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Advice to Kamala Harris on Mother, Child, and Abortion. Abortion 6 “I will do everything in my power to unite the Democratic Party and the Nation!” said  Kamala Harris upon hearing that President Joe Biden had endorsed her. Well, how will she accomplish this? What advice to Kamala Harris is warranted? Here is the first thing to do: publically affirm together “mother, child, and abortion.” Women’s access to reproductive health care? Yes, indeed! But more. Mother, child, and abortion. These three intermingle kinetically like a burger, fries, and slushie. They’re naturally served together on a single tray. If we ingest one, we’re confident the other two will come next. My advice to Kamala Harris: put mother, child, and abortion together on the menu. What’s the Problem? Thus far during this 2024 presidential election cycle, we’re starving to get these served together. The Republicans delete the woman. The Democrats delete the child. What should we do? I plead with the Democrats to al...

  Measuring Christian Nationalism, Part 2: Christian Values? Christian Values? Black Christian Nationalism. More on the book,  click here . Let’s get right to the 2 nd  trait: Christian values.  (Whitehead & Perry, 2022, p. 9) “The federal government should advocate Christian values.”  BCN. Black Christian Nationalists see themselves as counter cultural, as resisting the dominant white culture. There is a “necessity to create a counterculture. Culture is defined at the customary beliefs, social forms, and material traits of a racial, religious, or social group. It is a way of life. In order to change the beliefs and actions of members, groups were given specific purposes” (McIntosh, 2021, p. 93). Because of the experience of racial discrimination within a society where so-called Christian values have long been in effect, BCNers bet on no horse running in this race. ANC. The mission of the  Christian Liberty Party  (CLP) is avowedly cultural. The CL...

  Measuring Christian Nationalism, Parts 3,4: Church-State Separation? Church-state Separation? We are measuring Christian nationalism because it’s important. And because we urgently need to get a realistic handle on what is happening. Here in this post we ask about church-state separation? And we ask about religious symbols in public places? These matters are both serious and pressing. “Christian nationalism is neither harmless, nor fringe. It’s in our churches; and it wants the power it feels has been unjustly stolen away”  In recent posts we’ve  measured American Christian Nationalism  (ACN) by looking at the declaration of America as a  Christian nation  and government promotion of  Christian values . Now we ask: what do ACNers believe about church-state separation and religious symbols in public places? Let’s measure. 3 Church-State separation 4 Religious symbols in public places “The federal government should enforce strict church-state sepa...