misinformation<\/a> circulating, as usual, after something that happened at a Kamala Harris rally in which she was talking about the fact that you do not need to abandon your deeply held religious beliefs to accept that it should not be the government that decides matters that should be decided by women in consultation with their doctors. Some are claiming that someone shouted \u201cJesus is Lord\u201d and that Harris responded by saying that they were at the \u201cwrong rally\u201d and belong at the smaller one down the street. If you listen to the shouting, there were various things being shouted and almost none of them could be heard clearly if you were the one speaking or indeed anywhere near the front. But let\u2019s imagine for a moment that Harris heard the person who shouted \u201cJesus is Lord\u201d and was responding to them rather than the people who shouted \u201clies.\u201d What would it mean for Harris who is a Christian in the Baptist tradition to tell that person they were at the wrong rally?<\/p>\nAs a Christian and a Baptist, I can tell you why I might have made a similar quip. I\u2019d have said it because it is not a Christian like me or Harris who needs to be told \u201cJesus is Lord,\u201d it is Trump. I\u2019d have said it because the voices that think the United States should be monolithically Christian belong at Trump\u2019s rally. Trump claims that Harris is bad news for Jews, but Harris as a Baptist like myself is an advocate for separation of church and state. Those who want only Christian voices heard do not belong at a rally that represents American values and historic Baptist values.<\/p>\n
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