The author seems delusional to me. Christianity made absolutely no progress as a political force under the Republican Party. Dropping these hot-button issues from its national platform was the most honest thing the GOP has done in years — because it never gave a damn about these issues anyway except as fundraising tools.
That may be your opinion, but at least the Republican Party helped it hold it’s ground the last 40 years under constant assault. And it is making a minor comeback, with the moves of conservative Republican governors like DeSantis in Florida, and Landry in Louisiana.
This phony new platform seeks to rip the rug out from under all that momentum, all in the name of a single election, if not person, who was a lifelong Democrat.
You are right, but it makes people feel good even if it was always just lipservice.