{"id":33168,"date":"2024-12-12T17:27:57","date_gmt":"2024-12-12T22:27:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.au.org\/?page_id=33168"},"modified":"2025-08-06T09:26:20","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T13:26:20","slug":"the-shadow-network","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.au.org\/the-shadow-network\/","title":{"rendered":"The Shadow Network Behind Project 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"33168\" class=\"elementor elementor-33168\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-2baa7e9 e-flex e-con-boxed ae-bg-gallery-type-default e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2baa7e9\" data-element_type=\"container\" 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class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-22fe556 e-con-full e-flex ae-bg-gallery-type-default e-con e-child\" data-id=\"22fe556\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1e4bc22 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1e4bc22\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Christian Nationalism <br>is destroying  <br>our democracy<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-552a8d7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"552a8d7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Meet the Shadow Network<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-eec6432 e-flex e-con-boxed ae-bg-gallery-type-default e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"eec6432\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-2c6cbd7 e-con-full e-flex ae-bg-gallery-type-default e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2c6cbd7\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-722b4c5 e-con-full e-flex ae-bg-gallery-type-default e-con e-child\" data-id=\"722b4c5\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c78ec48 black-text-link elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c78ec48\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Summary<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b1ecf2a black-text-link elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b1ecf2a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Shadow Network is a powerful alliance of Christian Nationalist groups, billionaires and politicians is trying to destroy our democracy by undermining the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.au.org\/the-latest\/church-and-state\/articles\/the-shadow-network-project-2025-and-the-humongous-fungus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">separation of church and state.<\/a><\/p><p>The heavyweights at the center of the Shadow Network handpick Supreme Court justices, create cases for those justices to decide, and <strong>created the Project 2025 playbook<\/strong> which outlines many of the policy changes the Trump Administration is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/alisondurkee\/2025\/03\/17\/heres-how-trumps-executive-orders-align-with-project-2025-as-he-touts-agenda-in-speech-to-congress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">implementing<\/a> at record speed.\u00a0<\/p><p>These influencers stalk lawmakers and courtrooms to promote policies and legislation that will impose their beliefs on everyone else. Their goal is to make America a Christian nation, and nothing is safe.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-bf8511e e-con-full e-flex ae-bg-gallery-type-default e-con e-child\" data-id=\"bf8511e\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ee809eb black-text-link elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ee809eb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Resources<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-6efcdd7 e-grid e-con-full ae-bg-gallery-type-default e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6efcdd7\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f41fa2 elementor-view-default elementor-position-top elementor-mobile-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-box\" data-id=\"7f41fa2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-wrapper\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#_deep\" class=\"elementor-icon elementor-animation-grow\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-label=\"Deep Dive\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-list-alt\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-icon-box-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#_deep\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDeep Dive\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-icon-box-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tLearn more about Christian Nationalism\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fec0a9d elementor-view-default elementor-position-top elementor-mobile-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-box\" data-id=\"fec0a9d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-wrapper\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#_leo\" class=\"elementor-icon elementor-animation-grow\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-label=\"Puppet Master\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-chess-king\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-icon-box-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#_leo\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPuppet Master\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-icon-box-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tLeonard Leo is pulling the strings\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e70efec elementor-view-default elementor-position-top elementor-mobile-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-box\" data-id=\"e70efec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-wrapper\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#_orgs\" class=\"elementor-icon elementor-animation-grow\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-label=\"The Network\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-building\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-icon-box-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#_orgs\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Network\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-icon-box-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tLeading the attack on our democracy\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-780b2ed elementor-view-default elementor-position-top elementor-mobile-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-box\" data-id=\"780b2ed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-wrapper\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#_agents\" class=\"elementor-icon elementor-animation-grow\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-label=\"Shadow Agents\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-chess-knight\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-icon-box-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#_agents\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tShadow Agents\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-icon-box-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tProject 2025 agents inside the Trump Administration\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-30eb87b elementor-view-default elementor-position-top elementor-mobile-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-box\" data-id=\"30eb87b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-wrapper\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#_faq\" class=\"elementor-icon elementor-animation-grow\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-label=\"FAQ\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-question-circle\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-icon-box-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#_faq\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFAQ\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-icon-box-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tYou've got questions, we've got answers\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-102e803 elementor-view-default elementor-position-top elementor-mobile-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-box\" data-id=\"102e803\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-wrapper\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#_videos\" class=\"elementor-icon elementor-animation-grow\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-label=\"Videos\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-video\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-icon-box-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#_videos\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tVideos\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-icon-box-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tLearn more about Christian Nationalism\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-09ee9d3 elementor-view-default elementor-position-top elementor-mobile-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-box\" data-id=\"09ee9d3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-wrapper\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#_books\" class=\"elementor-icon elementor-animation-grow\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-label=\"Reading list\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-book-reader\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-icon-box-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#_books\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tReading list\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-icon-box-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMore about the Shadow Network \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f85b95 elementor-view-default elementor-position-top elementor-mobile-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-box\" data-id=\"2f85b95\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-wrapper\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#_fight\" class=\"elementor-icon elementor-animation-grow\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-label=\"Fight back\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-hand-rock\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-icon-box-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#_fight\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFight back\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-icon-box-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tHelp us stop the Shadow 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elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-hidden-tablet e-flex ae-bg-gallery-type-default e-con e-child\" data-id=\"900aae6\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-72a87fc elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"72a87fc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<script>\r\n  document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function () {\r\n    const sidebar = document.querySelector('.sidebar-right'); \/\/ Sidebar container\r\n    const sidebarGrid = document.querySelector('.sidebar-grid'); \/\/ Sidebar child content\r\n    const toggleButton = document.querySelector('.sidebar-toggle'); \/\/ Elementor button widget\r\n\r\n    toggleButton.addEventListener('click', function (event) {\r\n      event.preventDefault(); \/\/ Prevent default link behavior\r\n\r\n      \/\/ Toggle 'collapsed' class on the sidebar\r\n      const isCollapsed = 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'none' : 'block';\r\n\r\n      \/\/ Toggle the button's collapsed state\r\n      toggleButton.classList.toggle('collapsed', isCollapsed);\r\n    });\r\n  });\r\n<\/script>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-80aa30c elementor-align-justify sidebar-toggle elementor-laptop-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"80aa30c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm elementor-animation-shrink\" href=\"#\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-chevron-right\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-566f7d4 e-grid e-con-full sidebar-grid ae-bg-gallery-type-default e-con e-child\" data-id=\"566f7d4\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-524e47b elementor-view-default elementor-position-top elementor-mobile-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-box\" data-id=\"524e47b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-wrapper\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#_deep\" class=\"elementor-icon elementor-animation-grow\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-label=\"Deep Dive\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-list-alt\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-icon-box-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#_deep\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDeep Dive\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1bb297d elementor-view-default elementor-position-top elementor-mobile-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-box\" data-id=\"1bb297d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-wrapper\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#_leo\" class=\"elementor-icon elementor-animation-grow\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-label=\"Puppet Master\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-chess-king\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-icon-box-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#_leo\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPuppet Master\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-abfbb38 elementor-view-default elementor-position-top elementor-mobile-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-box\" data-id=\"abfbb38\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-wrapper\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#_orgs\" class=\"elementor-icon elementor-animation-grow\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-label=\"The Network\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-building\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-icon-box-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#_orgs\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Network\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-086436e elementor-view-default elementor-position-top elementor-mobile-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-box\" data-id=\"086436e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-wrapper\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#_agents\" class=\"elementor-icon elementor-animation-grow\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-label=\"Shadow Agents\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-chess-knight\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-icon-box-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#_agents\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tShadow Agents\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f98547b elementor-view-default elementor-position-top elementor-mobile-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-box\" data-id=\"f98547b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-wrapper\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#_faq\" class=\"elementor-icon elementor-animation-grow\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-label=\"FAQ\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-question-circle\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-icon-box-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#_faq\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFAQ\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f7fb830 elementor-view-default elementor-position-top elementor-mobile-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-box\" data-id=\"f7fb830\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-wrapper\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#_videos\" class=\"elementor-icon elementor-animation-grow\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-label=\"Videos\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-video\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-icon-box-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#_videos\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tVideos\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d9c3e1 elementor-view-default elementor-position-top elementor-mobile-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-box\" data-id=\"5d9c3e1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-wrapper\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#_books\" class=\"elementor-icon elementor-animation-grow\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-label=\"Reading list\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-book-reader\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-icon-box-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#_books\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tReading list\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-99fb677 elementor-view-default elementor-position-top elementor-mobile-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-box\" data-id=\"99fb677\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-wrapper\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#_fight\" class=\"elementor-icon elementor-animation-grow\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-label=\"Fight Back\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-hand-rock\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-icon-box-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#_fight\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFight Back\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-5e959be e-flex e-con-boxed ae-bg-gallery-type-default e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5e959be\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e54c18d elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"e54c18d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"_deep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0b29eb0 elementor-position-left elementor-view-default elementor-mobile-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-box\" data-id=\"0b29eb0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-wrapper\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<span  class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-list-alt\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-icon-box-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span  >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDeep Dive\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-777a66c e-flex e-con-boxed ae-bg-gallery-type-default e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"777a66c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-a0ce948 e-con-full e-flex ae-bg-gallery-type-default e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a0ce948\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9f42282 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9f42282\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Christian Nationalists want to destroy church-state separation<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-18c1c90 black-text-link elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"18c1c90\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>What Is the Shadow Network?<\/h3><p>The Shadow Network is a lot like a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.au.org\/the-latest\/church-and-state\/articles\/the-shadow-network-project-2025-and-the-humongous-fungus\/\">predatory fungus<\/a>. It grows and strengthens unseen while attacking church-state separation. And LGBTQ+ rights. And abortion rights. And public education. And democracy. This hidden network of Christian Nationalist billionaires and politicians has been called the Religious Right, the Moral Majority and the authors of Project 2025. Regardless of what we call it, the Shadow Network has been covertly weakening the foundation of our democracy for generations.<\/p><p>While the general public may be aware of how members of the network oppose abortion, marriage equality and secular public schools, often overlooked is how these issues fit into the Shadow Network\u2019s larger mission: to make America a Christian nation that imposes narrow beliefs on everyone.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.au.org\/how-we-protect-religious-freedom\/issues\/white-christian-nationalism\/\">Christian Nationalism<\/a> is the dangerous ideology that America is \u2013 and must remain \u2013 a Christian nation created for white Christians. This nationalistic position excludes millions of progressive and moderate Christians as well as non-Christians and the nonreligious.<br \/>This dangerous ideology denies the separation of church and state promised by the Constitution and opposes equality for Black and Brown people, women, LGBTQ+ people, religious minorities, and the nonreligious. At its core, white Christian Nationalism seeks to preserve traditional white, straight, male Christian power structures and roll back any progress toward a more inclusive democracy.<\/p><h3>The Rise and Threat of White Christian Nationalism<\/h3><p>This resurgent movement is part of a backlash against America\u2019s changing demographics. It poses an existential threat to democracy by attempting to rewrite our history, values, and national identity.<\/p><p>Since AU&#8217;s founding in 1947, the organization has worked to expose and combat White Christian Nationalism. Previously known as the Religious Right, this movement aims to:<\/p><ul><li><p>Tear down the wall between church and state.<\/p><\/li><li><p>\u201cChristianize\u201d public schools and government institutions.<\/p><\/li><li><p>Roll back women\u2019s rights.<\/p><\/li><li><p>Strip LGBTQ+ people of basic freedoms.<\/p><\/li><li><p>Create a theocratic state.<\/p><\/li><\/ul><p>Their ultimate goal? To destroy church-state separation and establish two distinct classes in America: privileged white, cisgender, straight, evangelical Christian men and everyone else.<\/p><h3>Why Christian Nationalism Is Un-American<\/h3><p>According to AU&#8217;s Andrew L. Seidel in <em>The Founding Myth: Why Christian Nationalism is Un-American<\/em>, Christian Nationalists aim to:<\/p><ul><li>Rewrite American history and values to favor fundamentalist Christianity.<\/li><li>Codify Christian privilege into law.<\/li><li>Legally disfavor the nonreligious, non-Christians, and marginalized groups, including LGBTQ+ individuals.<\/li><\/ul><p>The separation of church and state is a uniquely American idea, born from Enlightenment principles and implemented during the \u201cAmerican Experiment.\u201d It protects every individual\u2019s right to think freely by ensuring that religion and government remain separate. Without this principle, democracy falters.<\/p><h3>Combating the Shadow Network &amp; Christian Nationalism<\/h3><p>While Christian Nationalism threatens democracy, a growing number of Americans are fighting against it. Organizations like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.christiansagainstchristiannationalism.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Christians Against Christian Nationalism<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/bjconline.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Baptist Joint Committee (BJC)<\/a> are working to raise awareness and opposition. These groups emphasize that Christian Nationalism does not represent the values of most Christians and that opposing Christian Nationalism is not anti-Christian or anti-religious.<\/p><h3>Why It Matters<\/h3><ul><li>Freedom and Equality: Christian Nationalism privileges a small group and denies America&#8217;s promise of freedom without favor and equality without exception.<\/li><li>Progress and Resistance: As America\u2019s leadership grows more diverse, marginalized voices are gaining power and pushing back against white supremacy and Christian Nationalism.<\/li><li>Protecting Religious Freedom: The separation of church and state is essential to preserving equality, protecting marginalized communities, and ensuring freedom for people of all beliefs.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-a3e334f e-con-full e-flex ae-bg-gallery-type-default e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a3e334f\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-96c2d91 black-text-link elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"96c2d91\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We must remain vigilant in protecting church-state separation from disinformation and efforts to undermine it. Together, we can safeguard democracy and ensure that everyone has the freedom to live as themselves and believe or not believe as they choose.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-d946176 e-flex e-con-boxed ae-bg-gallery-type-default e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d946176\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-82b3a8e elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"82b3a8e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"_faq\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ae019be elementor-position-left elementor-view-default elementor-mobile-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-box\" data-id=\"ae019be\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-wrapper\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<span  class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-question-circle\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-icon-box-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span  >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFAQ\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-fa80033 e-flex e-con-boxed ae-bg-gallery-type-default e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"fa80033\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-9862ea4 e-con-full e-flex ae-bg-gallery-type-default e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9862ea4\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-abf33d9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"abf33d9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Top 10 questions about Christian Nationalism<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-07bc246 elementor-widget elementor-widget-n-accordion\" data-id=\"07bc246\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;default_state&quot;:&quot;all_collapsed&quot;,&quot;max_items_expended&quot;:&quot;multiple&quot;,&quot;n_accordion_animation_duration&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;ms&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:400,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"nested-accordion.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-n-accordion\" aria-label=\"Accordion. Open links with Enter or Space, close with Escape, and navigate with Arrow Keys\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-8110\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"1\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-8110\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> What is Christian Nationalism? <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-be613c2 e-flex e-con-boxed ae-bg-gallery-type-default e-con e-child\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-8110\" data-id=\"be613c2\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d2507cf black-text-link elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d2507cf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u201cChristian Nationalism,\u201d and \u201cwhite Christian Nationalism,\u201d describe a political movement that is trying to topple our democracy by undermining church-state separation and <a href=\"https:\/\/au.org\/about-au\/history\/is-america-a-christian-nation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>declaring America a \u201cChristian nation.\u201d<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0<\/p><p>This movement is part of the backlash against the changing demographics in America and the struggle to retain traditional white Christian power structures. In other words, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/au.org\/the-latest\/church-and-state\/articles\/american-crusade-andrew-seidels-new-book-is-a-warning-for-america-about-the-weaponization-of-religious-freedom-by-the-supreme-court\/?_gl=1*gfk9q1*_gcl_au*ODc5OTA5MDY4LjE3Mjk1MjQ3MDg.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">white Christian Nationalists are raging against the dying of their privilege.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-8111\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"2\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-8111\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> How is Christian Nationlism different than patriotism? <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-f279760 e-flex e-con-boxed ae-bg-gallery-type-default e-con e-child\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-8111\" data-id=\"f279760\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f3d56c9 black-text-link elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f3d56c9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Patriotism is a feeling or emotion we have about our country. \u201cI love my country\u201d is a patriotic statement.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nationalism is a political belief that people should strongly support their own country and put its interests above others, often excluding other nations or groups.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Christian Nationalism is a dangerous ideology based on the <\/span><b>false belief<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that America was founded as a Christian nation for white Christians and that our laws and policies must protect white Christian privilege and power.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Christian Nationalists believe that they are the \u201ctrue Americans,\u201d <\/span><b>deny<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the separation of church and state promised by our Constitution, and <\/span><b>oppose equality<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for people of color, women, LGBTQ+ people, religious minorities, and the nonreligious.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-8112\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"3\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-8112\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> Are all evangelical Christians also Christian Nationalists?  <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-4fe2eec e-con-full e-flex ae-bg-gallery-type-default e-con e-child\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-8112\" data-id=\"4fe2eec\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-01b67f3 e-con-full e-flex ae-bg-gallery-type-default e-con e-child\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-8112\" data-id=\"01b67f3\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-66e945b black-text-link elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"66e945b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No. Most Christians <\/span><b>are not<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Christian Nationalists. <\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Many organizations, like <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christiansagainstchristiannationalism.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Christians Against Christian Nationalism<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and Christian scholars like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/kkdumez\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kristin Du Mez<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ProfAntheaButler\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dr. Anthea Butler<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/jemartisby\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dr. Jemar Tisby<\/a>,\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=SZMBKf8AAAAJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Samuel Perry<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/zmtPHMyqu6U?feature=shared\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Andrew Whitehead<\/a>, are actively working to raise awareness and opposition to this movement.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cPlease stop calling religious nationalist extremists \u201cconservative evangelicals. I want to conserve the love, truth, &amp; justice at the heart of Christian faith, so I refuse to cede \u201cconservative Christian\u201d to those who say so much about what God says so little &amp; so little about what God says so much.\u201d\u00a0 \u2013<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RevDrBarber\/status\/1814976923186942354\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reverend William J. Barber II <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-8113\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"4\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-8113\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> What are examples of Christian Nationalism in the U.S.? <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-1373f04 e-flex e-con-boxed ae-bg-gallery-type-default e-con e-child\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-8113\" data-id=\"1373f04\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6895524 black-text-link elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6895524\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Oklahoma State Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters\u2019 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.au.org\/oklahoma-bible-lawsuit\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bible Mandate forcing public schools<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to teach from the Bible.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.au.org\/louisiana-lawsuit\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Louisiana\u2019s Ten Commandments law<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> mandating that all public elementary, secondary, and postsecondary schools display the Ten Commandments in every classroom<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.au.org\/how-we-protect-religious-freedom\/issues\/vouchers\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Private school voucher programs<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2013 originally created to allow white families to evade public school integration orders in the 1960s \u2013 funnel public funds <\/span><b>away <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">from our public schools to fund the education of a few, select students at private, mostly religious schools.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.au.org\/how-we-protect-religious-freedom\/issues\/abortion\/\">Abortion bans<\/a> impose one narrow religious doctrine on everyone and violate the separation of church and state. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.au.org\/mo-legislator-page\/?_gl=1*sdtalq*_gcl_au*ODc5OTA5MDY4LjE3Mjk1MjQ3MDg.\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Missouri legislators<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, for example, repeatedly told the world they were imposing their religious views on every Missourian when they passed bans and restrictions on abortion. That\u2019s why AU and the National Women\u2019s Law Center <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.au.org\/missouri-abortion-lawsuit\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">challenged these bans<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on behalf of FOURTEEN clergy from SEVEN different denominations.\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection is an example Christian Nationalists actively seeking to destroy our democracy. Images of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/bjconline.org\/jan6report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Christian Nationalism<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> can be seen in pictures and videos taken that day \u2013 people hoisting crosses, \u201cJesus Saves\u201d signs, Christian flags, T-shirts linking President Donald Trump to Jesus and other paraphernalia of Christian Nationalism.<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-8114\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"5\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-8114\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> Is Christian Nationalism linked to white supremacy? <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-bd16792 e-con-full e-flex ae-bg-gallery-type-default e-con e-child\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-8114\" data-id=\"bd16792\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-a7bc54c e-con-full e-flex ae-bg-gallery-type-default e-con e-child\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-8114\" data-id=\"a7bc54c\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c0e9559 black-text-link elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c0e9559\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yes. President and founder of the Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI) Robert P. Jones, in his book \u201cThe Hidden Roots of White Supremacy and the Shared Path to an American Future,\u201d <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.au.org\/the-latest\/church-and-state\/articles\/untangling-the-roots-in-his-new-book-scholar-robert-p-jones-exposes-the-disturbing-links-between-christian-nationalism-and-white-supremacy\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">exposes links<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as far back as Christopher Columbus\u2019 return to Spain in 1493.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Many scholars including <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.au.org\/the-latest\/articles\/srf24-sunday-sessions\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dr. Anthea Butler<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.au.org\/the-latest\/church-and-state\/articles\/god-country-a-major-new-documentary-examines-the-rise-power-and-threat-of-christian-nationalism\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dr. Jemar Tisby<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> discuss the close connection between white supremacy and white Christian Nationalism.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Christian Nationalists believe that they are the \u201ctrue Americans\u201d and oppose equality for people of color, women, LGBTQ+ people, religious minorities, and the nonreligious.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By insisting American laws favor one narrow set of beliefs above all others, Christian Nationalists turn religious freedom into <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Christian privilege. <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is not religious freedom.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">True religious freedom protects everyone\u2019s right to believe, or not believe, as long as they don\u2019t harm others.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-8115\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"6\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-8115\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> How does Christian Nationalism affect religious freedom? <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-aae5965 e-flex e-con-boxed ae-bg-gallery-type-default e-con e-child\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-8115\" data-id=\"aae5965\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7ea7c4a black-text-link elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7ea7c4a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Christian Nationalists believe that they are the \u201ctrue Americans\u201d and oppose equality for people of color, women, LGBTQ+ people, religious minorities, and the nonreligious.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By insisting American laws favor one narrow set of beliefs above all others, Christian Nationalists turn religious freedom into <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Christian privilege. <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is not religious freedom.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">True religious freedom protects everyone\u2019s right to believe, or not believe, as long as they don\u2019t harm others.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-8116\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"7\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-8116\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> How prevalent is Christian Nationalism in America? <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-0f889ac e-flex e-con-boxed ae-bg-gallery-type-default e-con e-child\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-8116\" data-id=\"0f889ac\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d98db6 black-text-link elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2d98db6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to the 2023 \u201cSupport for Christian Nationalism in All 50 States: Findings from PRRI\u2019s 2023 American Values Atlas\u201d <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.prri.org\/research\/support-for-christian-nationalism-in-all-50-states\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">report<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by PRRI, roughly 3 in 10 Americans qualify as Christian Nationalist adherents or sympathizers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to this report, more than 45% of the residents in the following states are Christian Nationalist adherents or sympathizers:<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">North Dakota (50%)<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mississippi (50%)<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alabama (47%)<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">West Virginia (47%)<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Louisiana (46%)<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-8117\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"8\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-8117\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> Who are famous Christian Nationalists? <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-8743a95 e-flex e-con-boxed ae-bg-gallery-type-default e-con e-child\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-8117\" data-id=\"8743a95\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-221b87e black-text-link elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"221b87e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>Donald Trump<\/li><li>Steve Bannon<\/li><li>Mike Johnson<\/li><li>Marjorie Taylor Green<\/li><li>Lauren Boebert<\/li><li>Charlie Kirk<\/li><li>Russ Vought<\/li><li>Linda McMahon<\/li><li>James Dobson<\/li><li>Nick Fuentes<\/li><li>Pete Hegseth<\/li><li>Andrew Torba<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-8118\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"9\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-8118\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> What is Project 2025? <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-32e640b e-con-full e-flex ae-bg-gallery-type-default e-con e-child\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-8118\" data-id=\"32e640b\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-71225f1 e-con-full e-flex ae-bg-gallery-type-default e-con e-child\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-8118\" data-id=\"71225f1\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-284d207 black-text-link elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"284d207\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.au.org\/project2025\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Project 2025<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a 900-page playbook for dismantling the federal government to advance the ultimate goals of Christian Nationalists: overthrowing American democracy and installing a theocracy that takes away our freedoms.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Project 2025 was spearheaded by Christian Nationalists and reflects many of their dangerous beliefs. It seeks to take away Americans\u2019 freedom to live as themselves and believe as they choose, by diverting public funds to private religious schools; rolling back the rights of LGBTQ+ people; banning the most accessible form of abortion and limiting reproductive health care; erecting roadblocks to racial justice; and redefining religious freedom as a license to discriminate.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-8119\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"10\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-8119\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> When did Christian Nationalism start? <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-ba21216 e-flex e-con-boxed ae-bg-gallery-type-default e-con e-child\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-8119\" data-id=\"ba21216\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d48c12 black-text-link elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2d48c12\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to Robert P. Jones, president and founder of PRRI and author of \u201cWhite Too Long: The Legacy of White Supremacy in American Christianity,\u201d white Christian Nationalism goes back to Christopher Columbus and the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/6309657\/us-christian-nationalism-columbus-essay\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Doctrine of Discovery<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p><p>More recently, the movement of Christian Nationalism can be connected to the evangelical initiatives in the 1940s and 1950s to put God and Jesus into our Constitution.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-81110\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"11\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-81110\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> How can we stop Christian Nationalism? <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-b0cfc9e e-con-full e-flex ae-bg-gallery-type-default e-con e-child\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-81110\" data-id=\"b0cfc9e\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-b207945 e-con-full e-flex ae-bg-gallery-type-default e-con e-child\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-81110\" data-id=\"b207945\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-746d6a5 black-text-link elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"746d6a5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Christian Nationalists in the Shadow Network are trying to fuse their church into our state. Americans United is fighting back and you can help.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here are two things you can do right now:<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Help us fight efforts to use religion to deny healthcare, refuse to provide goods and services, and undermine civil rights protections by giving to the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/secure.au.org\/a\/fund-2025?_gl=1*1vgv9u9*_gcl_au*ODc5OTA5MDY4LjE3Mjk1MjQ3MDg.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Freedom without Favor Fund<\/span><\/a><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.au.org\/get-involved\/au-action-network\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Join the AU Action Network<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and receive specific actions you can take each month at the local and national 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cover\" style=\"background-image: url(&#039;https:\/\/www.au.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/American-Crusade-cover.jpg&#039;)\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/jemartisby.com\/the-color-of-compromise\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\t\t<div class=\"elementor-carousel-image\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"a book cover with a crowd of people\" style=\"background-image: url(&#039;https:\/\/www.au.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/book-tcoc-01.webp&#039;)\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-pagination\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-a6078ff e-flex e-con-boxed ae-bg-gallery-type-default e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a6078ff\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-372053b elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"372053b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"_leo\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-70f65dc elementor-position-left elementor-view-default elementor-mobile-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-box\" data-id=\"70f65dc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-wrapper\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<span  class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-chess-king\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-icon-box-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span  >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLeonard Leo\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-c6fed33 e-flex e-con-boxed ae-bg-gallery-type-default e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c6fed33\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cd3888d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cd3888d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Puppetmaster<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b59e672 black-text-link elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b59e672\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In the billion-dollar Shadow Network trying to undermine our democracy and advance Christian Nationalism, one name rises to the top: Leonard Leo.<\/p><p>Leonard Leo is the powerbroker behind this nationwide network of billionaires, Christian Nationalist legal groups, lobbyists, lawyers and judges working relentlessly against abortion rights, LGBTQ+ equality, public education, racial justice and church-state separation in America.<\/p><h3>Leo bought the courts<\/h3><p>Leo gets most of the credit for securing lifetime appointments for the U.S. Supreme Court\u2019s ultra-conservative justices. Not to mention the 200+ federal judges Trump appointed during his first term \u2013 nearly one-third of the federal judiciary. Leo-linked groups spent more than a half-billion dollars packing the courts from 2014 to 2020, which led to the end of the nationwide right to abortion, religious freedom being misused as a license to harm LGBTQ+ people, women, religious minorities and the nonreligious, and forcing taxpayers to fund religious indoctrination and discrimination at private schools.<\/p><h3>Leo bankrolled Project 2025<\/h3><p>Leo\u2019s financial network also funneled millions of dollars to the Shadow Network organizations behind Project 2025. His Marble Freedom Trust has assets of more than $1 billion \u2013 virtually all of it earmarked to battle, in Leo\u2019s words, the \u201cvile and amoral \u2026 barbarians, secularists and bigots\u201d in the way of his life\u2019s goal to transform America into a radical Christian nation.<\/p><p>What is Project 2025? The 900-page playbook created to dismantle the federal government and advance the ultimate goal of Christian Nationalists: installing a theocracy that takes away our freedoms.<\/p><p>Project 2025 calls for diverting public funds to private religious schools; rolling back the rights of LGBTQ+ people; banning the most accessible form of abortion and limiting reproductive health care; erecting roadblocks to racial justice; and redefining religious freedom as a license to discriminate.<\/p><p>With Leo\u2019s puppets now in powerful positions in the Trump Administration, they are destroying generations of social progress as they fulfill their goal to remake America. And they may soon lead us to a constitutional crisis if we don\u2019t stop them.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-2987ca4 e-flex e-con-boxed ae-bg-gallery-type-default e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2987ca4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ae931c9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"ae931c9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"_orgs\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f6539d elementor-position-left elementor-view-default elementor-mobile-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-box\" data-id=\"6f6539d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-wrapper\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<span  class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-users\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-icon-box-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span  >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Organizations leading the attack\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-903ffdf e-flex e-con-boxed ae-bg-gallery-type-default e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"903ffdf\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div 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url(&#039;https:\/\/www.au.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Copy-of-Short-statement-evergreen-template-5.webp&#039;)\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.au.org\/becket-fund\/\">\t\t<div class=\"elementor-carousel-image\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Copy of Short statement evergreen template (6)\" style=\"background-image: url(&#039;https:\/\/www.au.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Copy-of-Short-statement-evergreen-template-6.webp&#039;)\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.au.org\/liberty-counsel\/\">\t\t<div class=\"elementor-carousel-image\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Copy of Short statement evergreen template (7)\" style=\"background-image: 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class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"_agents\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-98fa501 elementor-position-left elementor-view-default elementor-mobile-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-box\" data-id=\"98fa501\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-wrapper\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<span  class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-chess-knight\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-icon-box-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span  >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tShadow Network Agents\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-cd2c52b e-flex e-con-boxed ae-bg-gallery-type-default e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"cd2c52b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-c54ca71 e-con-full e-flex ae-bg-gallery-type-default e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c54ca71\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d4949f elementor-widget elementor-widget-n-accordion\" data-id=\"5d4949f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;default_state&quot;:&quot;all_collapsed&quot;,&quot;max_items_expended&quot;:&quot;multiple&quot;,&quot;n_accordion_animation_duration&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;ms&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:400,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"nested-accordion.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-n-accordion\" aria-label=\"Accordion. Open links with Enter or Space, close with Escape, and navigate with Arrow Keys\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-9780\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"1\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-9780\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> Russ Vought: Director of Office of Management and Budget (OMB) <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-d3b011d e-flex e-con-boxed ae-bg-gallery-type-default e-con e-child\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-9780\" data-id=\"d3b011d\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f395bef black-text-link elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f395bef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Russ Vought ran the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) during the first Trump administration. He was the policy director for the Republican National Convention\u2019s Platform Committee, is a<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/there-anything-actually-wrong-christian-nationalism-opinion-1577519\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">self-professed<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Christian Nationalist and one of the key architects and driving forces behind<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.au.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2025_MandateForLeadership_FULL.pdf\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Project 2025<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vought runs the Center for Renewing America, a relatively<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.au.org\/the-latest\/church-and-state\/articles\/the-shadow-network-project-2025-and-the-humongous-fungus\/\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">new member of the Shadow Network<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that sprouted up in 2021 aiming to \u201crenew a consensus of America as a nation under God.\u201d<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vought considers \u201cChristian Nationalism\u201d a top priority and was caught in<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/UQjdwsZhE_Q?si=dxaV0bcx66D4j2-7&amp;t=113\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">undercover footage<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> saying that he was going to \u201crehabilitate Christian Nationalism.\u201d<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vought authored the chapters in Project 2025 discussing the broad expansion of presidential power and sections that call for the dismantling of protections for emergency abortion care and expanding federal surveillance of pregnant Americans.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In his work on Project 2025, Vought advocated for dramatically expanding the presidential powers and stripping protections for emergency abortion care, along with ramping up federal surveillance of pregnant Americans.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a member of the second Trump Administration, Vought will be in charge of the second phase of Project 2025:<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.au.org\/the-latest\/articles\/phase-2-of-project-2025-is-coming-americans-united-is-ready\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> its implementation.<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Vought and his team are spending thousands of hours drafting the hundreds of executive orders, rules, regulations and more, which will implement the dangerous policies in the Project 2025 handbook.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-9781\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"2\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-9781\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> Pete Hegseth: Secretary of Defense <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-81e5c34 e-con-full e-flex ae-bg-gallery-type-default e-con e-child\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-9781\" data-id=\"81e5c34\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-d931495 e-con-full e-flex ae-bg-gallery-type-default e-con e-child\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-9781\" data-id=\"d931495\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-114a2c9 black-text-link elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"114a2c9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hegseth has a record of extreme political views including expanding presidential authority, mobilizing the military againstAmerican protesters, fighting anti-discrimination efforts, and pushing dangerous White Christian Nationalist and anti-Islamic sentiments.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The day after the January 6th attacks, Hegseth, a then-member of the National Guard, was<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.au.org\/the-latest\/church-and-state\/articles\/armed-angry-and-apocalyptic\/\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">reported<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for sporting the \u201cDeus vult\u201d tattoo, which references a Christian battle cry from the First Crusade of the Middle Ages and has become popular among present-day white supremacist groups, including the Proud Boys and Three Percenters.\u201d Hegseth\u2019s obsession with white supremacist symbolism underscores his extreme and dangerous views, raising concerns about the politicization of the Department of Defense under his direction.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hegseth champions the conservative, white, male, Christian \u201cwarrior\u201d as the ideal U.S. military servicemember. His book, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">American Crusade: Our Fight to Stay Free,<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is essentially a<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.au.org\/the-latest\/church-and-state\/articles\/armed-angry-and-apocalyptic\/\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">call to arms<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for white Christian nationalists. \u201cThe book depicts America in a struggle fought by conservative white Christians and \u201cfreedom-loving people everywhere\u201d protecting their God-ordained superiority and dominance over others by taking freedom away from secularists, leftists, globalists and Muslim immigrants.\u201d<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hegsleth also has a storied history of accusations alleging sexual assault, heavy drinking, and multiple instances of mismanagement and personal misconduct leading two veterans\u2019 advocacy organizations.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-9782\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"3\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-9782\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> Peter Navarro: Senior Counselor for Trade and Manufacturing <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-eed6cbf e-flex e-con-boxed ae-bg-gallery-type-default e-con e-child\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-9782\" data-id=\"eed6cbf\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bb473f0 black-text-link elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bb473f0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nvarro was a White-House aid in the first Trump administration who infamously spent four months in<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/03\/19\/politics\/peter-navarro-jail-contempt-of-congress\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> prison<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> over his refusal to comply with a subpoena from the House Select Committee that investigated the January 6th attacks on the US Capitol.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Navarro also authored the Project 2025 chapter on trade.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-9783\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"4\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-9783\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> John Ratcliffe: CIA Director <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-04ebe1a e-flex e-con-boxed ae-bg-gallery-type-default e-con e-child\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-9783\" data-id=\"04ebe1a\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a104f06 black-text-link elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a104f06\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ratcliffe was a &#8220;Distinguished Fellow&#8221; at The Heritage Foundation and &#8220;generously volunteered time and effort to assist the authors in developing and writing&#8221; Project 2025.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ratcliffe is also frequently quoted in Chapter 7 of the Project 2025 playbook, a chapter authored by Dustin J. Carmack, who served as Ratcliff\u2019s chief of staff both in the intelligence community and in Congress.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-9784\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"5\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-9784\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> Steven Gill Bradbury: Deputy Secretary of Transportation <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-f61a2cd e-flex e-con-boxed ae-bg-gallery-type-default e-con e-child\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-9784\" data-id=\"f61a2cd\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6e69be0 black-text-link elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6e69be0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bradbury was a &#8220;Distinguished Fellow&#8221; at the Heritage Foundation and clerked for Justice Clarence Thomas on the Supreme Court.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bradbury is listed as a<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.au.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2025_MandateForLeadership_FULL.pdf\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Project 2025<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u201ccontributor\u201d and is named in an author\u2019s note on the chapter\u00a0 on Transportation as \u201cdeserv[ing] special mention\u2026\u201d<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-9785\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"6\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-9785\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> Stephen Miller: White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-c3cba33 e-flex e-con-boxed ae-bg-gallery-type-default e-con e-child\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-9785\" data-id=\"c3cba33\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-402a062 black-text-link elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"402a062\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Miller appeared ina<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/lTw6SNI3SR4?si=bpnnAIh1ONejF8ne&amp;t=43\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">promotional video<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for Project 2025 two years ago, which is still featured on the<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.project2025.org\/training\/presidential-administration-academy\/#:~:text=on%20Day%20One-,The%20Presidential,-Administration%20Academy%20is\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Project 2025 website<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Miller\u2019s organization, the America First Legal Foundation, was an original supporter of Project 2025 and part of the<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.au.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2025_MandateForLeadership_FULL.pdf\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Project 2025 advisory board<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-9786\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"7\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-9786\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> Karoline Leavitt: White House Press Secretary <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-da691a8 e-flex e-con-boxed ae-bg-gallery-type-default e-con e-child\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-9786\" data-id=\"da691a8\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9856f66 black-text-link elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-laptop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9856f66\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Leavitt is featured in a Project 2025<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/lTw6SNI3SR4?si=M5hodUfoumBZCo-b&amp;t=45\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">promotional video<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> alongside other Project 2025 authors, contributors, and instructors, including Stephen Miller.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Leavitt herself is listed as a<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.project2025.org\/training\/conservative-governance-101\/#:~:text=former%20political%20appointees.-,Instructors,-Michael%20Ding\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Project 2025 instructor<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and appeared in at least one Project 2025 training video.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-9787\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"8\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-9787\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> Linda McMahon: Secretary of Education <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-aa32675 e-flex e-con-boxed ae-bg-gallery-type-default e-con e-child\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-9787\" data-id=\"aa32675\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4123416 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4123416\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Linda McMahon, former head of the Small Business Administration under Trump, has emerged as a major force in Christian Nationalist policy efforts and the America First movement. After leaving her Cabinet position in 2019, she led the pro-Trump America First Action Super PAC before co-founding the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.au.org\/the-latest\/church-and-state\/articles\/trump-and-christian-nationalists-renewed-attack-on-public-education\/\">America First Policy Institute<\/a> (AFPI) in 2021, an organization dedicated to promoting Donald Trump\u2019s policy agenda.<\/p><p>McMahon openly opposes diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, labeling them unnecessary and burdensome. She has hardly any education experience and has never worked as a teacher, a school administrator, or even an elected official overseeing schools. She supports school privatization efforts, pushing for private school voucher programs that siphon public taxpayer dollars to private religious schools. Additionally, she has authored executive orders and policies that undermine public education and civil rights protections.<\/p><p>McMahon\u2019s leadership at AFPI and her alignment with Project 2025 signal a push for policies that would roll back civil rights protections, weaken public education, and integrate religious ideology into government operations. Through her political donations, policy influence, and advocacy for regressive education policies, she has become a key player in efforts to reshape the country through a Christian nationalist lens.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-7bf6aed e-flex e-con-boxed ae-bg-gallery-type-default e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7bf6aed\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e25d62 elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"7e25d62\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"_fight\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-46855e8 elementor-position-left elementor-view-default elementor-mobile-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-box\" data-id=\"46855e8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-wrapper\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<span  class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-hand-rock\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-icon-box-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span  >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFight Back\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-92a667a e-flex e-con-boxed ae-bg-gallery-type-default e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"92a667a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-76ab4c0 e-con-full e-flex ae-bg-gallery-type-default e-con e-child\" data-id=\"76ab4c0\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-146cabe elementor-widget elementor-widget-n-accordion\" data-id=\"146cabe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;default_state&quot;:&quot;all_collapsed&quot;,&quot;max_items_expended&quot;:&quot;multiple&quot;,&quot;n_accordion_animation_duration&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;ms&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:400,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"nested-accordion.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-n-accordion\" aria-label=\"Accordion. Open links with Enter or Space, close with Escape, and navigate with Arrow Keys\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-2140\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"1\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-2140\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> Give to the Freedom without Favor Fund <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-386d58b e-con-full e-flex ae-bg-gallery-type-default e-con e-child\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-2140\" data-id=\"386d58b\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-57c564f black-text-link elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"57c564f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The <strong><a href=\"#\/?form=fwff\">Freedom without Favor Fund<\/a><\/strong> is an ambitious 4-year, $5 million project is\u00a0<strong>critical<\/strong>\u00a0in the fight to protect our democracy and defend the rights of all Americans. The Freedom Without Favor Fund will give us the vital resources we need to fight this escalating threat.<\/p><p>Christian Nationalists are prepared to stop at nothing to codify Christian privilege into law and secure their power at the expense of everyone else.<\/p><p>Help us fight efforts to use religion to deny healthcare, refuse to provide goods and services, and undermine civil rights protections.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-2141\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"2\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-2141\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> Join the AU Action Network <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-4e5fc84 e-con-full e-flex ae-bg-gallery-type-default e-con e-child\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-2141\" data-id=\"4e5fc84\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-cac401a e-con-full e-flex ae-bg-gallery-type-default e-con e-child\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-2141\" data-id=\"cac401a\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-114fcf2 black-text-link elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"114fcf2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>When you join the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.au.org\/get-involved\/au-action-network\/\">AU Action Network<\/a><\/strong>, you will be notified of actions you can take in your community to protect church-state separation. These actions can include legislative and legal advocacy, outreach opportunities, invitations to attend special meetings, briefings, and training sessions. AU also provides virtual opportunities to hone your skills as an advocate.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-2142\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"3\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-2142\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> Attend the Summit for Religious Freedom <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-a3406cf e-con-full e-flex ae-bg-gallery-type-default e-con e-child\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-2142\" data-id=\"a3406cf\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2396012 black-text-link elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2396012\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Join us at the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesrf.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Summit for Religious Freedom<\/a> <\/strong>in Alexandria, VA + Washington, D.C. and Virtually.<\/p><p>The Summit for Religious Freedom or SRF (pronounced &#8220;surf&#8221;) is the hub for our collective fight for real religious freedom, church-state separation, and the issues that depend on them like LGBTQ+ rights, reproductive rights, protecting public schools, strengthening our democracy and more.<\/p><p>It\u2019s a big tent \u2014 welcoming the diversity of our movement from longtime advocates to those just discovering the issue and its critical role in protecting our democracy, our equality, and our rights. We\u2019re collaborating to defeat the biggest threats to these values including Christian Nationalists and other extremists, along with their political allies, who have launched a coordinated campaign to force us all to live by their narrow, religious beliefs.\u200b<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-2143\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"4\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-2143\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> Volunteer <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-553875a e-con-full e-flex ae-bg-gallery-type-default e-con e-child\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-2143\" data-id=\"553875a\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7fd2101 black-text-link elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7fd2101\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.au.org\/volunteer\/\">Join our team of volunteers!<\/a> Tell us about your interests and to receive more info about volunteer opportunities<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-d686dfb e-con-full e-flex ae-bg-gallery-type-default e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d686dfb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;gradient&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-e8df79b e-con-full e-flex ae-bg-gallery-type-default e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e8df79b\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-17df252 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"17df252\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Have you been harmed by a church-state separation violation in your community? We can help.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-21e3b22 black-text-link elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"21e3b22\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><strong>AU defends real religious freedom and the separation of church and state by:<\/strong><\/h3><ul><li>going to court on behalf of people whose religious-freedom rights have been violated<\/li><li>by contacting school districts, municipalities, and state and federal agencies to resolve constitutional violations without litigation<\/li><li>by contributing our expertise through friend-of-the-court briefs in cases nationwide.<\/li><\/ul><p>We can protect your religious freedom and end church-state separation violations without ever going to court. And your complaint is confidential; we will not disclose your complaint or your identity to anyone without your consent.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cbe03e7 elementor-mobile-align-center elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"cbe03e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.au.org\/report-a-violation\/\" title=\"Donate\" id=\"donate-home\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Report a violation<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-894c450 e-flex e-con-boxed ae-bg-gallery-type-default e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"894c450\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-f4ba7c0 e-con-full e-flex ae-bg-gallery-type-default e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f4ba7c0\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-4441b27 e-con-full e-flex ae-bg-gallery-type-default e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4441b27\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-593773d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"593773d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.au.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/landing-page-donate-shield-400x480-1.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-9431\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.au.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/landing-page-donate-shield-400x480-1.webp 400w, https:\/\/www.au.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/landing-page-donate-shield-400x480-1-250x300.webp 250w, https:\/\/www.au.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/landing-page-donate-shield-400x480-1-167x200.webp 167w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-21b0727 e-con-full e-flex ae-bg-gallery-type-default e-con e-child\" data-id=\"21b0727\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cc7e136 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cc7e136\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Shadow Network is trying to fuse their church into our state.\nDon't let them.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a2e774 elementor-mobile-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"4a2e774\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"#\/?form=fwff\" title=\"Donate\" id=\"donate-home\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">DONATE TODAY<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Christian Nationalism is destroying our democracy Meet the Shadow Network Summary The Shadow Network is a powerful alliance of Christian Nationalist groups, billionaires and politicians is trying to destroy our democracy by undermining the separation of church and state. 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