A group of unbelievers recently vandalized a Satanic Temple display inside the Iowa Capitol building. While most people don’t have a problem with this, some are concerned that it is the beginning of Christian nationalism. Former Donald Trump lawyer Jenna Ellis is one of these people.
In a Newsweek interview, she spoke about how bad it is not to see the dangers of Christian nationalism. According to a Pew Center study in 2022, about 24% of Americans do not support Christian nationalism, while 22% do. However, a staggering 54% had never heard of the term before.
Many do not know this term, but it signifies a broad belief that the U.S. should fuse Christianity with the core of the nation’s character. To Ellis, this is not what an ideal society should be. “We should be advocating for a well-ordered society that protects religious freedom and liberty for all,” she said.
“My opposition is to the ideology of Christian nationalism. Many people think I’m a Christian, and I also believe in sovereign nations instead of globalism, so I’m a Christian nationalist,’ Ellis also told Newsweek.
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She continued, “But that’s dangerously misunderstanding the anti-liberty ideology main Christian nationalist proponents advocate. They openly, but purposefully, vaguely advocate undermining the Constitution and the rule of law, replacing it with a theocracy, including blasphemy laws, and criminalizing other religions and their practice.”
Ellis, who pled guilty to one charge in the Georgia election subversion case, added: “Our country was founded on a Judeo-Christian worldview which recognizes the right of religious freedom. The state cannot, and should not, compel an individual to certain beliefs nor restrain the free exercise of religion. This necessarily includes all belief systems, even atheism and the right to believe there is no God.”
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Ellis also noted that as a Christian, she hated the satanic statue they placed in the Capitol. However, she also believes they should be allowed to express their religious beliefs without criticism. In addition, Ellis believes the state should sanction anyone who vandalizes religious displays they disagree with. This is because America was “founded on liberty and justice for all.”
After everything she said, Ellis still does not have the public’s favor on her side. This is because she recently compared Christian nationalism to the BLM movement on X (formerly Twitter), and people lashed out at her. Some people believe she used the BLM movement only as a reference, but others think she was very insensitive in comparing the two.
She wrote, “The Christian Nationalist crowd is the new BLM. Both cheer, tearing down statues and destroying property they don’t like in the name of their cause. Both are wrong.”
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With all the backlash she got, Ellis still didn’t back down. She emphasized her point by going back and forth with several commenters on her post. At some point, she brought Muslims into the conversation, creating a poll asking, “Would you be cool with a Christian beheading a statue of Allah in the Iowa State Capitol?”
As of Sunday morning, 70.9% of the estimated 32,425 respondents said “Yes,” and 29.1% answered “No.” To Ellis, this poll’s results further drive home her point that Christian nationalism is more common than we thought.
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