“I do think criminalizing abortion has become a substitute Gospel for Christian nationalists. I’m sure you know the evangelicals who criticize their pastors for quoting the Sermon on the Mount as ‘too liberal.’ You can effectively demonize the poor, reject LGBTQI people, be racist and sexist; and as long as you are against abortion you are a ‘good Christian.’ It’s alarming to several evangelical leaders as it is kind of a ‘get out of hell free’ card.” Rev. Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite
