundation #Project2025
#ChristianRight #Catholicism #OpusDei #theocracy #whiteSupremacism #DominionTheocracy
#antiLGBT #ParentalRightsMovement #transphobia
#Christofascism #transgenocide
#FamilyResearchCouncil #FRC #LibsOfTikTok #MomsForLiberty #AcPEDs
#WomensRights #misogyny
#ACLU #GLAAD #HRC #EgaleCanada #PFLAG
Former Sister-in-Law: Hegseth said Women Shouldn’t Vote
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/01/hegseths-former-sister-in-law-says-he-believed-women-shouldnt-vote
* tracks w. tenets of Hegseth's relig. movement
[thread] Pete Hegseth
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113473222430772097
#PeteHegseth #SexAbuse #DefenseSec #ManhattanInstitute
#USpol #GOP #Trump2 #fascism #authoritarianism #Project2025
#ChristianRight #Catholicism #theocracy #DominionTheocracy
#antiLGBT #antiDEI #TitleIX #ParentalRightsMovement #transphobia
#Christofascism #transgenocide
#WomensRights #misogyny #sexism #paternalism #abortion
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