Large numbers of Americans believe the founders intended the U.S. to be a Christian nation. The belief is especially strong among Republicans and their white evangelical base.

The idea of a Christian America means different things to different people. Pollsters have found a wide circle of Americans who hold general God-and-country sentiments.

But within that is a smaller, hardcore group who also check other boxes in surveys — such as that the U.S. Constitution was inspired by God and that the federal government should declare the U.S. a Christian nation, advocate Christian values or stop enforcing the separation of church and state.

For those embracing that package of beliefs, it’s more likely they’ll have unfavorable views toward immigrants, dismiss or downplay the impact of anti-Black discrimination and believe Trump was a good or great president, according to a 2021 Pew Research Center survey.

  • asteriskeverything@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    Please watch God Forbid the sex scandal that shocked America (hulu)

    Shiny happy people (prime)

    The family (netflix)

    Even if the “smaller hard-core group” sounds inconsequential, a lot of those people are the ones with power and/or influence.

    I think there is a fourth I’ve seen that covers similar grounds and forget atm, plus I’m sure many more that I don’t know so please respond if you know others. As you may notice all mine are drastically different subjects on the surface. They have the common thread though of fundamental religious men in power AND the institutions being involved in American politics.

    There’s no gay agenda. There is ABSOLUTELY a Christian agenda.