“There’s no such thing as the separation of church and state,” says Christian nationalist David Lane in @washingtonpost video on recruiting North Carolina pastors to run for office. A #ChristianNationalism thread on Lane’s history, extremism and agenda: washingtonpost.com/video/politics…
Political operative David Lane has organized pastors to turn churches into GOTV operations for right-wing candidates since mid 1990s. His focus on getting pastors themselves to run for office is more recent, inspired by his pastor-politician Rob McCoy rightwingwatch.org/post/did-pence…
In December, David Lane talked about his work with NC Lt Gov Mark Robinson to recruit pastors and church leaders to run for office, calling it the “only shot to save America” because “we’ve given ourselves to the devil.”
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David Lane views politics as spiritual warfare. “This is a war between the false god of secularism and God Jehovah, and somebody’s values are going to reign supreme,” he said recently. rightwingwatch.org/post/david-lan…
David Lane’s political operations are grounded in an explicitly Christian nationalist vision: He teaches that the U.S. has a national mission and covenant to glorify God and advance the Christian faith.
David Lane is associated with dominionists who call for the church to act as God’s governing arm on Earth. Among his allies is Turning Point USA's Charlie Kirk, who wants to require public schools to teach the Bible. rightwingwatch.org/post/charlie-k…
David Lane has said that after the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade ruling, the church “should have initiated riots, revolution, and repentance.”
David Lane is intensely anti-LGBTQ, calling the equality movement a “pagan onslaught” that has “threatened our utter destruction.” rightwingwatch.org/post/meet-davi…
In 2013, David Lane warned that God would punish America for the appearance of a gay poet and pro-equality priest at Obama’s inauguration with car bombings in multiple cities. rightwingwatch.org/content/david-…
In 2018, Lane declared that CNN had “forfeited its right to broadcast,” complaining about “homosexual” host Anderson Cooper and charging that the network was “a co-conspirator to the mortal sin affecting America.” rightwingwatch.org/post/religious…
David Lane says Christianity and secularism are rival religions that cannot be reconciled, claiming “one will ultimately end in the eradication of the other.” rightwingwatch.org/post/christian…
Shortly after President Barack Obama’s reelection, Lane declared, “Let’s decide if America is a Christian nation or a pagan nation—and get on with it; the sooner the better.” wnd.com/2012/12/the-pl…
“Christian America is in ruins,” Lane ranted in 2013. “Who will wage war for the Soul of America and trust the living God to deliver the pagan gods into our hands and restore America to her Judeo-Christian heritage and re-establish a Christian culture?” rightwingwatch.org/post/david-lan…
He called separation of church and state “the lie repeated ad nauseum by the left and liberals to keep Christian America—the moral majority—from imposing moral government on pagan public schools, pagan higher learning, and pagan media…”
For years, David Lane has finished his communiques by calling on “Gideons” and “Rahabs” to stand; both refer to characters that, according to the Bible, were used by God to help destroy enemies of the Israelites.
David Lane is no bit player in the Republican Party. Despite his well-documented extremism, members of Congress and presidential candidates flock to his gatherings. rightwingwatch.org/post/david-lan…
After securing the 2016 GOP nomination, Donald Trump attended one of David Lane’s events in Florida, and Lane raised millions to boost pro-Trump evangelical turnout in target states. rightwingwatch.org/post/christian…
Lane’s political efforts have been funded in part by Dan and Farris Wilks, who made billions in the fracking boom and have since became major financial backers of anti-choice and anti-LGBTQ religious-right political and legal groups. rightwingwatch.org/post/texas-fra…
Can’t get enough? Read scholars @profsamperry and @GorskiPhilip on intersections between Christian nationalism, white nationalism, “replacement” rhetoric, the right-wing takeover of the Supreme Court, and support for political and police violence washingtonpost.com/outlook/2022/0…
Journalist @edsall also explored those intersections recently, with input from @sarahposner @robertpjones @kathsstewart and other experts nytimes.com/2022/05/18/opi…
And @sarahposner wrote about the way Christian Nationalism and the Big Lie merged to help PA State Sen. Doug Mastriano win the GOP nomination for governor of Pennsylvania talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/mastriano…
You can find our recent take on Mastriano here: rightwingwatch.org/post/big-lie-a…
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