(RNS) — Some Christians who consider themselves more “pro-life” than just anti-abortion have had enough.
Disenchanted with Donald Trump and no longer home in a party that this summer abandoned its plank opposing abortion, this subset of highly engaged Christian voters has been turning to the eight-year-old American Solidarity Party.
“The weird way that the two-party system here has grown means that you kind of have to pick which vulnerable person you want to help protect. And a lot of people just get tired of that,” said Lauren Onak, the party’s vice presidential candidate, who is a stay-at-home mom and self-described “community organizer” from a Boston suburb.
Onak cites both “the unborn” and “people living in Gaza” as examples of concerns close to their hearts that neither major party consistently defends.
Discussed since 2011 but only legally incorporated in 2016, the party calls itself “the fastest-growing political party in the United States.” In its first presidential cycle, its candidate drew 6,697 votes, then 42,305 in the 2020 presidential campaign. This year, the party is on the ballot in six states and has write-in access in the majority.
Peter Sonski, the party’s presidential candidate, is a highly involved Catholic, as is Onak. While the party has attracted some high-profile evangelica …