When a group of traditional evangelical leaders this week released a manifesto-like document laying out their opposition to LGBTQ sexuality and marriage, many progressive voices predictably denounced it. Black Lives Matter leader DeRay Mckesson said “the God I know does not support it,” while comedian Kumail Nanjiani tweeted profanely that it was “evil.”
What was surprising this week was the backlash against “the Nashville Statement” among some conservative evangelicals. The comments of those who would otherwise be behind the statement's traditional views show the way the Trump presidency has scrambled internal evangelical debate in the United States — particularly on the question of who has legitimacy to speak about morality in the public square.
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