Project Blitz: Christian Nationalist War on LGBTQ
Taking America back for the Old Testament
It’s no secret that Donald Trump must keep the support of conservative Christians to win the 2020 election. They voted for him overwhelmingly in 2016, and he’s been feeding them a steady diet of federal anti-LGBTQ measures to make sure they do it again. A lesser-known but critical war against LGBTQ equality is being waged on the state level. Project Blitz was born the year Trump was elected, and it’s wreaking havoc in states where conservative Christians wield power. Most of the headlines in recent weeks regarding attacks on LGBTQ rights owe directly to Project Blitz.
Project Blitz and Christian nationalists
Since Donald Trump became president, right-wing groups have flooded state legislatures with bills promoting hardline conservative Christian views. The bills, many of which are now laws, appear cookie-cutter, and that’s no accident.
A coalition of Christian groups including the Congressional Prayer Caucus Foundation, the National Legal Foundation, and the Wallbuilders Pro-Family Legislators Conference have joined forces to promote Project Blitz, a legislative playbook (click this link for full text) that provides state politicians with a set of Christian nationalist and anti-LGBTQ model…
