Can the "religious left" save abortion rights from Republican hypocrisy?
by Paul Rosenberg on Salon
Donald Trump's upside-down Bible photo-op at St. John's Church has led to unprecedented blowback from retired military generals, culminating in a mea culpa from Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. But the religious pushback was similarly sharp, starting with the Rev. Gini Gerbasi, an Episcopal priest who was among those "literally DRIVEN OFF of the St. John's, Lafayette Square patio with tear gas and concussion grenades," as she described on Facebook an extraordinary use of state power to crush religious liberty. A bevy of leaders from the Episcopal Church spoke out forcefully, soon joined by Catholics, Lutherans and others, including some evangelicals.
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As noted in a forthcoming report from Political Research Associates, support for legal abortion is at a 25-year high
At the same time, the main voting bloc opposed to legal abortion white evangelical Protestants is shrinking as a share of the population, even as it holds steady as a share of the electorate
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white evangelicals share of the national vote - 26%
white evangelical share of the US population - 15%
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https://www.salon.com/2020/06/18/can-the-religious-left-save-abortion-rights-from-republican-hypocrisy/