Historical revisionism is a vital part of the far right’s efforts to justify bigotry of various sorts, in many areas of politics and public policy. We see this in, among other areas, the Christian nationalism espoused by leaders of the Christian Right such as ex-judge Roy Moore, James Dobson, D. James Kennedy and a host of others.

I will be writing more about this, but I want to highlight a disturbing essay by blogger grannyhelen, posted on faith forward: progressive christianity, progressive politics.

Here is an excerpt:

“This is a hard diary for me to write. Hard but necessary. Some of my Christian brothers and sisters are using our religion to cover their prejudices with the patina of belief. They rejoice in their acceptance by society, and the stamp of approval they receive by being such good Christian that they could even love a gay person… if only they’d just stop being gay.

I can’t tell you why they do this. I can only tell you it’s wrong.

How do I know it’s wrong? Because I’m a student of history, and specifically the history leading up to and during the Second World War in Germany.”

Read on…