The Tale of One God and Two Cities

Opposite of this agenda stands the Evangelical [white] vote, which unlike the African American Christian vote, has historically been less aligned with a particular party and more coalesced around candidates who are seen as ‘born-again’ political figures. However since 2000, a more moral-values surged Evangelical vote emerged and aligned itself strictly on the platform of pro-life and anti-gay marriage of which the Republican platform vigorously promotes.

With this ascension in mind, political history denotes that the splitting within the ranks of cultural identity amongst Christians emerged as Ronald Regan sought to successfully prevent Democrat Jimmy Carter from a second term. Evangelicals, who supported Carter during his first run for office, had soured toward the southern Democrat and, with the help of Rev. Jerry Farwell and Pat Robertson, shifted their support to Governor Regan. African American Christians did not follow. A large portion of this group resisted the move as it was seen as containing a tone of southern racism, of which African American Christians were already soured to politically.

Civil and economic rights, issues reminiscent of the turning tide of the African American Christian vote of the 1960’s, are points of conviction which do not seem to transfer to the Evangelical right. While a drive to overturn Roe vs. Wade and to prevent the advancement of gay marriage, create a counter to the sensitivities of non-white cultural groups for Evangelicals.

Hopefully history will remove the biases within a group which has one bible, one God but is just as divided as the world it’s in.

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