"The contrast could hardly have been greater. During a memorial service for Charlie Kirk, held in a stadium filled with nearly 100,000 people, Erika Kirk, the wife of the slain right-wing activist, expressed both her profound love for her husband and the profound grief brought on by his death. It was the speech of a woman deeply influenced by her Christian faith. And it included remarkable words, which she struggled to say but was still able to articulate."
"That young man. That young man. On the cross, our Savior said, 'Father, forgive them, for they not know what they do.' That man-that young man-I forgive him. I forgive him because it was what Christ did. And it's what Charlie would do. The answer to hate is not hate. The answer we know from the Gospel is love and always love."
A memorial service for Charlie Kirk drew nearly 100,000 attendees in a stadium. Erika Kirk expressed profound love and grief grounded in Christian faith and publicly forgave the young man who killed her husband, invoking Christ's words on the cross and calling for love instead of hate. The audience applauded. President Trump praised Charlie as a missionary but then said he hated his opponents and did not want the best for them, apologized to Erika, and received laughter and cheers. Observers note President Trump has previously shown disagreement with and contempt for some core teachings of Jesus.
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