Editing Christian right (section)

===Race and diversity===
The Christian right has tried to recruit social conservatives in the [[black church]].<ref name="BoyarinItzkovitz2012">{{cite book|last1=Boyarin|first1=Daniel|last2=Itzkovitz|first2=Daniel|last3=Pellegrini|first3=Ann|title=Queer Theory and the Jewish Question|date=June 19, 2012|publisher=Columbia University Press|isbn=9780231508957|page=85}}</ref> Prior to the [[2016 United States presidential election]], [[African Americans|African-American]] Republican [[Ben Carson]] emerged as a leader of the Christian right.<ref name="Miller">{{cite web|url=http://religiondispatches.org/meet-the-new-christian-right-same-as-the-old-christian-right/|title=Meet the New Christian Right, Same as The Old Christian Right|last=Miller|first=Patricia|date=December 12, 2016|work=Religion Dispatches|access-date=May 17, 2018}}</ref> Other Christian African-Americans who identify with conservatism are [[Supreme Court justice]] [[Clarence Thomas]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/faith-freed-clarence-thomas-hate-118621|title=Faith Freed Clarence Thomas From Hate|author=Star Parker|work=[[The National Interest]]|date=February 3, 2020|access-date=April 18, 2020}}</ref> [[rapper]] [[Kanye West]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nationalreview.com/magazine/2019/11/25/the-gospel-according-to-kanye/#slide-1|title=The Gospel According to Kanye|work=[[National Review]]|author=Kevin D. Williamson|date=November 7, 2019|access-date=April 18, 2020}}</ref> [[Alveda King]], and [[pastor]] [[Tony Evans (pastor)|Tony Evans]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://urbanfaith.com/2012/05/talking-politics-with-dr-tony-evans.html/|title=Talking Politics with Dr. Tony Evans|author=Christine A. Scheller|date=May 31, 2012|publisher=UrbanFaith.com|quote=[Evans:] 'God would never have endorsed what the culture is allowing [regarding same-sex marriage].' [Interviewer:] 'Doesn't the combination of limited government and social conservatism just land you in the Republican party?' [Evans:] 'No, it doesn't, because I believe that we have conservative, blue-dog Democrats who would hold to non-abortion, who would hold to the definition of a family as a man and a woman, and who would at least hold to a smaller government than now exists.'|access-date=April 18, 2020|archive-date=July 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200728121934/https://urbanfaith.com/2012/05/talking-politics-with-dr-tony-evans.html/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://world.wng.org/2012/10/vote_your_priorities|title=Vote your priorities|work=[[World (magazine)|World]]|date=October 5, 2012|author=Emily Belz|quote=[Evans] makes clear he isn't endorsing anyone or any party, but he's clear in his criticism of President Obama's positions on abortion and the family.&nbsp;... 'I will always [prioritize] the [[right to life]].'&nbsp;... 'Spending is totally out of control, because government's doing more than it was designed to do.'&nbsp;... 'The Bible makes no provision for the redefinition of marriage and the family, other than the one that is prescribed in the Bible by God and Jesus to be between a man and a woman. It is an illegitimate issue to accept or promote from a Christian standpoint.'|access-date=April 18, 2020|archive-date=July 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200728134338/https://world.wng.org/2012/10/vote_your_priorities|url-status=dead}}</ref>