Far-Right 'Appeal to Heaven' Flag Flown Above Government Agency in DC

[highplainsdem]

Source: Wired

A controversial “Appeal to Heaven” flag that has recently become associated with the “Stop the Steal” movement and Christian nationalism was flown above the Small Business Administration (SBA) agency last week in Washington, DC.

On June 11, Kelly Loeffler, the former senator from Georgia and current administrator of the SBA, participated in a ceremony where a new flag of the United States was raised over the agency’s headquarters. Just beneath that flag, on what appeared to be the same halyard, was an Appeal to Heaven flag. Sources tell WIRED that the “Appeal to Heaven” flag was raised for less than a day.

Though the flag’s roots date to the Revolutionary War, in recent years it has become a popular symbol for the far right. The Appeal to Heaven flag was waved by January 6 rioters at the Capitol in 2021 and has become associated with President Donald Trump’s supporters who deny the outcome of the 2020 presidential election. The flag has also been linked to Christian nationalists, who believe that the US should be a Christian nation rather than a secular one.

“That the Appeal to Heaven flag is being flown on a government building alongside the American flag should be shocking to anyone who doesn't wish to live in a theocracy,” says Jon Lewis, a research fellow at the Program on Extremism at George Washington University. “The contemporary usage of the Appeal to Heaven flag is synonymous with Christian nationalism, full stop.”

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[Marthe48]

1. Gives God a good target

can't wait for lightning to strike whoever is twisting faith into terror

[John1956PA]

2. It is difficult for even The Almighty to keep up with all the weird indicia of the GOPers.

https://media.wired.com/photos/6851e3767f832214c10f48c3/3:4/w_960,c_limit/GtMhBk7WAAAqgNu.jpg

[LT Barclay]

6. Actually pisses me off constantly. Why can't they stick with perverting one flag. They have already crapped on and

perverted the Constitution. I wish they'd read the Declaration of Independence, since they want to go back that far. They'd find that tea would leave a bitter taste in their mouth.

So I found this flag, and they can't twist this one to their views:

[vapor2]

3. Any Russian flag yet?

[tornado34jh]

4. What was that about them complaining about some places potentially putting an Islamic flag? Yeah, thought so.

They just are replacing it with their version of it. But this here shows the massive hypocrisy of these people. Again, I am against any theocracy of any type, regardless of the organized religion, but they are so stupid that they don't realize that by their logic, if they think that is fine to fly a Christian Nationalist flag, then it should be fine to fly an Islamic flag. Again, I am not advocating for putting an Islamic Jihadist flag up, I am just pointing out the massive hypocrisy of their logic. You can't be mad about another religion putting up their fundamentalist flag and then you put your religious fundamentalist flag up and be fine with it. It's either both are allowed or neither of them are allowed, you can't have both.

[soldierant]

5. If Heaven were to actually respond

and smite someone - they would not be happy - because the smitten would be them.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

7. Didn't the Alitos fly one of these at their beachfront home? NT

[wolfie001]

9. Repulsive couple

[wolfie001]

8. What a load of barnyard horseshit

Zero respect for these lunatics.

[Timeflyer]

10. Right out of Project 2025, a US government agency signaling theocracy.

[AZ8theist]

11. So fucking stupid.....

Religion will cause humanity's extinction.