The open letter noted that many young people are leaving the church because they see Christianity being 'hijacked by those who are thirsty for political power.'
magazine in 1981, when he said: 'I don't want to see religious bigotry in any form. It would disturb me if there was a wedding between the religious fundamentalists and the political right. The hard right has no interest in religion except to manipulate it,'" the open letter said.
"This is what we're seeing today in 21st century evangelicalism: a broken marriage between a radical faction of the local church and the extreme right-wing faction of the Republican Party," the black church leaders warned. They noted that many young people are leaving the church because they see Christianity being"hijacked by those who are thirsty for political power."
The 74 signees said that Christian leaders supporting Trump are"complicit" in many of his most controversial policies, such as separating migrant children from their parents and"horrific" environmental policies. "No, we cannot sit by the wayside and not respond with a counterargument defending the importance of truth and integrity. If truth no longer matters, then the church can no longer be the hope of the world," they wrote.that he and many at the magazine were not opposed to many of the Trump's administration's conservative policies. However, he argued that the actions that led to the president's impeachment were"profoundly immoral.
"That he should be removed, we believe, is not a matter of partisan loyalties but loyalty to the Creator of the Ten Commandments," Galli wrote in his editorial.
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