{"id":1501920,"date":"2022-06-03T09:09:49","date_gmt":"2022-06-03T13:09:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1501920"},"modified":"2022-06-03T09:09:59","modified_gmt":"2022-06-03T13:09:59","slug":"la-times-columnist-mocks-politicians-calling-for-a-return-to-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/la-times-columnist-mocks-politicians-calling-for-a-return-to-god\/","title":{"rendered":"LA Times Columnist Mocks Politicians Calling For A Return To God"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fla-times-columnist-mocks-politicians-calling-for-a-return-to-god%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1501920&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A Los Angeles Times columnist mocked politicians who have suggested a return to religious faith is a possible solution for gun violence.<\/p>\n<p>LZ Granderson\u2019s LA Times bio states that he \u201cwas named Journalist of the Year by the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Assn. \u2026 His TED Talk on LGBTQ equality has more than 1.6 million views.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Granderson began his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/opinion\/story\/2022-06-01\/republicans-uvalde-shooting-religion\">opinion column<\/a>, \u201cA number of so-called religious conservatives like to explain away national tragedies \u2014 be they natural or man-made \u2014 through the lens of God\u2019s wrath, or at least indirect punishment for \u2018sins.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Noting some prominent Christian politicians, Granderson opined, \u201cThey clearly have a period in mind in which they believe God was happier with the direction of the country, but our history makes it impossible to pinpoint a date without looking racist. So they tend to talk in nostalgic Judeo-Christian generalities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He quoted Wisconsin GOP Senator Ron Johnson, who stated that the \u201csolution is renewed faith.\u201d Then Granderson contended \u201cas if there\u2019s an agreed-upon faith or showing of that faith that we all should agree to return to.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe adherents of this thinking say after any horror: We have to fight evil,\u201d Granderson theorized, then shifted to an attack on America: \u201cMy question is how a nation that romanticizes, even monetizes, its own evil beginnings can even start to fight the kind of evil some of these politicos speak of.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Granderson, who told <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/lz-granderson-living-straight-man-felt-drowning\/story?id=48191037\">ABC News<\/a> in 2017, \u201cI don\u2019t feel comfortable telling people what they should do with their lives,\u201d accused Johnson and like-minded politicians of \u201cpandering\u201d:<\/p>\n<p><em>The needle of our moral compass is susceptible to political spin. The kind of spin elected officials like Johnson deploy because it panders to our desire to see ourselves as good people. That\u2019s much more pleasant for us than acknowledging we were never as holy as we like to tell ourselves.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Noting Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick argued after the Uvalde, Texas, school shooting, \u201cYou just cannot change character without changing a heart, and you can\u2019t do that without turning to God,\u201d Granderson snapped, \u201cI would ask Patrick: When exactly did a nation built on stolen land, kidnapping and enslavement turn away from God?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He pointed out Fox News\u2019 Rachel Campos-Duffy stated, \u201cWe took God out of schools and we wonder how this evil comes in.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He concluded, \u201cMany of us don\u2019t wonder how this evil came in. We wonder why people like you won\u2019t admit it\u2019s been here since the beginning.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Los Angeles Times columnist mocked politicians who have suggested a return to religious faith is a possible solution for gun violence. 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