When did being a Christian equal being right wing?

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18. I can't speak for anyone but myself

I think it started with the invention of the "moral minority." At least I don't remember churches being political before then in my lifetime. I mean, I know there were people who didn't support JFK because he was a Catholic and that sort of thing but they weren't trying to steer policy. Jerry Falwell invented that (unless it happened other times in history and I just don't know). I think that was in the late 70's or early 80's.

It's gotten worse and worse (their influence stronger and stronger) since. Now we just call them evangelicals. And they push for things like banning abortion and burning books that nobody on the left likes. They want to force everyone to live under their weird, repressive values.

When did it become Christianity in general? I don't know for sure but I think it's because the non-evangelical churches never even put up a little fight. They never said, "No! What those people are saying is not what Christianity is. And here's why it isn't...."

If you don't agree, why don't you argue? At least that's my question for the silent churches. And it sure makes it easy to just lump them all together.

I've seen priests and pastors march in protests in against police violence, so I know there are probably decent churches and decent Christians out there. But why didn't any of them argue when the weirdos decided to get into influencing politics? And why are they still not arguing?