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Militant Secular Humanists Can't Help Themselves

Here is a piece from The Hill which echoes the militant secularists' abiding prejudice against Christians, Christianity, and the Christ Himself.  In this case, the animus toward Christians has been occasioned by the wife of Vice President Mike Pence, who is to teach at a Christian day school.  So far, so good.

But the school requires of its teachers and administrators (and, by implication, its pupils and their parents) loyalty and fidelity to the Messiah and His creed.  Not only must their own beliefs be in concert with the Messiah's, but their teaching must also be consistent with His Word.  But the freedom human rights normally accorded all citizens of the United States are stripped away by the secular critics, whose tolerance extends only to those who agree with them.  Apparently freedom of religion applies only to the secularists and their ilk.

Vice President Pence responded to critics questioning his wife’s new job teaching at a school that prohibits LGBT students and faculty by saying attacks on Christian education are “deeply offensive.”  Pence spoke with EWTN host Lauren Ashburn in an interview airing Thursday for the Catholic news program about the backlash following Karen Pence announcing she's taking a job at Immanuel Christian School in Springfield, Va.


“My wife and I have been in the public eye for quite a while but I have to tell you, to see major news organizations attacking Christian education is deeply offensive,” Pence said.  “We have a rich tradition in America of Christian education and, frankly, religious education broadly defined. We celebrate it,” Pence said. “The freedom of religion is enshrined in the Constitution of the United States. The Constitution prohibits a religious test for holding public office, so we’ll let the critics roll off our back.”

“But this criticism of Christian education in America should stop,” he concluded.

The interview comes after news reports that Karen Pence would be teaching art at a private school that requires potential employees to pledge that they believe marriage is between a man and a woman and that they do not engage in "homosexual or lesbian sexual activity" or "transgender identity," according to the employment application.

Parents are also required to sign a clause indicating that the school "reserves the right" to refuse admission to or discontinue enrollment of a student if their activities are "in opposition to the biblical lifestyle the school teaches."

The Pences are both evangelical Christians. Policies similar to those at Immanuel Christian School are common among private, Christian schools.