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In the same way that I think the quickest way for stricter gun control laws to be passed is for minorities to start open carrying firearms en-masse, I think the best way to educate Christian nationalists on the importance of the separation of church and state is for everyone to start attending their local mosque and preaching the virtues of Islam when discussing politics. Conservatives are incapable of understanding the negatives of any policy position until they experience them personally. Force them to experience what it's like to be a religious minority and they will change their tune very quickly.
Don't use Islam, use the Satanic Temple. It's entire purpose is to reinforce the separation of church and state in political situations. It's a non-theist organization, and they do a lot of good work.
https://thesatanictemple.com/
Hail Satan
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I think that's too far out in left field from these people's perspective for it to be as effective as Islam would be. They need to think they're being outcompeted by a legitimate religion. Maybe I'm giving them too much credit but I think enough people would see that as an intentionally contrarian organization and not as a competing religious ideology. I don't think that would evoke the genuine fear of becoming a religious minority. Maybe I'm wrong about that but that's my take at least.