For the past 50 years in this country, the religious right, a political movement, convinced a lot of Christians in America that the two most important issues were abortion and homosexuality, two issues that aren’t really discussed in Scripture. And so it’s remarkable to me that you have an entire political movement using Christianity to prioritize two issues that Jesus never talked about. I mean, economic justice is mentioned 3,000 times in our Scriptures, both the New Testament and the Hebrew Scriptures. And so this is such a core part of our tradition, and it’s nowhere to be seen in Christian nationalism or on the religious right. And so, yeah, again, it’s because religion is being used to control people and accumulate power and wealth for those at the top.

Source: International New York Times January 14, 2026 14:55 UTC