MELISSA BLOCK, HOST:
It's a question we've asked again and again of the evangelical community, but it seems especially important to pose it now as confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh are set to begin this week. How does a deeply religious group of people continue to support a president who has repeatedly acted in ways they consider immoral? Karen Swallow Prior has thought a lot about this. She's a professor at Liberty University. That's the evangelical school founded by Jerry Falwell. She's an evangelical Christian herself. And she joins us now by Skype. Welcome to the program.
KAREN SWALLOW PRIOR: Hello, Melissa. Thank you for having me.
BLOCK: How important would you say Brett Kavanaugh's nomination is for the evangelical community?
PRIOR: It's very important. It is, of course, the reason why so many evangelicals supported Trump in the presidential election. We do see what happens on the Supreme Court as very important to the cultural mood, to the laws that end up being enacted and enforced.
It's a question we've asked again and again of the evangelical community, but it seems especially important to pose it now as confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh are set to begin this week. How does a deeply religious group of people continue to support a president who has repeatedly acted in ways they consider immoral? Karen Swallow Prior has thought a lot about this. She's a professor at Liberty University. That's the evangelical school founded by Jerry Falwell. She's an evangelical Christian herself. And she joins us now by Skype. Welcome to the program.
KAREN SWALLOW PRIOR: Hello, Melissa. Thank you for having me.
BLOCK: How important would you say Brett Kavanaugh's nomination is for the evangelical community?
PRIOR: It's very important. It is, of course, the reason why so many evangelicals supported Trump in the presidential election. We do see what happens on the Supreme Court as very important to the cultural mood, to the laws that end up being enacted and enforced.
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