AZ state representative calls nation "unrighteous" because of LGBTQ+ people and non-Christians.
A traditional opening prayer in the House turned into an evangelical speech condemning the community as "sinners" and "dark."
A state legislator on Monday used his time delivering a sermon that said a holiday to celebrate trans people was “dark,” proof of America being "unrighteous," and then denounced non-Christians.
The sermon was given during the House Committee of the Whole, where lawmakers convene to vote on bills passed through committees. Committees of the Whole have traditionally been opened with a prayer that is meant to be non-denominational, but Republicans who control the House and Senate have long only used Christian sermons.
But Rep. Lupe Diaz (R.-Benson), who is also a minister, went a step further in his opening prayer Monday, and spent nearly five minutes on a fire-and-brimstone-styled sermon against non-Christians…
White Christain Nationalism (WCN) - is a growing threat to our democracy, and hateful words spoken in the name of someone's god at a government meeting, is not only unconstitutional, but a push to establish one religion as the national religion. We are NOT a Christain nation.
Please view the movie, 'God and Country', which exposes the WCN movement. Available on Prime and elsewhere.
Besides reporting these decisive and bigoted instances at the state level, folks living outside of Phoenix need to speak up and keep our state and country secular and inclusive.
It's important to identify and call out bigoted "representatives." Who and what do they purport to represent? Their interpretation of faith, their brand of religion, their plan to force Christianity on the entire country. These are the Christian Nationalists among us. We must identify them and publish their names, beliefs, views...in fact, their roles in a vast, well-funded network of people with a plan already underway.
This network is everywhere. It operates more obviously in Arizona as Turning Point in Phoenix. But it's in our small communities, too, where town council and school board members are injecting their religious beliefs into their governance. They're quoting scripture from the dais. They're denigrating minorities. They're not representing the people they were elected to represent.
They're sneaking in Christian Nationalism without admitting it. Please continue to report on these people. And here's a tip: Look into Fountain Hills.