“There is no group in the United States less attached to its professed ideals or more eager for its own exploitation than religious conservatives. For many years, leaders of the religious right exactly conformed Christian social teaching to the contours of Fox News evening programming.
Who would now identify conservative Christian political engagement with the pursuit of the common good? Rather, the religious right is an interest group seeking preference and advancement from a strongman — and rewarding him with loyal acceptance of his priorities.”
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