"Kirk often distanced himself from Christian nationalism, but he was sympathetic to its goals, which include Christian dominance in American politics and culture. To Kirk, the separation of church and state was a fiction. He delighted in pointing out to callow college students that the term doesn't actually appear in the Constitution. But the separation principle is implicit and explicit in our founding document."
"They would have found a whole-of-government turnout the Director of National Intelligence, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the White House Chief of Staff, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense, uh, I mean War, the Vice President and the President himself to participate in what was less a funeral than an evangelical camp meeting complete with altar call."
The assassination of Charlie Kirk is a tragedy for his family and supporters and a violent blow to the health of the republic. Kirk sympathized with Christian nationalist goals favoring Christian dominance in American politics and culture and treated separation of church and state as a fiction. The Founders embedded separation principles in the Constitution to avoid the harms of an established church. A recent memorial for Kirk featured a whole-of-government turnout and resembled an evangelical revival, with prominent officials endorsing Christianity publicly. Such state participation in religious celebration raises alarms about erosion of church-state separation and the direction of American civic life.
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