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Faithful America, a Christian group that promotes progressive theology and social justice, has gathered more than 15,000 signatures to a online petition condemning U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's embrace of Christian nationalism as a priority for the Republican Party.
The organization's website says:
"Christian nationalism is unchristian and unpatriotic. It is defined not as a religion but as a political ideology that unconstitutionally and unbiblically merges Christian and American identities, declaring that democracy does not matter because only conservative Christians are true Americans."
Faithful America's petition alleges that Greene and Christian nationalist leaders "worshp the false idol of power with the ultimate goal of seizing all authority for themselves and those like them."
In a press statement, Faithful America said, "Time and time again, Rep. Greene has shown herself to be an antisemitic white supremacist who opposes religious freedom for everyone but herself and her fellow right-wing Christians."
Last week, news reports quoted Rep. Greene advocating for the Republican Party to adopt Christian nationalism. A recent interview quoted her: "We need to be the party of nationalism and I'm a Christian, and I say it proudly, we should be Christian nationalists."
Christianity Today has defined Christian nationalism as "the belief that the American nation is defined by Christianity, and that the government should take active steps to keep it that way."
Among other groups and individuals opposing the pseudo-religious political philosophy are Christians Against Christian Nationalism; Vote Common Good; Baptist Joint Commission for Religious Liberty; Red Letter Christian leaders Tony Campolo and Shane Claiborne; Robert P. Jones, founder and CEO of Public Religion Research Institute; Paul B. Raushenbush, president of Interfaith Alliance; and professors Andrew Whitehead and Samuel Perry, authors of a 2020 book, “Taking America Back for God: Christian Nationalism in the United States,”
Information from The Insider, author Jonathan Merritt and Insight Editor Cynthia B. Astle was used in this report.