And it's not to save souls.
Donald Trump has attacked everything the Christian Right wants to be destroyed
and they see him as the snake oil salesman of their dreams: with a cult-like
following of proud "deplorables" he can manipulate, they can
transform his "movement" into a model of David Barton's Seven
Mountains theology.
They look back upon his campaign as a necessary inconvenience, with promises
like "I will protect gays" as hopefully disingenuous as his promise
to be "presidential" when the time comes.
Tony
Perkins(Family Research Council)
"We don't share the same type of values. We don't see the
world the same way, although we do have some shared concerns," Perkins
said.
He explained that Hillary Clinton has made it clear she would appoint liberal,
pro-choice Supreme Court justices if she's elected president.
Perkins said that Trump, although he has his share of issues, will be a better
president for people who are concerned about religious liberty.
Ralph Reed
In an email to the Washington
Post, Reed"--"head of Trump's advisory board and the Faith and Freedom
Coalition"--"the comments were "inappropriate," but pivoted to attacking
Clinton.
"I think a 10-year-old tape of a private conversation with a TV talk show
host ranks pretty low on their hierarchy of their concerns," he said.
Michele Bachmann
Bachmann dismissed Trump's comments as "bad boy talk." She has not rescinded her support.
Robert Jeffress
While the comments are lewd, offensive, and indefensible " they are not enough
to make me vote for Hillary Clinton," he said, adding he would "not necessarily
choose Donald Trump to be a Sunday School teacher" but he still supports him.
The list goes on: James Dobson, Jerry Falwell,
Jr., "Bishop" Harry Jackson, Pastor Mark Burns - plus a plethora of
known Christian Right leaders, whose silence on the matter is deafening. Even
Trump's own spiritual advisor, prosperity gospel preacher Paula White is mum.
Charisma
News
Since Trump's initial comments, he has rededicated his life to Christ. Prominent Christians like James Dobson and Jentezen Franklin stand behind the candidate, as do dozens more as part of his Faith Advisory Board.
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