Republicans aren’t Christian: They’re Christofascists.
In a stark example of the extremism of so-call “Christian” Republicans, Oklahoma Rep. Josh Brecheen recently introduced a resolution to condemn a Christian bishop for preaching the word of God in her church.
On Jan 22, Bishop Mariann Budde offered A Service of Prayer for the Nation and told truth to power when she quoted the Bible and asked President Trump to show mercy to those that the Bible says deserve mercy – our weakest and most vulnerable neighbors.
MAGA was enraged to hear a woman minister quote the Bible and ask for mercy in the name of God.
The resolution is co-sponsored by: Mr. Clyde, Mr. Grothman, Mr. Burlison, Mrs. Miller of Illinois, Mr. Harris of North Carolina; Mrs. Bice, Mrs. Luna, Mr. Moore of Alabama; Mr. Ogles, Ms. Greene of Georgia; Mr. Norman, Mr. Webster of Florida; Mr. Allen, Mr. Babin, Mrs. Houchin, Ms. Van Duyne, Mr. Baird, Mrs. Biggs of South Carolina; Ms. Boebert, and Mr. Griffith. (This is how they are listed in the resolution. I don’t have the patience to look up the first names of all these Christofascists.)
Here’s a link to HOUSE RESOLUTION 59 and here are the salient points:
“Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the sermon given by the Right Reverend Mariann Edgar Budde at the National Prayer Service on Jan. 21, 2025, at the National Cathedral was a display of political activism and condemning its distorted message. …
“Whereas the Right Reverend Mariann Edgar Budde, the bishop leading the inaugural prayer service, used her position inappropriately, promoting political bias instead of advocating the full counsel of biblical teaching: …
“Now, therefore, be it Resolved, That— (1) it is the sense of the House of Representatives that the sermon given at the National Prayer Service on January 21st, 2025, at the National Cathedral was a display of political activism; and (2) the House of Representatives condemns the Right Reverend Mariann Edgar Budde’s distorted message.”
Bishop Budde preached the Gospel and quoted the Bible and Trump supporters reacted like snowflakes in April.
Repeatedly throughout the Old Testament and the New Testament, across the Jewish texts and the Gospel accounts of Jesus, we are told to take care of aliens, widows, orphans, and others in need.
God tells us, Jesus tells us, the Bible tells us to care for the most vulnerable and the powerless. When Bishop Budde asked Trump to do what the Bible says, Christofascists were offended.
Of course, Trump supporters and Christofascists are offended by the Bible – because they don’t follow the Bible, and they certainly don’t follow Jesus. They follow Trump.
Budde’s critics aren’t Christians.
They can certainly claim to be Christian, but they simply aren’t.
If you don’t do what Jesus tells us to do, then you’re not a Christian.
You can’t eat hotdogs and hamburgers and claim you’re vegetarian, because you’re not.
If you’re not loving your neighbor, if you oppose initiatives to help poor, hungry children, if you support programs and legislation that victimize others, you simply aren’t Christian.
You may be born again, baptized and sitting in church every week, but you’re praying to yourself because you’re not doing what Jesus says to do.
Jesus warns Christofascists – repeatedly – that they must take care of others, or Jesus will say, “I never knew you.” Which is only fair, because Christofascists obviously don’t know Jesus.
Follow this link to find your House representative. Contact your representatives often.
Here’s the email I just sent to my representative in Congress:
Dear Rep. McClellan:
I am a constituent, living at _________.
As a Christian pastor, I am offended by HR 59 and urge you to vote “no.” Hopefully this horrible bigotry never makes it out of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
The legislation is un-American and un-Democratic.
This is Christofascism – Radicals misreading the Bible and rejecting the message of Jesus. Their theology is little more than American Taliban and must be opposed.
Again, I urge you to vote “no” on HR 59 and defend freedom of religion for all Americans.
Jim Meisner Jr.
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For more from Jim, follow these links:
The Clark Doll Study Documenting the Damage of Segregation
Do Christians Need to be Reminded that Racism is Immoral?
Notes from a Sermon: Mark 7: 24-37
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Pastor Jim Meisner, Jr. is the author of the novel Faith, Hope, and Baseball, available on Amazon, or follow this link to order an autographed copy. He created and manages the Facebook page Faith on the Fringe.
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