I think the Christian faith is the ideal moral doctrine and principles for a thriving society.
And the farther you get away from that, the more in chaos we descend.
Christian nationalists want to turn America into a theocracy, a country ruled by biblical law.
So I'll tell you straight up, as a Jewish American, I hear that that I can't run for office.
Other non Christians can.
And I have to admit, it's a little terrifying to me.
Yeah, because your worldview is not good for society.
I spent a year inside the movement to figure out what that would mean for the rest of us.
So, 19th amendment mistake?
Uh huh.
Yeah, I think so.
I really do.
We would not have one Democrat president in the last 50 years if only men could vote.
I'm Heath Drusen, and in Onward Christian Soldiers, the new season of Extremely American, I talk to the fundamentalists trying to end democracy as we know it.
So theocracy is an inescapable concept and.
The people fighting against them.
I think there's probably nothing scarier for people like Wilson and Nance and all of the people in that community when the women that they have downtrodden and they've abused and they've taken away their voices and have told them that they must submit and obey, actually start speaking up and telling their stories.
The new season of Extremely American from Boise State Public Radio, part of the NPR Network.
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