Monday, October 14, 2024

Thousands rally at Christian nationalist event in DC to ‘turn hearts back to God’ | Far right (US) | The Guardian

The rally is a collaboration organized by multiple far-right Christian leaders affiliated with the New Apostolic Reformation, a movement on the political far right that seeks to establish long-term Christian dominion over government and society as well as get Trump a second presidency in November. 

Matthew Taylor, a senior scholar at the Institute for Islamic, Christian and Jewish Studies, said the effort was aimed at "creating a network – a mass of people – who see it as their spiritual mission to take over Washington DC". … 

The Southern Poverty Law Center, which characterizes Engle as an anti-LGBTQ+ extremist, notes that Engle has in the past compared the anti-LGBTQ+ push to the secessionist south during the American civil war, calling on opponents of gay rights to emulate the Confederate general Robert E Lee, who "was able to restrain Washington"…


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