(Rodney Howard-Browne)When a group of traditional evangelical leaders this week released a manifesto-like document laying out their opposition to LGBTQ sexuality and marriage, many progressive voices predictably denounced it. The Nashville Statement met such criticism in part because white evangelicals’ broad voting support of Trump, at 81 percent, despite his moral violations, “squandered” their moral authority, he said. Of the 187 initial signatories of the Nashville Statement, at least 10 have publicly endorsed Trump. But for other signatories to support Trump while issuing a hard stance against same-sex relationships seems to many morally inconsistent. One of the most discussed elements of the Nashville Statement among evangelicals is something called Article 10.

Source: Washington Post August 31, 2017 16:52 UTC