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> Personally I think it is more often a sociopathic desire for wealth, as we've seen several supposedly pro-life politicians employ abortion when it suits them, but I think your explanation is plausible as well.
It's all part of a piece. Since the 1930's, the wealthy of the country, both religious and non-religious, have collaborated to convince rank-and-file Protestants that Capitalism is the heart of Christianity.
See: One Nation Under God: How Corporate America Invented Christian America for more details
> The difference is buggy whip manufacturers didn't try to seize control of local, state, and federal government in an attempt to keep their product relevant.
Actually, they have in the USA.
The meme in the USA that capitalism = Christianity started just after the New Deal did, and is a partnership conceived by the business people who benefit the most from the idea.
See One Nation Under God: How Corporate America Invented Christian America for more info.
> Republicans never run on this, but it's always implicit that if you give them enough power they will try to kill off old and poor people. They hide behind the idea of charity, but they know that charities can't possibly make up the ground they strip away.
They actually don't care. It's a religious thing: God only gives brownie points to people who donate directly, and doesn't actually care if the poor people are taken care of, but only if you personally do something as part of your contract with Him as a Real Christian.
Read <u>One Nation Under God: How Corporate America Invented Christian America</u> for more info.
you might be interested in this spectacular book i just read, called 'one nation under god: how corporate america invented christian america' by princeton historian kevin kruse. it is mind bogglingly well done. and i think it answers your question. maybe not on this specific question of gay marriage, but historically, how these sorts of christians arose.
This right here. Our country was founded on the belief that religion should be your choice, as a result of the religious persecution of the Church of England.
https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/religion/rel01.html
It's interesting to me that many of these colonies then imposed strict rules regarding prayer and taxes for the churches they instituted themselves, though.
That said, it was a deeply held value of America to be free to worship as you please.
During the 1950's, the Christian religious leaders of the time began to integrate themselves into the American Government. We saw "In God We Trust" added to money, and becoming the official motto of the US, replacing "E pluribus unum" (Out of many, one).
There's a lovely book, a long read, that covers a lot of the Religious empire taking over the Republican Party called "One Nation Under God". (note: that is an amazon smile link, help donate to the charity of your choice!)
Either way, all of that is to help contextualize how some believe that banning on the basis of religion is ok as long as it's not their religion.
Where that seems to stand against nationality is the predisposition to certain factors, or agreements between governments. It's not always that it's more ethical to ban based on nationality, but that there's more cause to based on nationality. In recent memory, there hasn't been such a combative religious affiliation like the Jihadist of the Islam faith. Attacks were carried out by governments of certain countries -- and thus lied the moral ambiguity to ban based on it.
> Interesting, I’m not aligned to any certain practice but it sounds like no self may be harmful. Thank you for the tip!
Well, its still a matter of opinion at this point.
There's evidence that mindfulness practice has plenty of benefits, but also evidence that it has downsides, such as the reduction in "aha" moments due to reduction in ability to let your mind wander when needed and the stuff about self immolation and self mummification found in extreme practitioners of Buddhism, Hinduism and many other religions.
The most subtle downside is other people's upside: most meditation practices squelch sense-of-self activity in the brain, which is seen as a good thing or a bad thing, depending on how you interpret spiritual teachings. In its extreme form, I believe, it justifies the above practices for the sake of the "higher good" as the practitioner no longer sees themselves as a person worthy of the same concern given to other "people." In a literal sense, it is not "self-sacrifice" as there is no self in the first place, and so no "person" that one need be compassionate towards.
Capitalism and chistianity are intertwined. One Nation Under God will tell you about that unholy anti-worker alliance.
> The south is anything but libertarian.
I really have to disagree with you there. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_libertarianism
Starting around the Eisenhower administration a sort of convergence began to happen between Christians and libertarians. In short, they found common ground in economics. [EDIT: Obviously this trend wasn't a strictly southern phenomenon, but it would be silly to claim that the southern culture isn't largely influenced by religion and thus more closely associated with pivotal figures like Billy Graham who played strong roles in the aforementioned trend].
This book goes into the history of the moment in great detail: http://www.amazon.com/One-Nation-Under-God-Corporate/dp/0465049494/ and is well worth a read.
EDIT: After some thought, I think a better characterization of the south might be "a grab bag of libertarian and authoritarian ideals". I wasn't trying to give the impression that the south is the heartland of libertarianism . I realize, when it comes to personal freedom it's often "anything but". And perhaps the that's the lens through which many people view the term. I was thinking more about "southern" hot buttons like school choice, guns, environmental policy, and labor (which would align with most libertarian platforms). And not things like abortion, same sex marriage, and criminal justice -- which would not.
http://www.amazon.com/One-Nation-Under-God-Corporate/dp/0465049494
This book goes into great detail on this question.
I can't remember the article that I originally saw regarding the new book "One Nation Under God: How Corporate America Invented Christian America", but it's one that is on my list to read and seems like it would help you with an answer to your question as well. Here is one article that I think is an excerpt from the book.
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