angle. laura: now how often have we seen the press try to kind of pretend that religious americans are part of a fringe movement? liberals warn of christian nationalism and even link the faithful to domestic terrorism. now these same elites relishing headlines like christianity in the u.s. is quickly shrinking and gleeful to support that millennials are turning against organized religion. and if you re someone who offers thoughts and prayers after tragedies, well, they assume you re just a fraud. we are not going to give thoughts and prayers, which to me is just [bleep]. the rhetoric that we ve used, the thoughts and prayers you ve just referred to has done nothing to stop the epidemic of gun violence. laura: liberal high school administrators let s not forget them they felt threatened by public displays of religion for decades now. remember joe kennedy beloved football coach in washington state? he lost his job for the high crime of praying after games. it was ne
tonight s angle. now, how often have we seen the press try kind of pretend that religious americans are part of a fringe movement? liberals warn of christian nationalism and even link the faithful to domestic terrorism. now, these same elites relish seeing headlines like this. christianity in the u.s. is quickly shrinking and they re gleeful to report that millennials are turning against organized religion. and if you are someone who offers thoughts and prayers after tragedies, well, they assume you re just a fraud. we are not going to give them thoughts and prayers, which to me is just the rhetoric that we ve used. the thoughts and prayers that you just referred to . it has done nothing to stop the epidemic of gun violence. a liberal high school administrators, let s not forget about them. they felt threatened by public displays of religion for decades. now, remember, joe kennedy, a beloved football coach at bremerton high school in washington state? he lost his job for
quarterback tim tebow was ridiculed for kneeling in prayer but fast forward to today on espn. moved by the heart wrenching reality of damar hamlin s condition, sports analyst dan orlovsky bowed and prayered on television. maybe this isn t the right thing to do but i want to bow my head and pray right now for strength for demar, for healing for demar, for comfort for demar, to be with his family, to give them peace. if we didn t believe that prayer didn t work, we wouldn t ask this of you, god. i believe in prayer. we believe in prayer. we lift up demar hamlin s name, in your name, amen. amen. amen. laura: now how often have you seen that happen at an anchor desk on secular television? well tonight, even with all the political chaos in dc, we re going to get to that shortly, we see the innate goodness in
we see the innate goodness in america shining through. we re endowed by our creator with inalienable rights. among them, we know where life, liberty and the pursuit, happiness. and for tens of millions of americans, happiness includes celebrating our american traditions, things like thanksgiving, christmas, fireworks on the fourth of july and yes, football to stay healthy. for us to continue to build bonds of friendship across our communities. we need to strengthen our traditions, not tear them all down. certainly not allow political or racial or socioeconomic differences. divide us in the horror that unfolded on a football field in cincinnati last night. we also saw grace and the beauty, the deep concern for our fellow man. so wouldn t it be incredible if this national outpouring of genuine empathy could carry over to others suffering in our midst to the addicted,