by Sandy » Thu Feb 02, 2017 10:25 am
Overall, either Baylor has little to no influence over the politics of its own region, or it is a bastion of conservative Republicanism. I suspect the latter is most likely the case, and being "moderate Baptist" doesn't equate to being Democrat, or to being politically progressive. The Republican majority in Texas shrivelled considerably in 2016, with the orange haired buffoon garnering 52% of the vote, to Clinton's 45%, a considerable shift from the 2012 percentages. Though the total vote was down by about 8%, in Baylor's back yard the buffoon picked up 61% to Clinton's 34%.
I would certainly hope that the buffoon's immigration move, which he characterized during the campaign very clearly as a deliberate attempt to stop Muslims specifically from entering the United States, would be as troublesome to moderate Baptists as it appears to be to just about everyone else except evangelical conservatives, who are already scrambling to twist and re-interpret scripture to justify the restriction.