The call has been coming from inside the “churches” for decades. I happened upon an excellent HuffPost obituary upon the death of pioneering conservative activist Paul Weyrich. In 1971 he began his mission to rally conservative Christian leaders into political lobbying efforts after the Supreme Court and IRS revoked tax-exempt status of racially discriminatory private schools. In 1979 at Weyrich’s behest, Jerry Falwell founded the Moral Majority.
Thx Susan. Indeed. It should not be lost on any of us that the largest expression of Protestant Christianity in the US is the SBC (the denomination in which I grew up), founded on explicitly pro-slavery, white supremacist principles.
The call has been coming from inside the “churches” for decades. I happened upon an excellent HuffPost obituary upon the death of pioneering conservative activist Paul Weyrich. In 1971 he began his mission to rally conservative Christian leaders into political lobbying efforts after the Supreme Court and IRS revoked tax-exempt status of racially discriminatory private schools. In 1979 at Weyrich’s behest, Jerry Falwell founded the Moral Majority.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/remembering-paul-weyrich_b_152481
Here's a revealing YouTube video (40seconds) of Weyrich telling why he doesn’t want everybody to be able to vote.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GBAsFwPglw
Thx Susan. Indeed. It should not be lost on any of us that the largest expression of Protestant Christianity in the US is the SBC (the denomination in which I grew up), founded on explicitly pro-slavery, white supremacist principles.