Jezebel

White Evangelicals Brand Kamala Harris a ‘Jezebel’

Ever since Kamala Harris became the Democratic presidential nominee, white evangelical leaders have thundered from the pulpit that she’s a Jezebel who’s in league with the devil. With the election less than a month away, they have doubled down on their vile religious rhetoric, painting her as an emissary of the devil.

“Jezebel” is the go-to word for evangelicals for any woman who is confident in her sexuality, embraces her inherent strength, doesn’t reflexively defer to men, especially if she is a liberal woman of color.

Harris is white evangelicals’ worst nightmare: a female presidential candidate with the experience, wisdom, courage and potential to become a great president.

They’re cognizant that Trump is no match for her intellectually or ethically, and so they try to build up their authoritarian monster by demonizing Harris.

They are oblivious to the irony that it’s Trump who is evil incarnate, and that he’s the male equivalent of a Jezebel.

I’m convinced that the spirt of secularism, democracy and truth will prevail over the spirit of Jezebel that is alive and well in Trump’s Republican Party.

Jeza Belle Popular Drag Queen Writes Christian Devotional

“Jeza’s Jesus Juice: A Drag Queen’s Christian Devotional, which was published in December, provides a personal history of the author’s religious beliefs and morality.

The book includes chapters on gender identity, Pride, and radical inclusivity. Other chapters tackle forgiveness, guilt, and God’s love.”

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Jezebel was the wife of Ahab, the King of Israel. According to the biblical narrative she and her husband institutionalized the worship of Baal. Jezebel is the most profane and evil woman in the Bible and her name has entered the vernacular as a generic epithet for any corrupt, vulgar and sacrilegious woman.

Jezebel was thrown from a window to her death. Her corpse was trampled by a horse and then eaten by stray dogs, as the prophet Elijah had prophesied.

Jeza Belle is a drag queen and devout Christian (not mutually exclusive terms) who has just published a Christian devotional, “the first and only mainstream published Christian book written by a drag queen.”

Evangelical Christians, who worship an orange idol more loathsome than Baal, demonize Jeza Belle and all other drag queens. If they had their druthers, they would stone our beloved drag queen and feed her to the wolves.

Jeza Belle is the antithesis of the biblical Jezebel, she is spreading the good news of god’s love for all of His children, be they white or black or gay or straight.

I wouldn’t be caught dead at a Trump-worshipping evangelical church, but I would gladly attend a drag performance or a devotional message by Jeza Belle.