How very un-American of the POS:
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) used a speech Monday to embrace Christian nationalism, the idea that America as a country should be defined by one religion, Christianity.
“I’m sure some will say now that I am calling America a Christian nation, and so I am,” Hawley said at the National Conservatism Conference in Washington. “And some will say that I am advocating Christian nationalism, and so I do.”
Hawley made the comments after arguing that the United States has historically been a country “held together by the homely affections articulated in the Christian faith — love for God, love for family, love for neighbor, home and country.”
The U.S. Constitution guarantees freedom of religion, and the First Amendment says Congress “shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion.” Yet Hawley and some other Republicans argue that the government should take a more active role in promoting Christianity.
In his speech, Hawley suggested that the government remove Pride flags from federal buildings and “inscribe instead — on every building owned or operated by the federal government — our national motto: ‘In God We Trust.’”
Later on in the speech, Hawley sought to distance himself from some Christian nationalists, expressing disagreement with those who he said “recommend fearful policies: an established church, ethnocentrism.” He said that is not America’s tradition and that Americans “defend the liberty of all.”
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) used a speech Monday to embrace Christian nationalism, the idea that America as a country should be defined by one religion, Christianity.
“I’m sure some will say now that I am calling America a Christian nation, and so I am,” Hawley said at the National Conservatism Conference in Washington. “And some will say that I am advocating Christian nationalism, and so I do.”
Hawley made the comments after arguing that the United States has historically been a country “held together by the homely affections articulated in the Christian faith — love for God, love for family, love for neighbor, home and country.”
The U.S. Constitution guarantees freedom of religion, and the First Amendment says Congress “shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion.” Yet Hawley and some other Republicans argue that the government should take a more active role in promoting Christianity.
In his speech, Hawley suggested that the government remove Pride flags from federal buildings and “inscribe instead — on every building owned or operated by the federal government — our national motto: ‘In God We Trust.’”
Later on in the speech, Hawley sought to distance himself from some Christian nationalists, expressing disagreement with those who he said “recommend fearful policies: an established church, ethnocentrism.” He said that is not America’s tradition and that Americans “defend the liberty of all.”
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