Editing Christian right (section)

===Later history, 1990s to present===
[[File:M4l2004.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|Demonstrators at the 2004 [[March for Life (Washington, D.C.)|March for Life]] in Washington, D.C.]]
Since its inception, the Christian right has engaged in battles over abortion, [[Christian views on euthanasia|euthanasia]], [[Christian views on birth control|contraception]], [[Opposition to pornography|pornography]], gambling, [[obscenity]], [[Christian nationalism]], [[Sabbatarianism]] (concerning Sunday [[blue law]]s), state-sanctioned public [[school prayer]], public school textbook inclusion of [[Creation and evolution in public education|creationism]] (if not prohibition on teaching mainstream [[evolutionary science]]), [[Opposition to LGBTQ rights|LGBTQ rights]], and [[sexual education]].<ref name="Zubovich2018"/><ref name="Bowers2009"/> [[Ralph Reed]], the chairman of the Christian Coalition, stated that the [[Pat Robertson#Political service and activism|1988 presidential campaign]] of [[Pat Robertson]] was the "political crucible" that led to the proliferation of Christian right groups in the United States.<ref name="RozellWilcox1997" /> The Christian right is perhaps best known for its alliance with the U.S. anti-abortion movement and its efforts to overturn the 1973 ''[[Roe v Wade]]'' ruling, which established abortion as a constitutionally protected right in the U.S.<ref name="RozellWilcox1997">{{cite book|last1=Rozell|first1=Mark J.|last2=Wilcox|first2=Clyde|title=God at the Grass Roots, 1996: The Christian Right in the American Elections|year=1997|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=9780847686117|page=[https://archive.org/details/godatgrassroots10000unse/page/117 117]|quote=Initially, the abortion issue dominated the agenda of conservative Christians. But as political context changed, more issues were included. Euthanasia, the rights of homosexuals, pornography, sex education in schools, charter and home schools, and gambling have become issues of concern to the "pro-family" movement.|url=https://archive.org/details/godatgrassroots10000unse/page/117}}</ref> Changing political contexts led to the Christian right's advocacy for other issues, such as [[Religious views on euthanasia|opposition to euthanasia]] and campaigning for [[abstinence-only sex education]].<ref name="RozellWilcox1997"/>

In the [[2016 United States presidential election|2016 presidential election]], the Christian right staunchly supported [[Donald Trump]], who promised to appoint Supreme Court justices who would overturn ''Roe v Wade''. Many evangelicals were initially hesitant to support Trump due to his character flaws and lack of religiosity.<ref name="The Week"/> Trump ultimately appointed three justices to the Supreme Court, all of whom voted to overturn the 1973 decision in ''[[Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization]]'' in 2022.<ref name="NYTimes adf">{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/28/magazine/roe-v-wade-christian-network.html | title=The Untold Story of the Network That Took Down Roe v. Wade | work=The New York Times | date=May 28, 2024 | last1=Dias | first1=Elizabeth | last2=Lerer | first2=Lisa |accessdate=January 8, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Watkins |first=Morgan |title=How Mitch McConnell helped engineer the fall of Roe v. Wade and cement his abortion legacy |url=https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/politics/mitch-mcconnell/2022/06/24/heres-why-fall-roe-v-wade-part-mitch-mcconnells-legacy/7646604001/ |access-date=March 7, 2023 |work=[[The Courier-Journal]] |date=June 24, 2022 |location=Louisville, KY}}</ref> Trump's support amongst evangelicals has also been attributed by some, including journalist [[Tim Alberta]], to a fear that white evangelicals and evangelicalism, if not Christianity more broadly, are losing their political power.<ref name="NYT23">{{cite news |last=Szalai |first=Jennifer |date=December 2, 2023 |title=How American Evangelicalism Became 'Mister Rogers With a Blowtorch' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/02/books/review/the-kingdom-the-power-and-the-glory-tim-alberta.html |work=The New York Times |access-date=January 8, 2025}}</ref><ref name="PBS23">{{cite news |last1=Bennett |first1=Geoff |last2=Kotuby |first2=Stephanie |last3=Gold |first3=Alexa |date=December 6, 2023 |title=Tim Alberta discusses his new book exploring American evangelicals and political extremism |url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/tim-alberta-discusses-his-new-book-exploring-american-evangelicals-and-political-extremism |work=PBS Newshour |access-date=January 8, 2025}}</ref> Since the 1990s, the share of Americans who identify as Christian has declined, part of a larger [[decline of Christianity in the Western world]].<ref name="Public">{{cite web|accessdate=2021-07-10|title=The American Religious Landscape in 2020s|url=https://www.prri.org/research/2020-census-of-american-religion/#page-section-1|website=[[Public Religion Research Institute]]|date=July 8, 2021 }}</ref> Alberta, and others, have argued that many white evangelicals see Trump as a savior figure, and that his rhetoric about returning the United States to a perceived state of former greatness, embodied by his campaign slogan "[[Make America Great Again]]", resonates strongly with them. In addition to their declining numbers, many have also reported a fear of an increasingly secularizing world, which some scholars and commentators have argued led them to embrace Trumpism.<ref name="NYT23"/><ref name="PBS23"/> On many occasions, Trump has stated that he believes Christianity is under attack in the United States.<ref>{{cite news |last=Darbhamulla |first=Sruthi |date=September 10, 2024 |title=An unsteady alliance: Donald Trump and the religious right |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/an-unsteady-alliance-trump-and-the-religious-right/article68382345.ece |work=The Hindu |access-date=January 8, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Maqbool |first=Aleem |date=November 16, 2024 |title='Anointed by God': The Christians who see Trump as their saviour |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c20g1zvgj4do |work=BBC News |access-date=January 8, 2025}}</ref> Trump continued to receive strong support from the Christian right in the [[2020 United States presidential election|2020]] and [[2024 United States presidential election|2024]] presidential elections.<ref name="The Week">{{cite news |last= |first= |date=December 8, 2024 |title=What Donald Trump owes the Christian Right |url=https://theweek.com/politics/what-donald-trump-owes-the-christian-right |work=The Week |location= |publisher= |access-date=}}</ref> Since the 2010s, the Christian right has increasingly supported other measures targeting the [[Separation of church and state in the United States|separation of church and state]], including [[school voucher]]s and efforts to integrate the [[Christian Bible]] and [[the Ten Commandments]] into public school curricula.<ref>{{cite news |last=Smith |first=David |date=June 22, 2024 |title=In Trump we trust: religious right on crusade to make their man president |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jun/22/trump-christians-president-religion |work=The Guardian |location= |publisher= |access-date=January 8, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Prokop |first=Andrew |date=September 11, 2023 |title=The conservative push for "school choice" has had its most successful year ever |url=https://www.vox.com/politics/23689496/school-choice-education-savings-accounts-american-federation-children |work=Vox |location= |publisher= |access-date=January 8, 2025}}</ref>