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Related: About this forumA fight over religion and politics is roiling a Texas school board election. And 'it's gotten ugly.'
Source: NBC News
A fight over religion and politics is roiling a Texas school board election. And 'it's gotten ugly.'
Mike Hixenbaugh and Antonia Hylton
Wed, October 4, 2023 at 5:23 PM EDT·10 min read
GRAPEVINE, Texas In this suburb 20 miles northwest of Dallas, some religious and political leaders have framed a nonpartisan school board election this week as a spiritual battle between forces of good and evil.
During a Sunday worship service, Robert Morris, a megachurch pastor and spiritual adviser to former President Donald Trump, warned his congregation that Satan was at work in the Grapevine-Colleyville Independent School District and other area schools, then shared the names of Christian school board candidates who would stand against such demonic forces.
David Barton, a leading promoter of the claim that America was founded as a Christian nation, recently spoke at a local theater, urging followers of Jesus to go on the offensive to restore prayer and biblical values in classrooms.
And at a church-based political rally ahead of Saturdays vote, Rafael Cruz a pastor and the father of U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas called on believers to reclaim territory that the devil has stolen from us by electing committed Christians.
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This coordinated and well-funded campaign to exalt God in the halls of the Grapevine-Colleyville Independent School District, or GCISD, has divided local residents and raised alarm among religious liberty advocates who oppose what they view as a growing embrace of Christian nationalism in America.
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Skittles
(158,502 posts)they're just RIDICULOUS
callous taoboy
(4,670 posts)Very conservative guy, but detests organized religion. I hope he votes these freaks out.
Trueblue Texan
(2,899 posts)She never posts anything political for fear of retribution.