FFRF Action Fund’s “Theocrat of the Week” is a Christian nationalist author who argued during a recent podcast appearance that atheists are as socially unacceptable as racists.
In late November, Christian nationalist advocate Stephen Wolfe appeared on the “Abounding Grace Radio” podcast, hosted by Pastor Chris Gordon. Wolfe argued that Christians should use their “social power” to force atheists out of their jobs and sully their reputations, paralleling how society treats racists. Wolfe said: “You are perfectly free in terms of the law to say anything you want, in terms of race. But, if you say something with race that angers all of society, you lose your job, you never get a job again, you’re done, you’re through, your kids will be tarnished, everything. Christians are very willing to join in when someone says something racist to exact the social costs involved with that. They’re very willing to participate in that power.”
He then proposed: “Why not do that to the atheists? Why not do that to someone who is trying to publicly tarnish the name of Christ? Why not do that to someone who is practicing gross impieties? … Why not use that power that we already use in society to suppress those things that would be bad?”
Wolfe is the author of “The Case for Christian Nationalism,” which he says argues for “the good of Christian nationalism.” In his book, which one reviewer ironically criticizes for racism, Wolfe depicts Christian nationalism as a “necessary alternative to secularism” and a “form of government we must pursue if we want to love our neighbors and our country.”
Interestingly, Wolfe, when appearing on the “CrossPolitic” podcast in October, made the case that our nation is based on a secular Constitution. Wolfe faulted the U.S. Constitution for not acknowledging the “Lordship of Christ,” contending that the Founding Fathers made a “complete mistake” when crafting the document. “The perfect political covenant would be one that explicitly acknowledges the Lordship of Christ,” he said.
He absurdly tried to insinuate that the Founders, who in fact deliberately adopted an entirely godless Constitution, did not go back to “acknowledge Christ” simply because they did not want to go “through the struggle to produce a new one [Constitution].” There is, of course, no evidence for this crackpot assertion. In fact, the Founders took the trouble of adopting soon after the Bill of Rights with its explicit prohibition against the government establishing a religion.
Wolfe, an unapologetic Christian nationalist and theocrat, not only wants to discriminate against every atheist and non-Christian in the United States, but to persuade other Christians and society to do likewise. Fortunately, the U.S. Constitution, with its principle separating religion from government and protecting freedom of conscience, stands in his way. And FFRF Action Fund will work tirelessly to ensure that our secular Constitution prevails against the current Christian nationalist threat.
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