Faith Under Siege

It’s not enough for the left-wing establishment that pro-life ministries and churches are being firebombed and vandalized.  Now the Washington Post is leading the charge to gin up animosity against Catholic hospitals. 

The attack, as you might expect, is largely focused on the reluctance of these faith-based facilities to destroy innocent babies through abortion.  The Biden Administration is also trying to force religious doctors and nurses to mutilate children through so-called “gender transitioning” procedures.

Some leftists are demanding that the hospitals, which do care for the sick, be denied federal funds, including Medicare reimbursements, or even be shut down if they don’t agree to kill babies or sterilize and castrate children.  (Who thinks like that?!)

But I hope you’re getting the big picture here. 

While many conservatives and libertarians believe in a “live and let live” philosophy, the left does not.  It has absolutely no intention of allowing conservative Christians or even normal Americans (see Tulsi Gabbard) to live our lives the way we desire.

When leftists say, “You can’t legislate morality,” what they really mean is, “You can’t put your values into public policy, but we will impose ours!”

As men and women of faith try to carve out parts of life that are outside the reach of the left’s nuttiness, the left is increasingly using every means at its disposal – cancel culture, social media censorship, even the full weight and power of the government – to impose its will, no matter what alternatives we create to try to protect our values. 

Do not be confused about this. 

So many Christians have told me, “Gary, I don’t care about politics.  I know the public schools are terrible.  But I run my own business and send my kids to Christian school.” 

That’s great.  But the left is coming for religious schools (here and here), just like it is coming for Catholic hospitals.  Any alternative we set up, they will smear as bigoted, hateful and a threat to democracy. 

And, the left is also coming for our kids in our homes! 

The bottom line, my friends, is that we cannot sit out the culture war.  The barbarians are inside the gates of virtually every major institution, and they are banging on the front door of your home!

We must be involved in the political process.  That is the only way we can stop the left from using the brute force of government as a battering ram against our values.