Christian Nationalism and States Rights are Fronts for Something Worse


Black activist celebrity, Jemar Tisby, spoke to students at Grove City College in Pennsylvania back in 2020. He told students that now is the time to stop prejudice against nonwhite races and non Christian religions. Grove City College is a mostly white college of about 2,500 students and reeks of Christianity. The speaker quoted the Bible several times admonishing students that to take no stand against wrong is itself wrong. This included Esther 4:12-14.

The students and administrators who were present found Tisby's speech to be a call for action. Action, they felt, was upsetting the order in society that was more important than any wrongdoing. In later discussions Tisby's speech was labeled "woke." There is no room for "woke" at Grove City College. Apparently, a Christian education and becoming woke are opposites. A panel of respected people was named to vet future campus speakers so that no woke types will appear there again,

I don't need to remind readers the Christian Nationalism includes clamping down on those who see racial injustice. Prejudice against Jews is part of it as well. It isn't about "Christian Nationalism," it's about prejudice. 

During the Civil Rights fights of the 60's and 70's there "religious freedom" and "states' rights" were used to justify withholding equal rights for black citizens. "We aren't prejudices against the Negro, we are believers in the Bible" was the only acceptable version of Christianity in some quarters.

The similarities of Montgomery, Alabama a few decades ago and Grove City, Pennsylvania today are striking. It is almost like todays Christian Nationalists simply took segregation and changed a few words and announced they had discovered a "Biblical truth."

Ultimately, U.S. courts determined that "separate but equal" and "states' rights" were not the equal opportunity set forth in the Constitution. It may take a while, but hopefully courts will ultimately put the current version of demonizing liberal views to rest. 

 

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