Censoring Faith

Looking around the country today, there are many disturbing markers of cultural decline. Several, in my opinion, are connected to the decline of Christianity in America, a disturbing trend that is particularly pronounced in younger Americans.

There are a variety of reasons for this trend, including the growing hostility toward Christianity in our schools, in the culture and in the media. There are powerful forces in America today that are intent on muzzling men and women of faith.

The entire effort to smear conservative Christians as so-called “Christian nationalists” is just one example. We recently got another example of this outrageous effort, courtesy of NBC.

C. J. Stroud is the quarterback of the Houston Texans. In his rookie year, he led the Texans to a winning 10-7 season. After a tremendous postseason victory against the Cleveland Browns, Stroud was asked by an NBC reporter what that moment meant to him.

Stroud proudly answered, “First and foremost, I just want to give all glory and praise to my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.” Sadly, but predictably, NBC censored that line when the network posted Stoud’s interview on social media.

Imagine if Stroud had said, “First and foremost, I want to give all glory and praise to Allah” or “First and foremost, I want to praise all the LGBTQ fans out there and announce today that I am a woman trapped in the wrong body.” There’s no way NBC would have censored those remarks.

The left’s ability to infect the sports world with progressivism is one of those disturbing markers of cultural decline. Neo-Marxist Colin Kaepernick was held up as a hero by the media. Why? Because he disrespected our national anthem, our veterans and America.

In stark contrast to Colin Kaepernick, the young men of the U.S. Junior Hockey team love America. They proudly sang our national anthem after winning an international championship. But ESPN didn’t show viewers their incredible patriotism.

Now we’ve got men taking over women’s sports. And if you dare to object to this insanity (or to vaccine mandates), ESPN will fire you. Just ask Sage Steele.