Religious Right

“12% of evangelical Protestants identify as liberal politically, while another 24% say they are right in the middle…. a clear majority of politically liberal evangelicals consider abortion (62%), sex before marriage (70%), homosexual activity or sex (70%), and pornography (80%) to be sin.” - Grey Matter

“Buchanan and his supporters wanted, at a minimum, to stop the leftward drift that they believed was happening in the United States on social issues…. it’s clear to me that Christian conservatives failed miserably in this endeavor.” - GetReligion

“Montgomery County Councilmember Kristin Mink met with a few Muslim protestors to hear their objections to the ‘LGBTQ+ inclusive texts’ that school teachers would be using with their children.” - GetReligion

“There are moments when one might wonder if President Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis are running for president or for messiah.” - Seattle Times

“Steve King calls his loss in Tuesday’s primary a victory in the ‘effort to push out the strongest voice for full-spectrum constitutional, Christian conservatism.’ But the election results tell a different story. It was, to use a slightly dated term, the religious right who threw King out in favor of state Sen. Randy Feenstra.” - WExaminer

“According to this narrative, Evangelical leaders mainly supported abortion rights. They jumped into the culture war only when the IRS moved to strip the tax exemptions from racially discriminatory schools. Opposition to integration is the poisonous acorn that grew into the mighty political oak of conservative Christianity.” - David French

“Russell Moore gave a lecture addressing the question: ‘Can The Religious Right Be Saved?’ Moore’s answer was both yes and no. Some things are worth preserving, while other vestiges cannot die quickly enough.” CPost

The Real Origins of the Religious Right