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GOP Pols Mark Robinson, Mark Walker, and Madison Cawthorn Align With Movement Seeking to End Separation of Church and State

Oct 08, 2021 View Original Article
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    -8% Center

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  • Policy Leaning

    -24% Somewhat Liberal

  • Politician Portrayal

    8% Positive

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

65% : He has frequently contended that Christians are being persecuted in public schools and public life in general, likened LGBTQ people to alcoholics and gambling addicts, and said they should not be allowed to be pastors or to be married in Christian churches.
57% : Robinson rose to political prominence following a full-throated defense of gun rights at a Greensboro City Council meeting in 2018, when the mayor suggested cancelling a gun show at the Greensboro Coliseum Complex following the school shooting in Parkland, Fla., that killed 17 people.
52% : Its goal, as stated by Lane, is to "engage the church in a culture war for religious liberty, to restore America to our Judeo-Christian heritage and to re-establish a Christian culture."
46% : The candidate who had decried the coarseness of state and national politics became the congressman who hurled invective at Bruce Springsteen over the rock star's opposition to HB 2, which prohibited municipalities for passing anti-discrimination ordinances and required students to use school bathrooms according to the gender the students were assigned at birth.
46% : "Vote to restore the Bible and prayer in public schools or be sent home.

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