How the Religious Right Learned to Love Libertine Adulterer Donald Trump

[struggle4progress]

By Baynard Woods

... The thrice-married, adulterous Trump wasn't an intuitive choice for the religious right, which has spent the past several decades attacking politicians' morality ... But eventually they got behind Trump, even if it meant admitting their concerns with morality were actually nothing more than Machiavellian hypocrisy ... Trump named Jerry Falwell Jr. the head of a task force on higher education ... Falwell's Liberty University may be slightly more rigorous than Trump University, but the announcement signals a shift from teaching the fundamentals of critical thinking toward teaching a fundamentalism that is critical of thinking ...Trump also promised to "get rid of and totally destroy" the Johnson Amendment ... It would free churches to further support Trump so that he could further support them. Such collaboration between church and state is not uncommon for authoritarian strongmen ...

http://www.indyweek.com/indyweek/how-the-religious-right-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-libertine-adulterer-donald-trump/Content?oid=5105676

[Trust Buster]

1. The Supreme Court. The End.

[safeinOhio]

2. Before 1980

divorce was their #1 issue. Then st Ronnie came along. divorced and signed the No Fault divorce law in Ca. All of a sudden it was not an issue anymore. They quickly rewrote the Bible.

[delisen]

3. Are we now in the Age of the Christian Libertine Movement? n/t

[world wide wally]

4. The Bible rages against hypocrisy more than any other topic

Just don't even equate this branch of the GOP with anything even remotely religious.