Mary Ellen Klas, Columnist

Christians, You Can Stand Up to Trump

Several groups have mobilized to support Vice President Harris and push back against the threat of Christian nationalism. 

Beware false prophets.

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Vote to love your neighbor. That message on a lawn sign created by Dorothy Shank, a member of the Ridgeway Mennonite Church in Harrisonburg, Virginia, belongs to one of the most encouraging and under-appreciated movements to emerge this election season.

Long before the dark, racist and vile rhetoric erupted from Donald Trump and his allies at Madison Square Garden on Sunday, “love your neighbor” had become the message of a growing group of Christians working to fight the Trump-embracing Christian nationalism that is dividing their churches, and America.