SWAJ Protests the Reawaken America Tour
We Joined a Coalition of Orgs Fighting Christian Nationalism
This past weekend SWAJ joined the Interfaith Alliance, Faithful America, Red Letter Christians, the Baptist Joint Committee, and other organizations fighting Christian nationalism by setting up a protest at the Reawaken America Tour in Miami (at a Trump Doral property).
"We organized a Christian counter-witness because we are horrified to see the faith we hold dear being used to spread lies, violence and authoritarian theocracy," she added. "We are here to say to the millions of Christians across this country who are likewise horrified and angry about Christian nationalism – you are not alone."
Reverend Nathan Empsall, the executive director of Faithful America, also wrote in a statement sent to Newsweek on Saturday that the "toxic blend of baptisms, MAGA election denial, and QAnon misinformation on display by ReAwaken America at Trump Doral this weekend is not what Jesus wants."
"That's why tens of millions of Christians across the country have rejected the MAGA movement's anti-democracy and antisemitic Christian nationalism and will continue striving for love, equality, and the common good," he wrote.
In the weeks leading up to the conference, Faithful America launched a petition to show its rejection of the "far-right" tour. That petition, which describes the tour as "one of the most dangerous examples of Christian nationalism in the United States today," has received nearly 28,000 signatures.