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Gramsci's theory of "cultural hegemony" states that the ruling capitalist "oppressor" class uses cultural institutions, such as "traditional marriage," to maintain power. The "oppressors" develop a "hegemonic culture" using [[ideology]] unlike Socialists who use [[violence]], economic force, and coercion. "Hegemonic culture" propagates its own values and norms so that they become "[[common sense]]" values and thus maintain the [[status quo]]. According to [[Wikipedia]], this "Hegemonic power is therefore used to maintain consent to the capitalist order, rather than coercive power using force" as Marxism does "to maintain order. This cultural hegemony is produced and reproduced" by the dominant Christian oppressor class "through the institutions that form the superstructure."
Gramsci's theory of "cultural hegemony" states that the ruling capitalist "oppressor" class uses cultural institutions, such as "traditional marriage," to maintain power. The "oppressors" develop a "hegemonic culture" using [[ideology]] unlike Socialists who use [[violence]], economic force, and coercion. "Hegemonic culture" propagates its own values and norms so that they become "[[common sense]]" values and thus maintain the [[status quo]]. According to [[Wikipedia]], this "Hegemonic power is therefore used to maintain consent to the capitalist order, rather than coercive power using force" as Marxism does "to maintain order. This cultural hegemony is produced and reproduced" by the dominant Christian oppressor class "through the institutions that form the superstructure."
==Homosexual activism and anti-Christian and anti-conservative stances==
Buttigieg is running on a platform of [[Anti-Family|uprooting traditional family values]]. His priorities are [[transgender]] bathrooms and the [[totalitarian]] [[Green New Deal]].
Buttigieg has attacked Bible-believing Christians for their beliefs,<ref>Pollak, Joel B. (April 8, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/faith/2019/04/08/pollak-mayor-pete-buttigieg-religious-bigotry/ Pollak: ‘Mayor Pete’ Buttigieg and Liberal Religious Bigotry]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 8, 2019.</ref> including [[Mike Pence]], attacking them for supporting President Trump, and Pence for allowing himself to become "the midwife of the porn-star presidency," and describing him as being "a nice guy to your face," but "just fanatical."<ref>Spiering, Charlie (April 8, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/04/08/pete-buttigieg-keeps-attacking-mike-pence-despite-history-of-respect/ Pete Buttigieg Keeps Attacking Mike Pence Despite History of Respect]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 8, 2019.<br>See also:
*Daugherty, Owen (April 9, 2019). [https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/438132-karen-pence-responds-to-buttigieg-you-shouldnt-be-attacked-for Karen Pence responds to Buttigieg: 'You shouldn't be attacked' for your religious beliefs]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved April 9, 2019.
*Brest, Mike (April 9, 2019). [https://dailycaller.com/2019/04/09/pence-family-religious-liberty-buttigieg/ Pence's Family Defends Religious Liberty, Pushes Back Against Buttigieg Criticism]. ''The Daily Caller''. Retrieved April 10, 2019.
Contrast with Pence's reaction to Buttigieg when he announced his homosexuality:
*Chang, Allie (June 17, 2015). [https://wsbt.com/news/local/gov-pence-talks-reelection-campaign-buttigiegs-coming-out Gov. Pence talks reelection campaign, Buttigieg's coming out]. ''WSBT''. Retrieved April 10, 2019.</ref> [[Liberal hypocrisy|This comes despite the fact]] he strongly supports [[abortion]] and [[same-sex "marriage"]].<ref>Multiple references:
*Brown, Michael L. (April 8, 2019). [https://www.lifesitenews.com/blogs/pro-abortion-married-homosexual-professed-christian-pete-buttigieg-questions-trumps-faith Why it’s absurd for gay pro-abortion Pete Buttigieg to question Trump’s faith]. ''LifeSiteNews''. Retrieved April 9, 2019.
*Byas, Steve (April 9, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/31973-buttigieg-s-candidacy-advances-secularist-leftist-goals Buttigieg’s Candidacy Advances Secularist Leftist Goals]. ''The New American''. Retrieved April 9, 2019.
*Mainwaring, Doug (April 12, 2019). [https://www.lifesitenews.com/blogs/as-a-former-gay-man-i-know-pete-buttigiegs-midwest-wholesome-is-a-lie As a former gay man, I know Pete Buttigieg’s ‘Midwest wholesome’ is a lie]. ''LifeSiteNews''. Retrieved April 12, 2019.
*Williams, Thomas D. (April 16, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/faith/2019/04/16/catholic-league-pete-buttigieg-loyal-soldier-war-religion/ Catholic League: Pete Buttigieg ‘Loyal Soldier in War on Religion’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 16, 2019.
*Buchanan, Patrick J. (April 16, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/reviews/opinion/item/32030-mayor-pete-and-the-crackup-of-christianity Mayor Pete and the Crackup of Christianity]. ''The New American''. Retrieved April 17, 2019.</ref>
The leftist Buttigieg is being promoted as a devout [[Christian]] and a "man of faith" despite him being a homosexual, and "married" to a man, while [[homosexuality]] is never sanctioned in Scripture, and the Lord Jesus Himself specified that it was male and female that God joined together in marriage, whereas homosexual relations are only condemned in the Bible wherever it manifestly deals with them (see: [[Homosexuality and the Bible]] and [[Homosexuality and biblical interpretation]]). In addition, Buttigieg even attributed this sinful desire of his fallen fleshly nature to God, stating that he wished that, "the Mike Pences of the world" would understand that if they have a problem with who he is then their quarrel is with God.<ref>[https://www.cnbc.com/2019/04/10/mike-pence-says-pete-buttigieg-knows-better-after-criticism.html] Mike Pence, facing criticism from 2020 Democratic hopeful Pete Buttigieg over his record on gay rights, says South Bend mayor ‘knows better</ref><ref>[https://www.cbsnews.com/news/franklin-graham-says-pete-buttigieg-should-repent-for-being-gay] Franklin Graham says Pete Buttigieg should repent for being gay</ref><ref><small>Homosexuality is a consequence of rejection of God ([[idolatry]]). ''Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened....For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature: And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.'' [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans+1%3A26-27&version=KJV Romans 1:21, 26-27]</small></ref>
Consistent with the liberal social gospel, which gives a low priority to the teachings of Christ (while marginalizing the teachings of Paul etc. which were inspired by the Spirit of Christ) on personal moral purity in preference to acts such as feeding the (genuinely) needy, Buttigieg criticized right-wing Christians for "saying so much about what Christ said so little about, and so little about what he said so much about." Which, like [[Barack Obama]], indicates ignorance of the totality of what Christ taught and how He did so, and the context of His social actions and the principals of sound interpretation,<ref> [https://www.frc.org/issueanalysis/leviticus-jesus-and-homosexuality-some-thoughts-on-honest-interpretation] Leviticus, Jesus, and Homosexuality: Some Thoughts on Honest Interpretation</ref> as well as the evidence that the evangelical church has been very substantially engaged in providing humanitarian aid,<ref> [http://www.gordonconwell.edu/ockenga/research/documents/USMissionsSurvey_FINALReport.pdf] US Missions Survey FINAL Report</ref> and encourages sacrificial giving to help others, which evangelicals engage in more of than other major groups.<ref>John Ronsvalle and Sylvia Ronsvalle, The State of Church Giving through 2004: Will We Will? 16th ed. (Champaign, Ill.: Empty Tomb, 2006),12</ref>
While Democrats typically only give perfunctory mention of God, Buttigieg openly invokes his liberal faith and advocates doing so, stating, "we need to not be afraid to invoke arguments that are convincing on why Christian faith is going to point you in a progressive direction." “When I think about where most of Scripture points me, it is toward defending the poor, and the immigrant, and the stranger, and the prisoner, and the outcast...So I think it's really important to carry a message (to the public)...<ref>[https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2019/04/03/mayor-pete-buttigieg-christian-right-2020-democratic-primary-trump-column/3342767002] Mayor Pete Buttigieg's countercultural approach to Christianity is what America needs now</ref>
However, due to [[Christian persecution]], which Buttigieg implicitly sanctioned by opposing The Religious Freedom Restoration Act under the premise that is "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> this effectively means that Christians who hold to Biblical morality can be impoverished and treated as outcasts or otherwise experience 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>
Illustrating a primary reason why "right-wing Christians" seem so vocal about moral issues (since 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>
Erickson also pointed out that that while Buttigieg holds himself out as a more tolerant Christian than Vice President Mike Pence, yet the later has never once said anything negative about Buttigieg being gay, while Buttigieg called Pence a fanatic and ridiculed Pence's faith. Erickson thus sees this as suggesting that he "would be O.K. with using the government to persecute Christians," for already "Buttigieg has come out in favor of the government shutting down Christian businesses if they do not bow at the altar of gay marriage."<ref>[https://theresurgent.com/2019/04/09/pete-buttigiegs-unprovoked-attacks-on-mike-pence-suggest-he-really-is-intolerant-and-okay-with-christian-persecution] ete Buttigieg’s Unprovoked Attacks on Mike Pence Suggest He Really Is Intolerant and Okay With Christian Persecution</ref>
Cities across America which have adopted open bathroom policies, an issue dear to his heart, have been plagued with dirty hypodermic needles.<ref>https://columbialawreview.org/content/safer-bathrooms-in-syringe-exchange-programs-injecting-progress-into-the-harm-reduction-movement/</ref> Buttigieg supports federal legislation banning discrimination against homosexuals, and therefore opposes the Trump administration’s ban on transgender people serving in the military, while supporting gender reassignment surgery for transgender people in prison.<ref>[https://www.pbs.org/newshour/amp/politics/what-does-pete-buttigieg-believe-where-the-candidate-stands-on-7-issues] What does Pete Buttigieg believe? Where the candidate stands on 7 issues</ref>
Buttigieg and his "husband" offer no [[hope]] to parents, young girls, and women as [[role model]]s for [[heterosexual]]ity. Buttigieg's homosexuality and support for the [[homosexual agenda]] propelled him into the upper ranks of [[Democrat]] candidates and the [[mainstream media]] has visibly displayed its adoration for him while he rose in the polls<ref>Spiering, Charlie (April 16, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/04/16/mayor-pete-buttigieg-rising-in-democrat-primary/ Mayor Pete Buttigieg Rising in Democrat Primary]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 16, 2019.</ref> (Liberals/leftists love Buttigieg's attacks on Vice President [[Mike Pence]] who supports [[religious liberty]]).<ref>Jasper, William F. (April 7, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/31946-pete-buttigieg-for-president-the-dem-s-newest-media-anointed-phenom Pete Buttigieg for President? The Dem’s Newest Media-anointed “Phenom”]. ''The New American''. Retrieved April 9, 2019.<br>See also:
*Schlichter, Kurt (April 11, 2019). [https://townhall.com/columnists/kurtschlichter/2019/04/11/that-annoying-pete-buttigieg-guy-is-just-another-liberal-hack-n2544486 That Annoying Pete Buttigieg Guy Is Just Another Liberal Hack]. ''Townhall''. Retrieved April 11, 2019.
*Horowitz, David (April 30, 2019). [https://www.lifesitenews.com/opinion/sri-lanka-pete-buttigieg-and-the-lefts-escalating-war-against-christians Sri Lanka, Pete Buttigieg, and the left’s escalating war against Christians]. ''LifeSiteNews'' (from the ''American Thinker''). Retrieved May 1, 2019.</ref> Major homosexual political donors are financially backing his campaign.<ref>[https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2019/04/pete-buttigieg-gay-money-democratic-secret-weapon “I HAVE MAXED OUT TO PETE”: GAY MONEY, DEMOCRATIC SECRET WEAPON, COMES OUT FOR BUTTIGIEG], Vanity Fair, 2019</ref>
Despite claiming to oppose using religion as a "cudgel," said in his very next sentence that if God were a member of a political party, it would not be the GOP.<ref>Multiple references:
*Wulfsohn, Joseph A. (May 7, 2019). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/buttigieg-says-religion-shouldnt-be-a-cudgel-then-suggests-god-wouldnt-be-a-republican Buttigieg says religion shouldn't be a 'cudgel,' then suggests God wouldn't be a Republican]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved May 7, 2019.
*Nolte, John (May 8, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/05/08/nolte-mean-little-mayor-pete-buttigieg-is-terrible-at-christianity/ Nolte: Mean Little Mayor Pete Buttigieg Is Terrible at Christianity]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 8, 2019.</ref>
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