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![Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. speaks on March 25, 1965, in Montgomery, Alabama.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/01/2023_0116-mlk-400x300.jpg)
Following in MLK’s Footsteps Means Resisting Christian Nationalism
King’s life gives us a blueprint to fight the religious right.
![Police officers stand between LGBTQ rights supporters and supporters of web designer Lorie Smith in front of the U.S. Supreme Court Building on December 5, 2022, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/12/2022_1227-scotus-lgbtq-400x300.jpg)
2022 Quietly Set the Stage for a Massive Rollback of LGBTQ Rights
From statehouses to the Supreme Court, LGBTQ rights were under steady attack by Christian nationalists this year.
![Two elderly women, out of focus, speak to eachother in front of a stained-glass window of a cross](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/11/2022_1107-church-vote-400x300.jpg)
LGBTQ Equality Is on the Ballot — Just Not in the Way You Think
Attacks on LGBTQ rights are hiding in plain sight in the 2022 midterm elections.
![A person is holding up a rosarie while holding a sign in support of a measure voted on earlier this year in Kansas that would have removed abortion protections from the state constitution.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/10/2022_10-27-christian-nation-400x300.jpg)
1 in 4 Americans Say Bible Should Take Precedence Over People’s Will in US Law
Polling also found that 45 percent of Americans say the U.S. should be a “Christian nation.”
![A United States and Christian flag are sandwiched together as supporters of the 1776 Restoration Movement rally outside the United States District Court House during the first day of jury selection in the trial of former White House senior advisor Stephen Bannon on July 18, 2022 in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/09/2022_09-21-christian-nationalist-poll-400x300.jpg)
61 Percent of Republicans Think US Should Be Declared a Christian Nation
This is a disquieting statistic that demonstrates the rise of far right extremism among the Republican electorate.
![A person sits in the Houston Public Library on April 26, 2022, in Houston, Texas.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/08/2022_0824-texas-library-400x300.jpg)
Texas District Votes to Forbid Acknowledging Trans People Exist in Schools
The policy will require school district staff to only use pronouns associated with a student's sex assigned at birth.
![An anti-abortion protester faces away from us, looking at U.S. Capitol, and wears an image of Christ on their back.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/08/2022_0815-anti-abortion-christian-protest-400x300.jpg)
Wealthy Donors Bankroll Christian Nationalists to Sustain Unregulated Capitalism
Funded by a 1 percent of megadonors and corporations, the religious right has grown to a grotesque size.
![Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene speaks the Turning Point USA Student Action Summit held at the Tampa Convention Center on July 23, 2022, in Tampa, Florida.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/07/2022_0725-greene-400x300.jpg)
GOP Should Be Party of Christian Nationalism, Greene Says at Conservative Summit
Greene spoke at the Turning Point USA Student Action Summit, where many Republicans also embraced extremist ideology.