Christian Nationalists Seek to ‘Go On Offense’ to Take Advantage of the Far-Right Supreme Court – By Kyle Mantyla (Right Wing Watch) / June 6, 2023
In late May, Charlie Kirk’s Christian nationalist TPUSA Faith organization hosted a pastor’s summit in Nashville, Tennessee. Among the featured speakers was pseudo-historian David Barton, who delivered a presentation urging those in attendance to take advantage of the far-right majority’s control of the Supreme Court to start enacting Christian nationalist policies all across the nation.
Citing recent Supreme Court decisions upholding prayer in schools, crosses erected on public lands, and flying Christian flags on public buildings, Barton declared that now is the time for Christians to “storm the castle.”
Barton noted that under the precedent set by the Supreme Court’s 1971 decision in Lemon v. Kurtzman, religious activities in government facilities were constitutionally permitted provided that they had a secular purpose. But that standard was a “100 percent loser” for conservative Christians, Barton said, because “there was no religious activity we engage in whose primary purpose is secular.”
