Historically, White Conservative Christians helped maintain/justify slavery, segregation, dehumanizing Blacks AND aggressively resisting change (see MLK's "Letter from a Birmingham Jail").
Their "National Organization for Marriage's" been deliberately using ra.cs.t strategies in anti-Obama/anti-gay campaign.
No surprise they'd stay silent on Trayvon and by inference, support the "stand your ground" (aka "slave patrol") laws and their application in justifying he killing of a young Black man (laws pushed by Conservative white-supremacists, Koc.h-backed-American Legislative Exchange Council and NRA).
"Christian Conservatives" are ideologically driven, and their MOST Conservative White leaders are essentially attempting to impose Sharia-esque sovereignty over our minds and bodies (e.g., bodily fluids, zygotes, embryos, family planning, partnership, and health choices, beliefs, etc.), privatize the public sphere (e.g. schools, prisons, water, Social Security, Medicare, etc.) and establish "full spectrum dominion" over all spheres of life.
Abusing race and religion to cloak agenda in “moral authority/white-supremacy” is critical to rallying troops they need to impose it. They're NOT going to go against troops by supporting Trayvon/family.
For more, please see my articles on this phenomena:
"Why Right-Wing Christians Claim Obama As 'The Antichrist.'"
http://tinyurl.com/4dv9jrd
"Crusader Christians, GOP/Tea Party Cult, & The Left"
http://tinyurl.com/3ptnao3”
Read the Article at HuffingtonPost
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