We’ve now reached the operating principle of modern right-wing Christianity. The issue that re-empowered white supremacists like Falwell after civil rights and Dr. King took away their mojo. The issue that reenergized a political party after the scandal and shock of Nixon’s resignation. The political football that’s driven conservative politics and come to define Christianity in the US media for most of our lifetimes. The issue is safe and legal access to abortion. As you probably know, God, Jesus, and the Bible condemn abortion, repeatedly, in both the Old and New Testaments—oh wait, no,
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