Well said @MJGerson : "Cultivating fear of the coming melanin invasion is now the defining theme of the Trump campaign. It is also the rawest recourse to bigotry on the national stage since Alabama Gov. George Wallace in the 1960s and ’70s... /1 washingtonpost.com/opinions/white…
"...And it puts White evangelicals and Catholics in a bind. The protection of nascent life remains a deep commitment of most moral conservatives, and Trump has been an antiabortion president. Yet supporting Trump involves the affirmation that blatant racial prejudice... /2
"...is not disqualifying in an American president. Publicly identifying [w/ Trump] scandalously associates the Christian faith itself w/ brazen bigotry. This creates soul-rending ethical complexities... / 3
"...if a racist campaign does not shake Christian support, what possible difference is that faith making?" 4/4
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