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BY JEFF BRUMLEY<\/a>, BAPTIST NEWS GLOBAL\u2014 SEPTEMBER 27, 2024<\/p>\n

Any effort to suppress voter participation<\/strong>\u00a0is a direct outgrowth of Christian nationalism, a panel of experts said during a Sept. 24 webinar hosted by Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty and its Christians Against Christian Nationalism campaign.<\/p>\n

More than ever before, supporters of religious freedom and the separation of church and state must work together to protect democracy and all Americans\u2019 right to vote because it impacts everyone, said Sabrina Dent, director of the BJC Center for Faith, Justice and Reconciliation.<\/p>\n

\u201cReligion should never be used as a weapon to discriminate against any group of individuals or individual because of how they identify, who they love, what they believe or don\u2019t believe, or how they make decisions about their personal health care options,\u201d she said. \u201cNor should religious ideologies be used to challenge a person\u2019s ability to fully participate in our democracy by restricting voting rights.\u201d<\/p>\n

BJC defines Christian nationalism<\/strong>\u00a0as a political ideology and cultural framework that seeks to conflate American and Christian identities and distorts both in the process, said Jaziah Masters, research fellow with the center and moderator of \u201cCombating Christian Nationalism and Voter Suppression: A Fight to Save Democracy.\u201d<\/p>\n

The extremist movement \u201cholds that to be a true American, one must be a Christian, but that Christian identity is tied to and provides cover for privilege, white supremacy and racial subjugation,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

And it is the motivation for nationwide efforts to discourage or prevent millions of Americans from voting for candidates unsupported by Christian nationalists, Masters added. \u201cBut the public square is made up of all of us, and voting is a key way we engage the public square. It allows us to elect representatives of many interests and to hold our elected officials accountable.\u201d<\/p>\n

Read the full article at Baptist News Global<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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