For several decades, the rise of Christian extremism, particularly visible among our American neighbours, has been part of a very worrying trend, that of the instrumentalization and hegemony of religion which threatens the very basis of democracy, and collaterally respect for fundamental rights.
During the 1960s and 1970s, the conservative religious fringe of Americans suffered, one might say, passively from the onslaught of questioning and liberalization that influenced our values and profoundly transformed our behavior and our relationships. Our vision of religion, politics and education, sexuality, marriage, gender relations and work has to date been the subject of debates and reflections which have led to laws concerned with reflecting mentalities. However, the most progressive elements of our societies have ended up falling asleep and taking this development for granted. […]
With astonishment, they are now observing the ravages of this religious right which has infiltrated all levels of society. At odds with the will of the majority of the population, they have succeeded in the inconceivable feat of bringing together the opponents of abortion, the promoters of firearms, the negationists of climate change, the opponents of sex education […]and above all a large political party which now forms a monolithic block driven by a mythomaniac who exploits all the failings in his own interest and without any consideration for the elementary rules of democracy.
In short, there is no need to raise the specter of terrorist threats from outside. The American people are now faced with a sizeable challenge, namely that of coming to terms with the “jihadist” agenda of this profound America which secretes the return of the religious, which delights in it and which instrumentalizes it for the purposes of power. He will have to ask himself about the nature of the ” God Bless America chanted by all the politicians. On its compatibility with democracy as dreamed of by the founders of its Constitution. And on respect for fundamental rights, including that of minorities.
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