There’s another threat to Christian Witness besides unbending allegiance to Tr*mp. It’s the attempt by many Christians to appear nonpartisan. I get it. Both major parties have major issues. But prioritizing nonpartisanship leads to: 1) false equivalencies and 2) passivity.
Neither party can make a totalizong claim of being “the Christian party.” But what we’re facing right now is not the traditional set of partisan policy differences. It’s a choice between preserving basic tenets of democracy and submitting to demagoguery. These aren’t the same.
Trying to appear nonpartisan tends to make people passive, too. They don’t want to look like they’re in favor of one party or another so they stay silent or on the sidelines instead of taking firm stances for justice regardless of the party that promotes it.
Here’s one way forward. There are many other options. What should not be an option is remaining silent in moments of great injustice or failing to discern between existential threats to democracy and partisan differences that have existed for decades.
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