The speed and totality of evangelicals\u2019 sea-change on abortion is remarkable. But what\u2019s really astonishing is that such a huge theological, political and cultural change occurred within evangelical Protestantism and no one talks about it. No one acknowledges that this huge change was, in fact, a huge change.<\/p>\n
The convention among American evangelicals, in fact, is to pretend that no such change ever occurred \u2014 that white evangelical Protestants have always been as preoccupied with abortion and zealous in their opposition to it as they are today.<\/p>\n
It really is Orwellian. We have always<\/em> been at war with Eastasia.<\/p>\nIt\u2019s unsettling. Rewriting history from earlier generations is one thing, but this is a change that occurred within my lifetime. This is history that can only be rewritten with the consent and participation of people who ought to be able to remember the truth.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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