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The competing faiths of the 2024 election
Top Stories Tamfitronics (RNS) — The slogan of Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign, “We’re Not Going Back,” is a triple play.First and obviously, it’s about not going back to a Donald Trump presidency. Second and clearly enough, it’s about not going back to a time when abortion was banned, women were second-class citizens, LGBT people were in the closet, and racial discrimination was the rule.But third and more subtly, it’s about rejecting MAGA Republicanism. Its message is the reverse of the MAGA slogan, “Make America Great Again,” which is about going back — restoring something that’s been lost.That slogan made its appearance when Ronald Reagan ran for the presidency in 1980. What it announced was the Reagan agenda of returning America to an idealized past of conservative social and economic values.A Reagan-Bush pin from the 1980...