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Line 85: + − {{Cquote| When millions of evangelicals helped elect Donald J. Trump to be the president in 2016, the vast majority of evangelicals weren’t looking for a political statesman. They were hoping for a fighter, someone who saw the challenge for what it was: the fight of our lifetime on the issues that mattered most to people of faith – and a candidate who would champion the values we held dearest..Defending the life of the unborn, religious liberty for churches, individuals, and religious business owners, confirming conservative constitutionalist federal judges, and support for our closest ally Israel—these are all Christian values. Lifting millions off of the food stamps roll is a Christian value. Putting people to work at record levels for every demographic is a Christian value. ...Some focus on the rhetoric of each tweet while others see the record of achievement and success; }}<ref>Jentezen Franklin (Feb 24, 2020) [https://townhall.com/columnists/jentezenfranklin/2020/02/24/buttigiegs-christian-approval-not-necessary-n2561745 Buttigieg's Christian Approval Not Necessary] Townhall.com. Retrieved Feb 25, 2020</ref>+ − −
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Pastor and author Jentezen Franklin states,
Pastor and author Jentezen Franklin states,
{{Cquote| When millions of evangelicals helped elect Donald J. Trump to be the president in 2016, the vast majority of evangelicals weren’t looking for a political statesman. They were hoping for a fighter, someone who saw the challenge for what it was: the fight of our lifetime on the issues that mattered most to people of faith – and a candidate who would champion the values we held dearest...Defending the life of the unborn, religious liberty for churches, individuals, and religious business owners, confirming conservative constitutionalist federal judges, and support for our closest ally Israel—these are all Christian values. Lifting millions off of the food stamps roll is a Christian value. Putting people to work at record levels for every demographic is a Christian value. ...Some focus on the rhetoric of each tweet while others see the record of achievement and success...<ref>Jentezen Franklin (Feb 24, 2020) [https://townhall.com/columnists/jentezenfranklin/2020/02/24/buttigiegs-christian-approval-not-necessary-n2561745 Buttigieg's Christian Approval Not Necessary] Townhall.com. Retrieved Feb 25, 2020</ref>}}
Buttigieg opposed The [[Religious Freedom Restoration Act]] saying it "appeared to me to be a license to harm others in the name of religion...making it easier to harm people in its name,"<ref>[https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/02/opinions/buttigieg-and-religion-qa-beck/index.html] Pete Buttigieg on faith, his marriage and Mike Pence</ref> implicitly endorsing [[Christian persecution]]. In Buttigieg's world Christians who hold to Biblical morality can be impoverished and treated as outcasts or otherwise subject to harm (a word Buttigieg often uses for justification of his stance against conservatives), such as when refusing to be complicit in celebrating immoral causes, as in the case of Masterpiece Cakeshop.<ref>[https://erlc.com/resource-library/articles/when-opposition-to-religious-liberty-becomes-silly-petty-and-vindictive] When opposition to religious liberty becomes silly, petty, and vindictive</ref> However, he did oppose [[Beto O'Rourke]]'s plan to remove tax exemptions from churches that opposed liberal causes such as abortion and homosexuality.
Buttigieg opposed [[The Religious Freedom Restoration Act]] saying it "appeared to me to be a license to harm others in the name of religion...making it easier to harm people in its name,"<ref>[https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/02/opinions/buttigieg-and-religion-qa-beck/index.html] Pete Buttigieg on faith, his marriage and Mike Pence</ref> implicitly endorsing [[Christian persecution]]. In Buttigieg's world Christians who hold to Biblical morality can be impoverished and treated as outcasts or otherwise subject to harm (a word Buttigieg often uses for justification of his stance against conservatives), such as when refusing to be complicit in celebrating immoral causes, as in the case of Masterpiece Cakeshop.<ref>[https://erlc.com/resource-library/articles/when-opposition-to-religious-liberty-becomes-silly-petty-and-vindictive] When opposition to religious liberty becomes silly, petty, and vindictive</ref> However, he did oppose [[Beto O'Rourke]]'s plan to remove tax exemptions from churches that opposed liberal causes such as abortion and homosexuality.
Illustrating a primary reason why "right-wing Christians" seem so vocal about moral issues (since cultural Marxist immorality is foisted upon society and Biblical morality is attacked), Buttigieg's attack on conservative evangelicals has provoked many responses from them. Based upon the logic that the importance of an issue is based upon how much Christ said about it, and the premise that explicit statements only seem to count, evangelical blogger Erick Erickson surmises that perhaps Mayor Pete Buttigieg thinks that Jesus would be okay with abortion and bestiality.<ref>[https://theresurgent.com/2019/04/09/pete-buttigiegs-unprovoked-attacks-on-mike-pence-suggest-he-really-is-intolerant-and-okay-with-christian-persecution Pete Buttigieg’s Unprovoked Attacks on Mike Pence Suggest He Really Is Intolerant and Okay With Christian Persecution]</ref>
Illustrating a primary reason why "right-wing Christians" seem so vocal about moral issues (since cultural Marxist immorality is foisted upon society and Biblical morality is attacked), Buttigieg's attack on conservative evangelicals has provoked many responses from them. Based upon the logic that the importance of an issue is based upon how much Christ said about it, and the premise that explicit statements only seem to count, evangelical blogger Erick Erickson surmises that perhaps Mayor Pete Buttigieg thinks that Jesus would be okay with abortion and bestiality.<ref>[https://theresurgent.com/2019/04/09/pete-buttigiegs-unprovoked-attacks-on-mike-pence-suggest-he-really-is-intolerant-and-okay-with-christian-persecution Pete Buttigieg’s Unprovoked Attacks on Mike Pence Suggest He Really Is Intolerant and Okay With Christian Persecution]</ref>