Latino religious-nationalist organizers recruit by redrawing outsider lines to exclude LGBT people.

Evidence

There is a sad irony in inviting people of color who were themselves once—and indeed remain—objects of contempt for other groups of religious nationalists to turn around and discover their own objects of contempt. But for Gómez it is clearly just a matter of redrawing the lines between insider and outsider, and he is careful to reassure his audience that they are on the inside. — Katherine Stewart, The Power Worshippers, 395

Categorization

  • XREF: Extends the insider/outsider sorting theme central to the movement’s strategy across chapters. — connects to: Christian nationalist leaders recruit nonwhite evangelicals to secure their demographic future. — Katherine Stewart, The Power Worshippers: Inside the…, 308; Christian nationalism resists even immigrants who share the same faith — Andrew L. Whitehead, American Idolatry, 666; Religious group solidarity organizes others into outgroups by identity — Deborah L. Hall and David C. Matz and Wendy Wood, Why Don’t We Practice What We Preach? A…, 77 (+4 more)

Broader Connections