The moral majority has become the immoral minority

Update 8/10/23:  When church attendees attack an Evangelical pastor for spreading subversive lib ideology, and the pastor is only quoting the beatitudes, Christ's sermon on the mount,  the Evangelical movement has a big problem.  https://www.newsweek.com/evangelicals-rejecting-jesus-teachings-liberal-talking-points-pastor-1818706

With reports today GOP surrogates are flocking to Georgia to support Herschel Walker, their candidate for Senate, it reminded me that the Moral Majority has become an immoral minority. In the 1970's attempts to get religious conservative's faith and beliefs carried out by political action were born.  The Moral Majority was begun through the leadership of Jerry Falwell, a Baptist minister.   Top of the agenda then was the end of abortion and getting prayer into schools.  In the years since, the evangelical branch of Christianity, both Catholic, and Protestant, has attempted to spread their brand of religion to others or to make others bow down to their beliefs enforced by laws, government, politics, and the courts, if not by religious conversion.  The evangelical movement has become an influential political powerhouse to behold in spite their issues out of step with the majority of voters   It reached its goal this year with the Supreme Court overturning Roe v Wade,  thanks to an eight-year project to get pro-life justices seated as the majority. Its work is not complete until it forces by legislation in Congress for the other half of the states to also get their views set in law,  overturning abortion full stop with no exceptions.   The evangelical religious movement has been so fixated on the abortion issue, an issue never directly addressed in any Bible, that it has become an apologist or acceptance of the immoral behavior of Donald Trump and candidates like  Hershell Walker because they have seen a pathway in Washington to achieve their evangelical goals of making all in the US observe their ideology.   The problem is that when we examine the politics of the nation as a whole, they are representing the  of the view of the minority of voters on abortion. Majority in U.S. Disapprove of Supreme Court Abortion Decision Overturning Roe v. Wade | Pew Research Center 

The end now justifies the means, it appears, even if a messenger of the cause is the epitome of immoral behavior. He is forgiven if he "accepts Christ" and the preferred interpretation of the good book, a latter-day conversion. If he is not repentant, he is still forgiven if he supports their issues so they can forgive him, too. The GOP as a political party has hitched its wagon to these two stars, Trump and the evangelical movement,  and is riding in it to achieve success with its other agenda items, generally opposing restrictions on big business and opposing the expansion of civil rights and government assistance to provide health and social services.  While the GOP has lost the popular vote tally in seven out of the  eight past last presidential elections, they have launched campaigns and supported racist candidates and others whose personal behavior and sexual escapades could never be described as moral. Many have been driven by personal aggrandizement and power grabs devoid of any ideology or religion that resembles service beyond themselves, or have they even attempted to give lip service to the golden rule.  Top of that list is Donald Trump, who was quite upfront from the beginning of his political life with a modus operandi that had no ethical or moral constraints: he boasted he was transactional and would get whatever deal best benefitted him (and maybe some others).  His most used power tool has been fear, fed by a  largely white demographic and fearful of their power being replaced by "others".  The percentage of those who follow Trumpism, regardless of any infractions of moral standards, depends on how the poll questions are asked and tend to be somewhere between 30 and 40 percent..

 GOP surrogaes to rally for Georgia's Herschel Walker in show of unyielding national party support | CNN Politics

Wheaton College's Institute for the Study of American Evangelicals estimates that about 30 to 35 percent (90 to 100 million people) of the US population is evangelical..   Amy Black - Wheaton College, IL

The 2020 Vote for President by Religious Groups – Christians – Religion in Public

Most White Americans who regularly attend worship services voted for Trump in 2020 | Pew Research Center

During Trump presidency, more White Americans adopted than shed evangelical label | Pew Research Center

Racist ‘Replacement’ Theory Believed by Half of Americans (splcenter.org)

Great replacement theory: Poll finds 7 in 10 Republicans believe it (usatoday.com)