People For President Svante Myrick discusses Christian nationalism and Louisiana's recent law regarding the 10 commandments in this op-ed for The Hill.
My first leadership position was as head usher at my church when I was a kid. I remember telling my brothers, who were also ushers, about my promotion. They were unimpressed. Yeah, they said, you realize that means you have to get to church earlier than everyone else.
My brothers’ snark aside, faith was important in my family. It’s still important to me. So is religious freedom.
That’s why I’m so concerned about the aggressive advance of white Christian nationalism, a movement whose goals violate a basic American ideal: that we’re all equally American no matter whether or how we worship.
Our constitutional separation of church and state upholds this ideal. But some people aren’t willing to live by that principle. They have spent decades promoting the idea that this country was created by and for Christians — and they really mean Christians who share their religious and political worldview.
They have built power in our legislatures and courts. And they are using that power to undermine the pluralism that is a defining characteristic of our country.
Louisiana’s governor just signed a law requiring that a Protestant version of the Ten Commandments be posted in every public classroom — K-12 and state colleges. That puts the government’s stamp of approval on one religious tradition. It’s defiantly unconstitutional and violates previous Supreme Court rulings. And that’s part of the strategy.
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