Great piece (along with Adele's reporting). Regarding the behavior of the cited KG BOS member, this is a prime example of the pervasive stench of Christian Nationalism: an unloving, intolerant strain of Christianity conflated with government (at all levels) resulting in an ideology and its supporting processes, structures, and organizations, to privilege the views of a minority. Ken Stroud gets to define for his constituency good and evil and then to legislate (rules for librarians) accordingly. This CN ideology is dangerous both to the Christian faith AND democratic principles. All this while thousands of citizens in KG county suffer the daily violence of hunger, lack of health care, and unequal treatment. Mr. Stroud has more serious issues with which to contend.
Great piece (along with Adele's reporting). Regarding the behavior of the cited KG BOS member, this is a prime example of the pervasive stench of Christian Nationalism: an unloving, intolerant strain of Christianity conflated with government (at all levels) resulting in an ideology and its supporting processes, structures, and organizations, to privilege the views of a minority. Ken Stroud gets to define for his constituency good and evil and then to legislate (rules for librarians) accordingly. This CN ideology is dangerous both to the Christian faith AND democratic principles. All this while thousands of citizens in KG county suffer the daily violence of hunger, lack of health care, and unequal treatment. Mr. Stroud has more serious issues with which to contend.