Faith Under Siege

Last month, I had the honor of being down on the National Mall for the March For Life. It was an incredible event. Tens of thousands of students from Catholic and evangelical schools were there taking a stand for the sanctity of life. 

Many of these student groups wore distinctive hats so they could identify one another in the huge crowd. And after the march, one group of Catholic students from South Carolina went to visit the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum. Unfortunately, what should have been a fun visit was ruined by leftists working at the Smithsonian. 

Not long after they entered the museum, they were told by angry staff members to remove their “pro-life hats,” which simply read “Rosary Pro-Life.” 

The students didn’t immediately back down, saying they had a First Amendment right to wear their hats, which they were also using for identification and to keep their group together. 

Eventually, a large security guard lumbered toward them and warned, “You boys are about ready to make my day.” That was a threat of violence if these Christians students did not leave a government building that’s open to the public in the capital of the United States, which was built on religious liberty.

The students were also told that the museum was a “neutral zone” free of political messages. Sure it is.

So, no one has ever walked into the Smithsonian with a Black Lives Matter shirt? 

Remember the women’s march? I’m sure plenty of progressive women walked into the museum wearing those vulgar hats.

Does anyone think that a Muslim with a “Praise Allah” hat would be told to remove it? If that happened, Joe Biden would be on national television calling us all bigots.

This is just the latest incident of conservative Christian kids being silenced and threatened. Thankfully, these kids stood up for their rights, and their parents are filing a lawsuit. Good for them!

I hope their courage spreads so that more Christian adults are inspired to stand up against the growing tide of religious persecution right here in the United States.

Washington, D.C., is a very liberal city, and normal conservative ideas are treated like the plague. But this hostility to faith is spreading like the plague. 

During the height of the pandemic, a child went to her elementary school with a mask that read “Jesus Loves Me.” She was ordered to remove it. It took a lawsuit to force the school to admit that it made a mistake. 

My friends, this outrageous incident happened in Mississippi -- the heart of the Bible Belt. The hour is later than the American Church realizes.