The hypocrisy of Christian 'religious freedom' rhetoric post-Roe
Why is right-wing Christianity the only religion afforded legal and political accommodation in America?
"One thing I always knew growing up in my Jewish family was that my grandmother fought to codify Roe v. Wade in Connecticut. It was one of those facts that functions as family lore; a story that felt central to who we were as a family unit. We were Americans. We were Jews. And we were people who cared about justice of all varieties — especially reproductive justice."
When most Americans think about religion and abortion, they probably think about the vocal Christian right: Protesters outside abortion clinics with crosses, anti-abortion signs with slogans like “We Are Praying for the End of Abortion,” young white women in Uggs marching with their Bible study groups, evangelical preachers delivering the closing prayers at the March for Life, whose president, not incidentally, used to work for the Catholic Church.
This public connection is no accident. Nationalist, conservative Christians have used abortion as a political rallying cry for years. And although clergy members have always been involved politically, and on all parts of the political spectrum, in the United States, reactionary Christian theology is currently shaping collective American society most profoundly.
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