Rep. Mike Johnson, the newly elected Republican House speaker, used to conduct a seminar in churches premised on the idea that the United States is a āChristian nation.ā This ministry, as he has referred to it, is yet more evidence that Johnson is committed to a hardcore Christian fundamentalism that shapes his views of politics and government.
The seminar, titled āAnswers for Our Times: Government, Culture, and Christianity,ā was organized by Onward Christian Education Services, Inc., a company owned by his wife, Kelly Johnson, a Christian counselor and anti-abortion activist who calls herself a āleader in the pro-family movement.ā The website for her counseling serviceāwhich was taken down shortly after Johnson became speakerādescribed the seminar, which featured both her and Johnson, as exploring several questions, such as, āWhat is happening in America and how do we fix it?ā The list includes this query: āCan our heritage as a Christian nation be preserved?ā There were different versions of the seminar running from two-hour-long lectures to retreats lasting two days.
Agreed. We need to start enforcing the separation of Church and State. A politician shouldnāt be pushing policy based on some religious belief. Not everyone in the US is Christian, and then among those that do identify as such, you have a hundred branches of groups that didnāt like something the trunk was doing and branched off to do their own thing. Basing any policy on something that sub group canāt even agree upon seems insane.
Every time these people come out and say we need to do xyz because of some religious belief they have, that policy should be null and void on the spot and that person removed from office.
To paraphrase many othersā¦those religious rules are for the believers in that religion, not for others. If Iām not in their little book club, I simply donāt care what their āgodā says, nor do I ever have to be concerned with it, ever. Only they have to listen to their āgodā. But there is no fun in that for those afflicted with the authoritarian mindset - they want to busybody others and be full-time Karens for everyone in the nation, if not the world.
The freedom of others to not only outright ignore their little bookclubās rules, but also to mock their beliefs is exactly what the Christopaths hate and loathe about this country, though, since it was founded as a secular one. If anyone were to doubt this is not a thing with them, one only need to point out the phenomenon known as āfatwa envyā. I think if they are that unhappy about it, they should move somewhere more receptive to their regressive views about ruling over others in the name of their āgodā.