Much has already been written on the seemingly strange, and some would say unholy, alliance between right-wing evangelicals and the presidential aspirations of Donald Trump. On the surface, Trump would seem to be the least likely among the Republican field to garner evangelical support. As Jonathan Merritt has put it, "Donald Trump is immodest, arrogant, foul-mouthed, money-obsessed, thrice-married, and until recently, pro-choice. By conventional standards, evangelical Christians should despise him." Yet, although he certainly doesn't have the conservative Christian voting bloc in the bag and has numerous critics among them, a recent CNN poll shows that Trump has the support of almost a...
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