Pastors from the Las Vegas area pray with Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump during the election campaign in 2016.
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NEW YORK, NEW YORK — The emboldened religious right has unleashed a wave of legislation across the Unit ed States since Donald Trump became president, as part of an organised bid to impose hardline Christian values across American society.
A playbook known as Project Blitz, developed by a collection of Christian groups, has provided state politicians with a set of off-the-shelf pro-Christian “model bills”.
Some legislation uses verbatim language from the “model bills” created by a group called the Congressional Prayer Caucus Foundation (CPCF), set up by a former Republican congressman which has a stated aim to “protect religious freedom, preserve America’s Judeo-Christian heritage and promote prayer”.
At least 75 bills have been brought forward in more than 20 states during 2017 and 2018 which appear to be modelled on or have similar objectives to the playbook, according to Americans United for Separation of Church and State, a campaign […]
Everyday I am amazed and saddened by the insanity and stupidity that spreads like a California wildfire. All of this fits with so many future predictions I’ve read over the last 40 years which is unsettling. Most talk about gradual/rapid breakdown, mass insanity/violence/economic collapse leading to either a rebirth of a higher order or not.
Trump without question is hastening the end of the American global empire which though painful is necessary. God (or whomever) help us all.