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More than 12,000 Christians have signed a petition condemning Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s embrace of Christian nationalism.
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“Christian nationalism is anti-Christian and unpatriotic,” the petition says, calling it a political ideology.
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Greene has repeatedly called for the Republican party to be that of Christian nationalism.
A faith-based organization has amassed more than 12,000 signatures rejecting Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene’s embrace of Christian nationalism, calling the idea “unChristian and unpatriotic”.
Faithful America, an online Christian community that works to promote progressive ideas and social justice, launched an online petition Thursday condemning Greene’s perspective on faith and politics.
“Christian nationalism is anti-Christian and unpatriotic,” says the petition, which had reached 12,000 signatures by Sunday. “It is defined not as a religion but as a political ideology that unconstitutionally and unbiblically fuses Christian and American identities, declaring that democracy doesn’t matter because only conservative Christians are true Americans. “
Last week, Greene argued for the Republican Party to be that of Christian nationalism.
“We have to be the party of nationalism and I’m a Christian, and I say it proudly, we should be Christian nationalists,” Greene said in a recent interview.
Christian nationalism is defined as “the belief that the American nation is defined by Christianity and that the government should take active steps to make it so,” according to Christianity Today.
Rep. Adam Kinzinger compared Greene’s comments to “the American Taliban.”
“There is no difference between this and the Taliban. We must oppose [sic] the Christian Taliban. I say this as a Christian,” Kinzinger tweeted Friday.
An Oregon cabinet minister also slammed the Georgia lawmaker for pushing Christian nationalism in her policy comments, calling it “a racist ideology incompatible with Christianity.”
“Jesus was for the whole world, not for one nation,” minister Reverend Chuck Currie tweeted. “Beware of fake teachers like Greene. She dances with the devil.”
The Faithful America petition accused Greene and Christian nationalist leaders of worshiping “the false idol of power with the ultimate goal of seizing all authority for themselves and their fellowmen.”
“Time and time again, Rep. Greene has proven herself to be an anti-Semitic white supremacist who opposes religious freedom for everyone but herself and her fellow right-wing Christians,” Faithful America said in a statement. .
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