The Language by MSW. MGB: Sadly, Falwell's anti-communism merged nicely with the Tea Party's libertarianism, leading to a shameful moment in the 2012 debates when a crowd, which probably included fundamentalists, cheered the concept of letting someone without insurance simply die. The idea that wealth is a sign of divine favor, found so often in fundamentalism, is very much at odds with actual Christianity and is more like Brahmanism.
Abortion politics was always more like the March of Dimes on birth defects than a real effort to preserve life. The embryo (first trimester) as baby must include the implication that miscarried embryos were also babies - which is fine until you start working out the details - since equal protection means both types of embryos are legally the same - including for the purposes of police power and tort relief. Any political solution to abortion would look a lot like the current status quo - but that would be really awful for Falwell's successors who make big money stoking the fires on this issue. Lots of heat, little light.
The Christian nation thing only works in the hustings and among the New England and Southern congregationalists. While George Washington could bring in Christian imagery, the real guiding force of the revolution was Freemasonry - which the Protestants like the the Catholics will never speak of.
As for Israel, it is not anti-semetic in the slightest to protest what is happening to the Palestinians and it is not pro-Israel to blanch at the fact that the fundamentalist interest in Israel is for cosmic purposes (the conversion of the Jews - a view shared by old time Catholics as well). This unqualified support of Israel has a name, its called Neoconservatism.
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