David French

According to this narrative, the Supreme Court’s decision in Roe v. Wade in 1973 was the seminal domestic event that inspired Christian conservatism. It represented a deadly corruption of our Constitution in service of a culture of sexual convenience in which human life was subordinate to sexual pleasure.

The response of the Christian right was both political and personal. That approach could be boiled down to a single sentence: Elect people of good personal character who will defend human life and religious liberty.

We went on that trip, and all we got was this lousy Trump.

@JimRain I know that nobody ever taught this and had us highlight it in Sunday School, but “Put not your trust in princes, in sons of men in whom there is no salvation. When his breath departs, he returns to the Earth; on that very day, his plans perish.” (Psalm 145/146:3)

@JohnBrady Yes, we now use the same Antiphons year-round (excepting feasts that have their own antiphons) after our Bishop told us to follow the CR (Carpatho-Rusyn) ways and abandon the mostly Russian-traditioned Liturgy books we started with.

@JimRain I’ve now read the French article (The Christian Right Is Dead. The Religious Right Killed It.), which tries to modify the narrative you quote. His formulation is unconvincing, though I can’t think of a better one.

I think the root of the problem is that “evangelical” is now meaningless.

@JimRain I wish we still had a word that meant “devoted to evangelizing.” Or that “evangelical” hadn’t become a synonym for “bigoted.”

@ffmike Yep.