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But honestly have they tried just not being evangelical. I mean, no one is born evangelical. It’s a destructive lifestyle choice they recruit children intohttps://twitter.com/klogansmith/status/1389569840516636678 Also, evangelicals shoul

Just when @nytimes was starting to do better on their reporting about evangelical Christians, we get another classic, terribly-framed, schmaltzy and overly sympathetic piece about white Christians in middle America.Every

In this thread, I want to focus more on the related issue of toxic positivity, an American cultural issue that has specific evangelical expressions.Toxic positivity is a natural outgrowth of

Closely related to the evangelical taboo on “gossip” is the intense pressure evangelical authorities put on subordinates—incl. parents on children—to be “positive.”It’s common even among those who don’t embrace the

“'If the KKK or any other group, if what they’re doing is within the law,' he told me, 'I would consider it an honor to have them use the platform

Introducing bills like this serves a purpose even when they’re expected not to go anywhere.That purpose is to make other legislative initiatives targeting human rights seem reasonable, and to pave

Thread: some updates and highlights for followers new and old!I've been somewhat quiet #OnHere lately, but this interview is one of the things I've been working on, and I'm quite

Republicans have been calling Democrats weak, communists, and godless since forever.How is it that Democratic strategists have, after all this time, failed to learn that “No we’re not!” is extremely

1. So, everybody’s been reading @Peter_Wehner’s article “The Deepening Crisis in Christianity” in @TheAtlantic, and quite a few people have asked for my take. Taking it easy in Spokane the

Growing up in a high-control religious group generally means being denied a proper education, having a warped understanding of sex and gender thrust upon you, and lacking protections against abuse.With

If the US is a dysfunctional family, the media often plays the peacemaker, whose fear of confrontation derails necessary but uncomfortable discussion.Example: allowing the Right to browbeat us into accepting

1. Today, white America once again failed to pursue justice for a brutally murdered African-American, Breonna Taylor.Meanwhile, the White House banned anti-racist education by EO, and Trump refused to commit