With Vice President JD Vance calling Kirk “a martyr for Christianity” and Cardinal Timothy Dolan suggesting he’s “a modern-day St. Paul,” many on the religious right hope this moment will galvanize young conservatives to become more engaged in evangelical and Catholic churches.
University of North Georgia’s Matthew Boedy spoke to the Bucks County Beacon about his new book, “The Seven Mountains Mandate,” and how Kirk was part of this movement seeking right-wing Christian dominion over government and society.
“The Trump administration’s radical reinterpretation of this federal law is a flagrant, self-serving attack on church-state separation that threatens our democracy by plunging houses of worship into partisan battles,” said Americans United’s President and CEO Rachel Laser.
If a book or an activity offends their narrow and extreme beliefs, it’s not enough for Christian Nationalists to not read the book or take part in the activity – they try to stop everyone else as well.
At the National Conservatism Conference last week, Wilson was a featured speaker along with members of Congress and Trump’s Cabinet, including border czar Tom Homan, budget director Russell Vought and Republican Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri.
“Our kids are not bargaining chips,” PSEA President Aaron Chapin said. “Our kids are not pawns in some grand strategy to enact a tuition voucher scheme that will shift taxpayer dollars away from our public schools and send them to private and religious schools.”
The demonization of empathy has gained traction among President Donald Trump’s Christian base as his Republican administration enacts hard-line policies.
The media has overlooked Vance Boelter’s connection to the New Apostolic Reformation in his alleged targeting of public officials.
“All of Christ for All of Life,” Hegseth wrote on X, reposting a CNN interview with Doug Wilson and other CREC pastors.
The commonwealth is not just suffering from trouble filling teaching positions – the fallout from that difficulty is landing disproportionately on students with special needs, students living in poverty, and students of color.
The DOJ’s newest lawsuits also targeted California, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, and New Hampshire after it sued Oregon and Maine last week.
Barack Obama, who spoke in Erie last week, thinks “We [America] are certainly at an inflection point.” But for many area voters, the tipping point came before 2016.
“It seemed to be the worst time in our country to have a Peace Center close, so I decided to make myself available,” said Barbara Simmons, who is coming out of retirement to once again lead the organization.
“If these three justices are defeated, there will be bedlam in Pennsylvania,” warns Shanin Specter, an attorney and founding partner of Philadelphia law firm Kline & Specter and son of the late U.S. Senator Arlen Specter.
