Two hours after Rep. Dustin Burrows of Lubbock was elected Texas House speaker on Tuesday, Christian worshippers gathered in a Capitol meeting room to prepare for “spiritual war” and protect lawmakers from demonic forces.
“Pray for the fear of the Lord to come into this place,” Landon Schott intoned from the stage as a small band played acoustic hymns and 100 or so faithful laid their hands on walls, hoping to bless the room and ward off evil spirits. “Let the fear of the Lord return to Austin. In Jesus’ name.”
Schott is the pastor of Mercy Culture Church in Fort Worth, and was among the Christian leaders who spent Tuesday rallying fellow believers ahead of a legislative session that they hope will further codify their conservative religious views into law. He was joined in those efforts by a throng of pastors and Republican leaders, who throughout […]
The religious schools’ inclusion into the country’s education programs is another example of church and state being an accepted part of American government is like the current attempts to rid the country of immigrants. It’s to sustain the christofascist element trying to insure that they are the ones in control and the largest group. What is going on is a temporary pause; nevertheless, eventually they will be in the minority. At this stage, they are trying to control huge elements of our government and lives hoping that these will continue. Eventually, especially when Americans wake up and realize that this is no longer a democracy, then they will push to remove all these actions that harm our democracy.