Wednesday, November 2, 2016

Could This Be The Last Election Ever? The Religious Right Thinks So

The Religious Right tends to dial up its gloom-and-doom predictions every election season in an attempt to scare its base into voting for candidates who will supposedly uphold “biblical values” (or, more likely, the far right’s narrow view of theology). This year is no different, but some religious zealots are taking scare tactics to a new level by suggesting that this could be the last presidential election ever in the United States.

Take a group called American Pastors Network (APN). They’re not the best-known Religious Right organization, but they make a splash once in a while with some unhinged comments. Recently, APN issued a press release in which its president, Sam Rohrer, put forth the possibility that a victory for Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton could spell doom for democracy....
https://www.au.org/blogs/wall-of-separation/could-this-be-the-last-election-ever-the-religious-right-thinks-so


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