You Don't Choose What To Believe In

[Dodece]

@HesAPooka

To answer your question succinctly. It isn't actually a discussion about religion. It is actually a discussion about politics. Basically a few decades ago the Republican party coalesced around a new coalition, and that coalition had evangelical Christians as a major voting block. So they had a lot of say in what the parties social platform would be. Which was actually made worse, because the other voting blocks didn't have social agendas of their own. After all big business is just interested in making more money, and Nationalists just want more weapons.

Since they make up the core supporters, have the weight of numbers, and are mindlessly obedient. The religious leaders of the group have massive influence over their party. For the longest time they have been god, and have begun to think of themselves as god. Anyway during this last election cycle they finally just went all of the way, and not only did the public pass judgement on them, but it was made painfully clear that the Republican coalition doesn't have the strength in numbers anymore when it is compared against the Democratic coalition. Which is largely comprised of groups the Republican coalition has been terribly bigoted against in the past.

Anyway a lot of the religious talk you are hearing is probably the culmination of a lot of festering resentments being let out of the balloon. We have had to put up with a lot of oppressive crap for years. I mean this is the group that said gays dieing from AIDS was gods will. Applauded assassins who murdered doctors. Protested the funerals of soldiers. Even thought it was just in awesome taste to compare every politician on the other side with Adolf Hitler. Along with hundreds of other just plain cruel perverted acts that they bragged about in public.

Basically a lot of people are taking a great deal of pleasure in kicking the religious right when it is down, and on the way out. It has been a long time coming, and while I wouldn't call it vengeance. I think there is a degree of justice.