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I doubt that the number is 90%, and I have no idea how anyone would rigorously measure it, but I understand your point. One of the annoying things is that it i

I doubt that the number is 90%, and I have no idea how anyone would rigorously measure it, but I understand your point. One of the annoying things is that it isn’t even quite true to say they preach “conservative,” political action. There’s a particular political philosophy of the “religious right,” which is really it’s own flavor of thing and doesn’t fit the classical definitions of liberal vs conservative that we would have used in say, 1980. That’s a lot of what’s turning over the Republican Party right now. Old-fashioned “conservatives” like Mitt Romney and Liz Cheney are being uprooted in favor of... whatever you call the hodgepodge of today’s Republican ideas.

ryandrake 6y ago
I'm not religious, so I don't go to my wife's church, but with the pandemic now, they are streaming their services on Sundays for the few of their congregation who are respecting stay-at-home. Now that it's background noise Sunday mornings, I can hear what they're saying, and it's essentially a Republican sermon. Sure, the pastor mentions Jesus every once in a while, but for the most part it's straight up conservative talking points and propaganda. If I didn't know it was a church service, I would have thought she was streaming Fox News. I know, anecdote and sample size of one, but wow. They're all anti-maskers, too. She had to stop by once to deliver something during service, and everyone's packed in there singing and shouting, zero masks to be found. Pretty scary.