{"id":2443016,"date":"2025-06-04T19:11:49","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T23:11:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/if-grenells-supposed-to-make-kennedy-center-wholesome-why-is-he-firing-christians-who-believe-in-traditional-marriage\/"},"modified":"2025-06-04T19:16:04","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T23:16:04","slug":"if-grenells-supposed-to-make-kennedy-center-wholesome-why-is-he-firing-christians-who-believe-in-traditional-marriage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/if-grenells-supposed-to-make-kennedy-center-wholesome-why-is-he-firing-christians-who-believe-in-traditional-marriage\/","title":{"rendered":"If Grenell&#8217;s Supposed to Make Kennedy Center Wholesome, Why Is He Firing Christians Who Believe In Traditional Marriage?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/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%2Fif-grenells-supposed-to-make-kennedy-center-wholesome-why-is-he-firing-christians-who-believe-in-traditional-marriage%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=2443016&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--><p>The article discusses Richard Grenell&#8217;s controversial leadership at the Kennedy Center, where he was given the task of removing &#8216;wokeness&#8217; and restoring conventional values. Notably, Grenell, who is openly gay, terminated Floyd brown, a newly appointed vice president, after Brown made statements supporting traditional marriage during a speech. This dismissal came shortly after CNN inquired about Brown&#8217;s views on sexuality which led to Grenell&#8217;s discomfort due to his own identity.<\/p>\n<p>During his tenure in the Trump governance, Grenell had a history of being a polarizing figure, supported for his achievements, yet critiqued for his associations. His approach at the Kennedy Center stirred discontent among liberal circles, particularly after a policy shift away from what they termed &#8216;woke&#8217; programming.<\/p>\n<p>Floyd Brown,who expressed that his firing stemmed from his Christian beliefs on marriage,claimed he was pressured to recant these views in light of the media scrutiny. The article raises broader questions regarding the acceptance of differing viewpoints within the current GOP, specifically concerning the treatment of Christian conservatives in regards to LGBTQ issues, especially since Grenell is balancing his initiatives against a backdrop of personal identity and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/menendez-addresses-growing-calls-to-resign-after-corruption-charges\/\" title=\"Menendez responds to increasing de...ds for resignation amid corruption charges.\">broader political agenda<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>the situation underscores tensions within the Trump administration&#8217;s approach to cultural issues and the dynamics of identity politics.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_5)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Richard Grenell is the man who has been charged by President Donald Trump with taking the wokeness out of the Kennedy Center and making it wholesome. So why is he firing a person for adhering to the biblical definition of sexuality?<\/p>\n<p>Grenell served in the previous Trump administration and became one of those Republicans the media either hated to love or loved to hate; while his personal positions were generally conservative in nature, he was the first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/if-grenells-supposed-to-make-kennedy-center-wholesome-why-is-he-firing-christians-who-object-to-sodomy\/\" title=\"If ...&#039;s Supposed to Make ... Wholesome, Why Is He Firing Christians Who Object to Sodomy?\">openly identifying gay man<\/a> in a presidential cabinet when he became Trump&rsquo;s acting director of national intelligence in 2020. He made the kind of history they usually adore, just with a president they couldn&rsquo;t stand and views that they generally viewed with fear and loathing.<\/p>\n<p>It wasn&rsquo;t a question of whether Grenell would get a position in the new Trump administration &mdash; he&rsquo;d also served as ambassador to Germany and special envoy for peace between Kosovo and Serbia during the first Trump term and has stayed active in GOP politics &mdash; but which position. And while hiring an LGBT individual with a male partner to root out wokeness in one of the most rotten institutions in all of the District of Columbia might be seen as a chancy move, early returns had been positive, as those <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-jd-vance-perfect-response-dc-elites-jeer-kennedy-center-theater\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">following the Kennedy Center drama<\/a> have no doubt heard. The Washington elite were angry, so angry that they devolved into interpretive dance protests like this one:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&#128680; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BREAKING?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BREAKING<\/a>: The Kennedy Center in Washington, DC has just been evacuated due to a B0MB THREAT<\/p>\n<p>Leftists have been throwing a FIT at the Kennedy Center since Trump banned drag shows targeted at children and made himself Chair<\/p>\n<p>These people are DERANGED.<\/p>\n<p>This comes just after&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qBYHWB2stp\">pic.twitter.com\/qBYHWB2stp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nicksortor\/status\/1892647057250517257?\">February 20, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>That hasn&rsquo;t stopped the Kennedy Center from tossing out much of the woke programming and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >bringing back classical music<\/a>, not drag shows for kids.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">4\/ Trump on :<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Kennedy Center is an American Jewel&hellip; It must reflect the brightest STARS from across our Nation.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>No more drag shows for kids. No more Woke garbage. Just REAL art, REAL culture, and RESPECT for our traditions. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xL6YAckcHI\">pic.twitter.com\/xL6YAckcHI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rod D. Martin (@RodDMartin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RodDMartin\/status\/1916184029784576201?\">April 26, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>He also hired Floyd Brown, an outspoken Christian conservative who&rsquo;s been in the movement for decades, as vice president. And then he fired Brown, because apparently he thinks <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/police-officer-resigns-facebook-post-traditional-marriage-landed-leave\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">supporting traditional marriage<\/a> is a good thing and CNN was about to report on this, and Grenell was unhappy because he&rsquo;s partnered with a man.<\/p>\n<p>Now, time for a huge dose of full disclosure here: Brown is, among many other things, the founder of The Western Journal. He&rsquo;s also the father of the current CEO and owner of The Western Journal, Patrick Brown.<\/p>\n<p>I will also say that, while Brown&rsquo;s presence and leadership has greatly influenced all of us who write for The Western Journal, my most personal one-on-one interaction with him &mdash; being a freelance writer here &mdash; was when, during a visit to headquarters once, he offered me donuts, having picked up a few extra on the way into the office. (Krispy Kreme, so needless to say, I accepted.)<\/p>\n<p>That being said, knowing him through internal communications and other people, I&rsquo;ve also known him to be a man who doesn&rsquo;t shy away from sharing the truth, even if he thinks you find it uncomfortable. I&rsquo;ve been with The Western Journal for quite some time, and even though Brown&rsquo;s publicly stated version of events is mostly what I&rsquo;m going on here, he&rsquo;s never given me any reason to doubt that. As anybody who has worked downstream from anyone in politics or political media will tell you, no matter how much interaction you have with them, saying that is avouching for a heck of a lot in terms of character &mdash; no matter what flavor of donuts they were. (Basic glazed, in case you were wondering &mdash; which, to me, is the only reason to go to Krispy Kreme in the first place.)<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s also worth noting that, given the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trend-holds-trump-up-by-2-points-over-harris-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Trend holds: Trump up by 2 points over Harris - Washington Examiner\">liberal media&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s three-decade-plus beef with Floyd, they could have based this off of literally anything. Floyd isn&rsquo;t shy about his opinions, and they don&rsquo;t comport with the mainstream media&rsquo;s narrative. That beef stretches all the way back to his part in producing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/willie-horton-ad-wasnt-racist-neither-floyd-brown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Willie Horton<\/a> ad in 1988, which helped sink Michael Dukakis&rsquo; presidential campaign.<\/p>\n<p>He was also founder of Citizens United, the group that was the plaintiff in what <em>was<\/em> the left&rsquo;s most hated Supreme Court decision until Dobbs, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, in which a bill that prohibited independent entities from spending money to endorse or defeat a candidate was struck down on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fec.gov\/legal-resources\/court-cases\/citizens-united-v-fec\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">First Amendment grounds<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, CNN apparently decided to take issue <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-video-got-christian-leader-fired-kennedy-center-vp-position-views-homosexuality\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">with a 2023 speech<\/a> he gave to a Christian audience in which he noted that GOP lawmakers were often loath to tackle issues regarding homosexuality because many of their staffers were homosexual, which he attributed to a willingness to work longer hours. The reason? You&rsquo;ll never believe this: People who marry and procreate often have &mdash; <em>gasp!<\/em> &mdash; more responsibilities than people who don&rsquo;t.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;So when I was on Capitol Hill, I worked in Republican staff,&rdquo; Brown said during the speech.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;What most people don&rsquo;t understand is that many of the Republican members have homosexual staff. And the reason that they do is because the homosexuals usually, unlike me &mdash; I had two kids at home, I had a wife at home, I had responsibilities at home, and I needed to spend time with my children &mdash; and they don&rsquo;t.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They didn&rsquo;t. They literally worked for the member 24\/7 and then went out to Adams Morgan and had their gay sex and then came back to work the next day,&rdquo; he said, referencing the most gay-friendly neighborhood in the nation&rsquo;s capital.<\/p>\n<p>He noted that then-President George W. Bush appointed Ken Mehlman, who he called &ldquo;openly homosexual,&rdquo; to the head of the Republican National Committee. (While Mehlman&rsquo;s term at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/former-rnc-chair-shows-true-colors-cringey-kamala-harris-endorsement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RNC<\/a> lasted between 2005 to 2007 and he only announced he was a homosexual publicly in 2010, this was apparently an open secret on Capitol Hill.)<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They went through the RNC and systematically filled it with homosexual staff,&rdquo; Brown continued. &ldquo;And that&rsquo;s why we never make any progress on family issues, you know. Activists at the local level, we wonder, &lsquo;Why aren&rsquo;t our Republican members of Congress fighting for traditional marriage?&rsquo; Well, because they&rsquo;ve got three staff members who are against it, and that impacts them, and it&rsquo;s a dirty little secret that nobody wants to .&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This is the speech that triggered it all. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/floydbrown?\">@floydbrown<\/a> told us exclusively that he was fired for these 2023 remarks at a Christian event.<\/p>\n<p>He described GOP hypocrisy&mdash;how pro-family policies are blocked by staffers hostile to Biblical marriage.<\/p>\n<p>4\/16 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ilbgkaUiKI\">pic.twitter.com\/ilbgkaUiKI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Next News Network &#127482;&#127474; (@NextNewsNetwork) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NextNewsNetwork\/status\/1928358724915068964?\">May 30, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Well, Brown is no longer with the Kennedy Center, saying he was fired due to the CNN report and Grenell being uncomfortable with that statement. As for the veracity of this, what we can tell you is that CNN claimed its scalp, posting a K-File video&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2025\/05\/30\/politics\/video\/floyd-brown-kennedy-center-kfile-vrtc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">article<\/a> called &ldquo;Anti-Gay, Conspiracy Theorist Fired From Kennedy Center.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>(It&rsquo;s rich that CNN not only doesn&rsquo;t know what the comma is for but apparently calls people &ldquo;conspiracy theorist[s]&rdquo; after gainfully employing a man who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/25161-black-hole-theory-missing-malaysia-jet.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">once suggested<\/a> Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 was sucked into a black hole and only firing him once he became an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/hilarious-video-lemons-ex-co-hosts-couldnt-given-quicker-happier-goodbye-don\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">insufferable drama magnet<\/a> almost a decade later.)<\/p>\n<p>In an X post, Brown said his &ldquo;firing came approximately two hours after @CNN sent an  asking me to comment on my past writings and statements about traditional marriage and homosexual influence in the @GOP.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The post, written last Thursday, also contained his response to CNN: &ldquo;Comments rooted in my personal Christian views, which I have made in the past, have no impact upon my work here at the Kennedy Center nor do they impinge on my interactions with colleagues who do incredible work for the patrons of the Center. As a Christian I am called to work with others of different beliefs and worldviews. &hellip; It was truly not my intention to offend anyone with my comments. I have never intended to attack or demean any person in my statements, and have always d the mission of Jesus, striving to love others unconditionally.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The amazing beauty of the MAGA movement is we have people of many different beliefs inside our tent. We are all working together in unity to Make America Great Again.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I was fired yesterday by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RichardGrenell?\">@RichardGrenell<\/a> from the John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. One month ago, I was recruited to join the Kennedy Center as a Vice President. My firing came approximately two hours after <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CNN?\">@CNN<\/a> sent an  asking me to comment on my past&hellip;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Floyd Brown (@floydbrown) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/floydbrown\/status\/1928070879923081514?\">May 29, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>As for the reason for the firing?<\/p>\n<p><em>CNN also contacted @RichardGrenell, who is a professing Christian and is married to a male spouse. As anyone that has followed my x account knows, I am also a professing Christian &hellip;&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I asked for an explanation of my dismissal, and I asked to speak to @RichardGrenell &mdash; Both of those requests have been ignored.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The only explanation is the one given to me at the time of my firing. &ldquo;Floyd, you must recant your belief in traditional marriage and your past statements on the topic, or you will be fired.&rdquo; Needless to say, I refused to recant and was shown the door. My beliefs are much more common to Biblical Christianity.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>My only conclusion is @RichardGrenell was intimidated by a @CNN story, which hasn&rsquo;t been aired or published, so he preemptively fired me for my Christian beliefs on marriage.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This certainly doesn&rsquo;t sound like the most implausible explanation here: Grenell may be rooting out wokeness, but he&rsquo;s also rooting out people whose views do not comport with his on biblical sexuality &mdash; even if he&rsquo;s working alongside them to pursue the MAGA agenda and they&rsquo;re effective. Grenell is not addressing this publicly, at least as of Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n<p>In a longer piece from his video podcast, Gary Franchi of Next News Network said, this was &ldquo;not just about Floyd Brown, but whether Christians have a place in Trump&rsquo;s America.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">SHOCKING VIDEO: Gary Franchi Gives Exclusive Information on Kennedy Center Ric Grenell Firing of Top Official Because He Won&rsquo;t Disavow His Christian Traditional Marriage Views:<br \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DkUb3FjR35\">pic.twitter.com\/DkUb3FjR35<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; MAGA Resource (@MAGAResource) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MAGAResource\/status\/1928541818930470926?\">May 30, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Which is not an inaccurate way to sum up the takeaway here.<\/p>\n<p>At least in terms of what is happening at the Kennedy Center, I cannot be more supportive of what is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/gay-mens-chorus-gets-bad-news-trump-takes-kennedy-center\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">being done for public consumption<\/a>. Behind the scenes, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/western-journal-founder-fired-kennedy-center-cnn-prodded-christian-beliefs-refused-recant\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">I&rsquo;m considerably less reassured<\/a> &mdash; and not just because I once got donuts from Floyd Brown.<\/p>\n<p>No matter what Floyd Brown&rsquo;s opinions on homosexuality or biblical marriage are, he was willing to take a role at the Kennedy Center with Richard Grenell at the helm, knowing full well what his proclivities are. Grenell, unless he or his staff didn&rsquo;t bother Googling Brown&rsquo;s name before approving the hiring, had more than a vague idea of who he was taking on. But once CNN starts poking around about those beliefs, he&rsquo;s more tied to protecting his identity than to protecting the mission of the Trump administration and the Kennedy Center.<\/p>\n<p>I&rsquo;m willing to admit there&rsquo;s potentially something here we don&rsquo;t know about. Absent any statement from Grenell in the days after this story broke, I somehow doubt it, however. For defending the most wholesome institution in creation &mdash; marriage and the family, as prescribed by God &mdash; at a Christian event, Brown was kicked to the curb. 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However, he recently fired an individual for upholding a biblical view of sexuality. Grenell, who was part of Trump&#8217;s previous administration and made history as the first openly gay member of a presidential cabinet when he served as acting director of national intelligence in 2020, has faced mixed reactions from the media due to his conservative views. His appointment in the new Trump administration was anticipated given his prior roles, including ambassador to Germany and special envoy for peace between Kosovo and Serbia.<\/p>\n<p>Despite initial positive feedback regarding his efforts to eliminate woke programming at the Kennedy Center-replacing it with classical music instead of drag shows aimed at children-the situation took a turn when he dismissed Floyd Brown, a long-time Christian conservative activist. Brown&#8217;s termination reportedly stemmed from comments he made about traditional marriage during a speech that drew attention from CNN.<\/p>\n<p>Brown claimed that his firing occurred shortly after CNN reached out for comment on his past statements regarding homosexuality&#8217;s influence within GOP circles. He stated that Grenell demanded he renounce his beliefs on traditional marriage or face dismissal-a request Brown refused.<\/p>\n<p>This incident raises questions about whether there is room for Christians with traditional views within Trump&#8217;s political landscape, especially considering Grenell&#8217;s own identity as an openly gay man married to another man. While public actions at the Kennedy Center may suggest progress toward eliminating wokeness, behind-the-scenes dynamics appear more complex and troubling regarding differing beliefs on sexuality among staff members<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2443017,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Brown-v-Grenell.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[48398,6483,50057,56554,56553],"class_list":["post-2443016","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-christian-values","tag-grenell","tag-kennedy-center","tag-traditional-marriage","tag-wholesome-culture"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Brown-v-Grenell.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2443016","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2443016"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2443016\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2443025,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2443016\/revisions\/2443025"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2443017"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2443016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2443016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2443016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}