{"id":2003713,"date":"2023-08-17T13:39:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-17T17:39:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wanted-a-single-republican-who-will-actually-fight-for-religious-freedom\/"},"modified":"2023-08-17T13:42:43","modified_gmt":"2023-08-17T17:42:43","slug":"wanted-a-single-republican-who-will-actually-fight-for-religious-freedom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wanted-a-single-republican-who-will-actually-fight-for-religious-freedom\/","title":{"rendered":"Seeking: One Republican Champion for Religious Freedom"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwanted-a-single-republican-who-will-actually-fight-for-religious-freedom%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2003713&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"article-content\">\n<p>A\u200d pivotal\u2062 moment \u2064in American\u200c politics \u2063happened on Tuesday, when a sitting \u200bUnited States congressman from\u2064 Ohio, Max Miller, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MaxMillerOH\/status\/1691564395342488045?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">declared<\/a> that\u2064 the very foundation of the Christian faith is \u201cbigoted\u201d and \u201cgoes too \u2064far,\u201d and tried to kick it from the public square. Note that Miller is not a leftist Democrat, from whom these attacks on the First Amendment and Christianity are commonplace. Miller is a Trump-endorsed Republican who calls \u2063himself a \u201cconservative voice\u201d for Ohioans.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>This shocking denunciation of Christianity was in response to\u2063 a post I made on X, formerly \u2063known as Twitter, stating, \u201cThere\u2019s no hope for any of us outside\u200d of having faith in Jesus Christ alone.\u201d Most would say my\u200b message was an average non-offensive Christian post, similar to what the majority of Miller\u2019s\u2062 voters hear every Sunday morning \u200dfrom the pew or teach their kids at the dinner\u2064 table.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2-long d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-145089837\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1379703300879-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-21f7f82c4353c0f46213eaafb341efde fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-21f7f82c4353c0f46213eaafb341efde\"><\/div>\n<p>So why\u200b would a so-called conservative Republican leader oppose and try to silence\u200c such a common sentiment among his very own \u2062voters? Have\u2063 we reached a time \u200din American politics where even conservative\u200c leaders feel comfortable attacking Christianity? <\/p>\n<p>Apparently. You \u200dsee, Miller did not\u2064 just \u201cdisagree\u201d with Christianity, which he is \u2064free to do. He openly condemned\u2063 it as \u201cthe\u200c most bigoted\u201d thing\u2063 he has \u201cever seen.\u201d He then went so far\u200b as to intimidate a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-mcconnell-privately-says-he-wants-trump-gone-dc-elites-pressure-republicans-to-impeach-private-citizen-trump\/\" title=\"Report: McConnell Privately Says He Wants Trump Gone \u2013 DC Elites Pressure Republicans to Impeach Private Citizen Trump\">private citizen<\/a> into deleting a\u200d gospel proclamation from the public square, claiming it\u2064 was a threat to religious liberty\u200d itself. <\/p>\n<p>Miller seems to have a serious misunderstanding of religious liberty. Freedom\u2063 of religion does not\u200d mean freedom <em>from <\/em>religion or freedom from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/conservative-beauty-guru-to-launch-make-makeup-great-again-line\/\" title=\"Conservative Beauty Guru To Launch \u2018Make Makeup Great Again\u2019 Line\">religious beliefs<\/a> being voiced publicly. Religious freedom exists\u200c to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wanted-a-single-republican-who-will-actually-fight-for-religious-freedom\/\" title=\"Seeking: One Republican Champion for Religious Freedom\">protect private \u200bcitizens\u2019 rights<\/a> to practice and express \u200dtheir religious beliefs without threat or intimation from the government.<\/p>\n<p>Even more shocking is that the only U.S. representative \u2064to condemn Miller\u2019s anti-Christian attacks was apparently <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IlhanMN\/status\/1691624027125629373?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201csquad member\u201d Ilhan Omar<\/a>, D-Minn.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-e1530b2a0b715196339c53234c5783b2 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-6\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-e1530b2a0b715196339c53234c5783b2\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>It appears\u200c no \u2062Republican member of Congress\u200c spoke\u2064 out to defend Christianity,\u2063 religious \u200dfreedom, or freedom \u200dof speech Tuesday night. Each one remained\u2063 silent, including many I know personally and\u200d worked hard to get elected here in Ohio. One must ask if this would be the\u2062 case\u200c if it were a Democrat politician who attacked Christianity and not a \u201cconservative.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Miller did apologize\u200c for his tweet, \u2063and\u200b I \u200cpublicly accepted his apology. I hold \u200cno \u200dpersonal animosity toward him. His actions, \u2064however, point to a severe problem in the\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-red-wave-of-conservative-women-elected-to-congress\/\" title=\"The Red Wave of Conservative Women Elected to Congress\">conservative movement<\/a> and Republican Party that can\u2019t\u200d be ignored any longer. <\/p>\n<p>We have reached the point\u2064 in politics where it is \u2062seen \u200bas not only acceptable but politically \u200dexpedient to attack the \u200bvery foundation on which this great \u200dnation was founded: Christianity. Just this past Sunday, Christian evangelist Mike Gulley <a href=\"https:\/\/republicsentinel.com\/articles\/exclusive-christian-evangelist-arrested-at-indiana-art-festival\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">was arrested in South Bend, Indiana,\u200c at Rebel \u200cArt Fest<\/a> \u2063 after sharing about the evils \u2063of abortion. \u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/christians-arrested-preaching-gospel-wisconsin-video-lgbtq-pride-1816965#:~:text=Christians%2520Arrested%2520for%2520Preaching%2520Gospel%2520in%2520Wisconsin%252C%2520Video%2520Shows,-By%2520Gerrard%2520Kaonga&#038;text=A%2520young%2520Christian%2520man%2520is,gone%2520viral%2520on%2520social%2520media.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">A young man was arrested in Wisconsin<\/a> weeks before\u2062 that for reading Scripture at a \u201cpride\u201d drag event. <\/p>\n<p>This is reality. May we become frustrated enough\u200c by the utter cowardice of our leaders that we choose to pick up the mantle ourselves. No longer can we accept clich\u00e9 slogans and \u200cplatitudes without seeing \u2064any action. Today as Christianity is threatened in the public square, those we elect to protect our rights and represent our interests offer no defense.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-cf0ed04467cc76436cbd5e437584f890 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-10\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-cf0ed04467cc76436cbd5e437584f890\"><\/div>\n<p>Christians, we cannot continue allowing our leaders to betray us every \u2062chance they get. We\u2064 cannot afford to go on \u2064making excuses for their lack of\u2063 action when our \u2062freedoms are on the line. It is time for \u200bus to seriously reconsider our priorities when we walk into the voting booth. <\/p>\n<p>Moving forward,\u200b the\u200d baseline we should accept from any leader is a willingness to say unpopular truths unabashedly, not just clich\u00e9 slogans, and the ability\u200d to \u2064fight against tyranny effectively.\u00a0Courage \u2063and competency\u2063 must be the\u200d minimum standards from\u200c this \u200bmoment on.<\/p>\n<p>If a candidate cannot say abortion is a moral abomination on a debate\u200d stage without dying the death\u200d of a thousand\u200c caveats, how can we ever expect him to stand up against evil?\u200b If the entire Republican conference of Congress\u200c cannot condemn one of their freshmen for attacking a private citizen for sharing her Christian faith, how can we trust them to <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/08\/15\/if-republicans-dont-act-now-the-left-will-destroy-the-country\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">overcome the\u2063 kind of tyranny<\/a> pouring out of the Department of Justice? <\/p>\n<p>Spoiler alert: We cannot. We cannot trust them to defend us or defeat tyranny. <\/p>\n<p>Young men are being arrested\u200b for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/christian-warrior-speaks-arrest-reading-bible-protest-drag-queen-performance-kids\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reading the Bible in public<\/a>, children could\u200b soon be taken from their homes\u200b if\u2064 their parents <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/newly-amended-california-bill-punish-parents-refusing-affirm-childs-gender-identity\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">don\u2019t \u200drefer to them with transgender pronouns<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.guttmacher.org\/fact-sheet\/unintended-pregnancy-and-abortion-northern-america\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">nearly<\/a> a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/guttmacher-abortion-spike-2020-pregnancies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">million<\/a> babies \u200care being slaughtered every year, all while our so-called leaders watch from the sidelines and \u2062do nothing to stop it. <\/p>\n<p>It is\u2063 time for a new Republican Party. It is time we hold conservative leaders to new\u200d expectations. \u2064The 2024 election cycle will decide our national direction for decades to\u2062 come, and it is up to us to \u200cdetermine that fate with our voice and \u2063vote. All Republicans\u200c that have proven themselves\u200c cowards in the face of tyranny\u2063 \u2014 or\u2062 worse, tyrannical themselves like\u2063 Max Miller has \u2014 should be voted\u2063 out of \u200boffice. <\/p>\n<p>If conservatives don\u2019t fearlessly\u2063 stand up for freedom \u2063and liberty, \u2063America\u200d has\u2063 no chance \u2063of survival. <\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-7d4e6cb79807acf34f2fa3520c97b3a6 fdrlst__b89e9-after-post-content\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-7d4e6cb79807acf34f2fa3520c97b3a6\"><\/div>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">    \t\t\t\t\t   \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Tuesday, Ohio congressman Max Miller, not a leftist Democrat, made a significant impact on American politics by declaring the Christian faith as &#8220;bigoted&#8221; and &#8220;going too far.&#8221; He attempted to remove it from the public square, marking a pivotal moment in American politics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2313,"featured_media":2003715,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2003713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2003713","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2313"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2003713"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2003713\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2003715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2003713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2003713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2003713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}