In Houston, evangelicals rejoice at Supreme Court ruling, ‘as if God had appeared’

At the Church of the Bible in the Woodlands, a temple in northern Houston, Texas, evangelical parishioners, all white, mostly seniors, cheer as the pastor speaks about Supreme Court rulings, including in favor of wearing weapons and the ban on abortion, Sunday June 26. Two days after the ban on abortion in several IT ISamerican states such as Missouri, South Dakota or Georgia, after the dismissal of the Roe v Wade decision by the Supreme Court, theevangelical believers in Texas are jubilant.

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Mark Keough is a pastor on Sundays and an elected Republican, running Montgomery County the rest of the week. A county that boasts of being the most conservative in Texas. “I’m so happy with this decision, and I pray that God makes people right that they don’t see it as an attack on a lifestyle.”he explains.

In the United States, white evangelicals are 72% in favor of a complete ban on abortion, compared to 42% of American Catholics. “I agree, it’s as if God appeared to show us the way”abounds Gracie, a faithful of l’EWoodlands Bible Church. Like this young woman, John David Morvan, 76, is in tune with his pastor: “It’s a serious matter, what happened in Nazi Germany. Six million Jews were sacrificed. There, we have almost 70 million babies who were murdered”details this Vietnam War veteran.

In this evangelical temple, we fear violent reactions from pro-abortionists. Moreover, a policeman in uniform and men in civilian clothes are in the crowd to reassure and watch the strangers. “Roe vs Wade is going to generate something we’ve never seen in our lifetime. So I gotta get to know each of you”says the pastor after the first sermon.

But the battle of evangelicals is not over. Their political leaders, like former Vice President Mike Pence, are now calling for a ban on abortion everywhere in the IT ISunited states. Half of IT ISUS states have implemented or will implement restrictions or complete bans on abortion.