When tragedy strikes, the most appropriate initial response is to pray. It’s an acknowledgement of our finiteness and the reality that, ultimately, only God is truly in control; only God is sovereign over everything.
It was and is fitting for us to pray, to call on God, after this most recent atrocity: the assassination of Charlie Kirk. Indeed, given that he was an outspoken Christian, that is precisely the response Kirk would have wanted.
Prior to Kirk’s assassination, President Donald Trump announced that his administration would be pursuing an effort to protect the right to pray in schools. “To have a great nation, you have to have religion,” Trump stated.
Trump views this effort as part of a broader push to strengthen Americans’ religious liberty rights. And especially in places where they have long been maligned and attacked — in the nation’s public schools.
Trump made his comments during a Religious Liberty Commission event at the Museum of the Bible. He also remarked, “As president, I will always defend our nation’s glorious heritage, and we will protect the Judeo-Christian principles of our founding, and we will protect them with vigor. We have to bring back religion in America, bring it back stronger than ever before.”
