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[noel711]

It's true the Nazi's had a hand in the suppression of the church during the Third Reich. But in Germany, the Evangelical Church was NOT what we call the Evangelicals. In Germany at that time, and even now, the Evangelical Church was what we call in the USA the LUtheran Church. IN fact, Evangelical was the first name of the Lutheran church - Martin Luther did NOT want it named after him.

In the USA, the Evangelicals are an offshoot of fundamentalism.
Radical fundamentalism. In-your-face fundamentalism.
The LUtheran CHurch is politically and socially very liberal, and I wouldn't be surprised if there are LUtheran members, Lutheran clergy here as members of DU. They usually support liberal and democratic causes.

A Lutheran pastor, Dietrich Boenhoeffer, led a conspiracy of German Evangelicals against Hitler, but were found and executed.