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Tea Party Activism and The Religious Right
I have to take issue with Andrew Sullivan's assertion that the Tea Party movement is "Christianist" at its core.
By "Christianist," Sullivan means essentially the Religious Right and the idea that the Religious Right's anti-gay, anti-choice political agenda has played a central in Tea Party activism is ludicrous.
When the movement began last year, the "TEA" in Tea Party stood for "Taxed Enough Already" and was aimed at the bailouts and stimulus measures put in place in an attempt to stabilize our economy.
At first, the Religious Right more or less watched from the sidelines as the fiscal ...

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