The president is "uncomfortable" running on one of Democrats' biggest issues, one governor said, while others said the party needs to empower other messengers on abortion.
    • PrinceWith999Enemies@lemmy.world
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      11 months ago

      If I’m remembering correctly, “unaffiliated” is either among the fastest or the fastest growing denomination. The phenomenon has been called things like “the rise of the nones.”

      The strong politicalization of US Christianity is usually pointed to as one of the drivers. Since the 1970s, when the federal government wanted Christian universities to accept black students or risk losing their funding, American Christians have steadily increased both their political affiliation with the anti-integration Republican Party (Reagan played a big role there). Prior to that, even groups like the Southern Baptist Convention came out with a statement in support of Roe because it expanded women’s rights. The Catholics were always anti-abortion (but also more likely to be pro-social justice and immigrant friendly), but it was the pivot by the evangelical industry leaders who ran those universities that made it into what it is today.

      Since the majority of Americans disagree with the radical right stance on social issues, there’s naturally going to be an exit as Christianity becomes more and more associated with far right politics. There’s also a positive feedback loop in which the far right politicians seek to curry favor with evangelicals (without whom they cannot win) by moving ever further to the right, and there’s a far right in the Catholic Church as well (although they were better aligned with JP2 and Ratzinger).

      I view the near constant string of losses post-Roe that the gop has been dealing with as a positive development, and that goes along with things like falling church attendance. However, the moves to ignore or overthrow democracy because they can’t win the votes is what’s ultimately going to determine where we go as a country.

  • AutoTL;DR@lemmings.worldBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    This is the best summary I could come up with:

    In his re-election campaign’s launch video in April, Biden tells viewers, “Around the country MAGA extremists are lining up to take on those bedrock freedoms … dictating what healthcare decisions women can make.”

    But Biden has opted instead to focus largely on issues like health care, prescription drug prices, infrastructure and the economy in his campaign’s early advertising.

    In 1982, as a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Biden voted to advance a constitutional amendment that would have allowed individual states to overturn Roe v. Wade.

    He once called it “the single most difficult vote I’ve cast as a U.S. senator.” Earlier, in 1974, Biden said that the Supreme Court went “too far” in the Roe v. Wade decision.

    Unlike the Republicans running for president, he stands with the overwhelming majority of Americans — including our Democratic governors — who vehemently support the freedom for women to make their own health care decisions.

    Andy Beshear echoed Murphy’s sentiment, pointing to their own experience using other messengers in their recent red-state re-election races.

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