The Christian Nationalist Agenda Is Dead

Heading into autumn, Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick had so many reasons to be excited. The State Board of Education had just approved a sweeping overhaul of social studies curricula that recast America as a Christian nation. It appeared Texans were going to elect as their new attorney general a Republican who denies the existence of the church-state wall. And Patrick, now with the ear of the president, was working tirelessly to further infuse Christianity into federal policy while gearing up for another legislative session in which he and his allies would codify even more of their religion into public life and schools. The culture war was raging, and Christian nationalists seemed to be winning. What a difference a few months can make.On Tuesday, Patrick and his allies…

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