In Goldberg’s Kingdom Coming she speaks of the dynamics of how society interacts with one another when it comes to same sex marriages and the evangelical church. This text is very much against homosexuality and is very stern about this belief and conception. In Chapter two of Goldberg’s well-written book she talks about how the conservatives are threatened from homosexuals getting married, and this being detrimental to conservative families and their way of living. “In 2004 millions of Americans decided that, in a time of war and economic uncertainty, there was no issue more urgent than keeping gay people from getting married”(Goldberg Pg 56). It is shocking that individual’s act in this way toward Homosexuals. Why would people be so close-minded and unfair? This was because of the fact that conservatives had their mindset on cleaning their towns and making sure that homosexuality would not spread. The way that these conservative evangelicals went about trying to ban homosexual marriages and homosexuals in general is through the church. Another way of exploiting this inequality was thru through commercializing this idea through television, word of mouth, leaflet’s, and even posters. “The Republican National Committee mailed a voter registration form attached to a four color flyer about “protecting marriage”, the front pictured a brined and a groom and the words, “one man one woman.” Inside it said one vote could make a difference in making sure it stays that way.”(Goldberg Pg 64) This quote thoroughly explains how manipulative this party was. It is horrible for people to try to sway people to become discriminatory against a certain type of belief or people. Knowledge is power and knowing that discrimination is wrong and spreading the word will help people understand that everyone should be free to do what they want to do.
Works cited
Goldberg, Michelle. "Kingdom Coming: The Rise of Christian Nationalism". W.W. Norton and Company, Inc. New York, NY. 2007
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