Raising money brings extremist right wing anti-patriots together with some far right Evangelicals

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2. Owners of the site would be OK if the Ku Klux Klan wanted to use it to raise money.

The owner of the site told the interviewer for the article in Baptist News Global, linked above, that if the Ku Klux Klan wanted to use his site to raise money, he'd be OK with that. Because he's not about "controlling the narrative." So he can step back and not feel responsible for whatever crosses through the intersection, regardless of how harmful it may be to the cause of Christ or the image of Christians and the church. I'm a firm believer in free speech, and the constitutional protection of individual conscience, so much so that I believe the Klan has a right to its existence and its abhorrent, disgusting, evil message of bigotry and hatred. They, along with the whole array of ignorance and wickedness displayed across this crowdfunding website, can do what they do because the first amendment freedom of speech, protected by democratic government, gives them that freedom.

But there is no room for the Ku Klux Klan in the Christian tent. Those on the far right wing of American Christianity, including those who are identified as Fundamentalist, and most Evangelicals, are quick to exclude and condemn anyone who disagrees with their doctrinal and theological perspective. That runs counter to the true Christian doctrine and conviction, which offers a message of grace, restoration to God, and spiritual freedom. The Klan, and other racist ideologies, are philosophically and religiously hostile to that perspective and their racism and bigotry are sinful obstacles to any Christian theology, doctrine and spiritual redemption.