Religion
Related: About this forumDonald Trump made the Religious Right implode in less than a week
It wasnt pretty.
Jack Jenkins
Senior Religion Reporter at ThinkProgress.
8 hrs ago
For decades, its been widely understood that religious conservatives are a force to be reckoned with in American politics. Millions of evangelical Christian voters led by dynamic, charismatic leaders of the so-called Religious Right have bent our electoral system to their will, helping propel Republican candidates into the White House on several occasions. Even as their power waned in recent years, political analysts insisted that the era of values voters is not yet over, as faith-fueled activists worked to widen their rock-solid networks to include conservative Catholics, Jews, and Americas increasingly influential Mormon population.
But that was before this week when Donald Trump effectively forced the Religious Rights entire political apparatus to collapse in on itself.
This assessment may sound hyperbolic, but it is not the bullish musings of left-wing pundits. In fact, it is now the lament of several within the conservative Christian movement itself, many of whom watched in horror this past week as the traditionally ironclad bonds of the right-wing faithful were torn asunder as leaders battled over whether or not to continue supporting Trumps increasingly chaotic campaign for president.
The dispute centered around a core question challenging right-wing faith leaders, who traditionally hold commanding influence over their flock: Can a committed conservative Christian support a candidate like Donald Trump, who not only struggles with faith questions but also has a record of, at the very least, bragging about sexually assaulting women?
https://thinkprogress.org/how-trump-just-made-the-religious-right-implode-in-less-than-a-week-d47a058945a1#.8qw5xktpd
I will have a drink to that.
slingsam
(373 posts)He has single-handedly accomplished what we failed to do for years.......
Destroy the GOP
Destroy the Religious Right
Destroy Conservative Ideology
Destroy the Tea Party (Do you ever hear of them any longer?)
And He made President Obama produce his Birff Certificate.......
Not one of us came close.
(where the hell do I find this so called "sarcasm" tag??????)
thecrow
(5,520 posts)it's in the smilies catalog
NastyRiffraff
(12,448 posts)just click on the "..." button on the bottom right.
stone space
(6,498 posts)Destroy the GOP
Destroy the Religious Right
Destroy Conservative Ideology
Destroy the Tea Party (Do you ever hear of them any longer?)
At this rate, pretty soon Trump's only backup will be the NRA and their fellow gundamentalists.
I wonder how far this pattern of implosions could go...
After all, everything he touches...
Initech
(101,542 posts)Really says a lot about what they really think about "family values".
gopiscrap
(24,130 posts)mountain grammy
(27,152 posts)from the religious right before its overdue death." We can only hope.
Upthevibe
(8,996 posts)at this. I have several RW Christian friends who I was born and raised with in TX. I still love them and will not let this effect our relationships. I believe they feel the same way. I now live in CA and have for 25 years. However, we've been friends and still see each other even after all this time. We don't talk politics at all. I would be interested regarding who is on what side.
czarjak
(12,323 posts)Still Blue in PDX
(1,999 posts)and it didn't make a lick of sense to me.
http://www.npr.org/2016/10/16/498171498/pastor-robert-jeffress-explains-his-support-for-trump?ft=nprml&f=
I spent almost a decade of my life as an evangelical Christian (it was just a phase), and there is absolutely nothing that would have gotten me to vote for Trump then any more than I would vote for him now.