The Growing Religious Fervor in the American Right - The New York Times

…With spiritual mission driving political ideals, the stakes of any conflict, whether over masks or school curriculums, can feel that much larger, and compromise can be even more difficult to achieve. Political ambitions come to be about defending God, pointing to a desire to build a nation that actively promotes a particular set of Christian beliefs…

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/06/us/christian-right-wing-politics.html