by Tyler O'Neil: Liberals often mock conservative Christians for supporting a notorious sinner and philanderer in Donald Trump, but the left has grown increasingly hostile to biblical (small-o) orthodox Christianity. Even the ostensibly moderate Democratic nominee Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. represents an insidious threat to the religious freedom of conservative Christians. He also represents a threat to Roman Catholics, even though he is himself a practicing Catholic. How could this be? Biden's rhetoric and policies single out those who adhere to traditional religious beliefs and moral convictions, aiming to limit their ability to live by their consciences and ostracizing them from polite society. The Democrat may outwardly campaign on a platform of unity and diversity, but his candidacy truly represents a threat to traditional religious believers.
Disqualified from the Supreme Court?The most recent evidence of this insidious threat came last week, when a Biden staffer suggested that traditional religious beliefs that homosexual acts are sinful and that marriage is between one man and one woman should be so "taboo" as to disqualify someone from serving on the Supreme Court.
Politico contributing editor Adam Wren noted that President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett "was a trustee at a South Bend private school that described 'homosexual acts' as 'at odds with Scripture' & said marriage was between 'one man and one woman' years after Obergefell v. Hodges."
Shadi Hamid, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, responded, "Wait, why is this news? Isn't this the standard position for any orthodox Catholic?"
Nikitha Rai, deputy data director for Pennsylvania at Biden's campaign, responded to Hamid, saying, "Unfortunately, yes."
Hamid responded, "to be fair, it's the standard position for any orthodox Muslim or Jew as well…"
"True," Rai acknowledged. Yet the staffer insisted that this perspective must be marginalized. "I'd heavily prefer views like that not be elevated to SCOTUS [the Supreme Court of the U.S.], but unfortunately our current culture is still relatively intolerant. It will be a while before those types of beliefs are so taboo that they're disqualifiers."
Here's a @JoeBiden staffer saying that orthodox Christianity, Islam, and Judaism should be made "taboo" and driven from the public sphere. Beneath all the talk of "interfaith" and "pluralism," this is what they really believe. pic.twitter.com/PrN8S1qaLG
— Jeremy McLellan (@JeremyMcLellan) September 29, 2020
Nikitha Rai is just one Biden staffer. She doesn't represent the entire Biden campaign, right? On the contrary, Rai's insistence that traditional religious beliefs on marriage and sexuality should be taboo fits perfectly with the candidate at the top of the Democratic ticket.
"The dregs of society"In 2018, Biden described conservatives who oppose LGBT activism as "the dregs of society."
Speaking to the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), Biden attacked people who have "tried to define family" in the U.S. "Despite losing in the courts and in the court of public opinion, these forces of intolerance remain determined to undermine and roll back the progress you all have made. This time they, not you, have an ally in the White House," he said of President Donald Trump.
"They're a small percentage of the American people, virulent people, some of them the dregs of society," Biden added. "And instead of using the full might of the executive branch to secure justice, dignity, safety for all, the president uses the White House as a literal bully pulpit, callously exerting his power over those who have little or none."
As my colleague Paula Bolyard reported, Biden again spoke to HRC in June 2019. On that occasion, he called the Orwellian Equality Act his first priority. The so-called Equality Act would force biblical orthodox Christians to violate their consciences on LGBT activism. It would also open women's sports and women's private spaces to biological males, undercutting fair play and privacy. A broad coalition of diverse groups allied to oppose the Equality Act, including pro-lifers, religious freedom advocates, and radical feminists.
Yet of the Equality Act, Biden said, "I promise you if I'm elected president it will be the first thing I ask to be done. It will send a message around the world, not just at home."
"This is our soul, da*mit, this is who we have to be… This is our real moral obligation," the Democrat added. "Using religion or culture to discriminate against or demonize LGBTQ individuals is never justified. Not anywhere in the world."
Interestingly, while Biden vocally condemns traditional believers in such harsh terms, he has remained curiously silent on the horrific attacks against Catholic statues and churches amid the George Floyd riots this summer — despite his Catholic identity.
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Tyler O'Neil is Assistant Editor of PJ Media, Tyler O'Neil is a conservative fundraiser and commentator. He has written for numerous publications.
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