We have to talk about the trans issue and—most recently—the young man arrested for the assassination of Charlie Kirk.

Utah’s Gov. Cox made it clear in his statement: the alleged killer’s roommate, “was a romantic partner, a male transitioning to female.”

It was immediately clear that mainstream media wanted to stay as far away from that part of the story as possible.

That’s exactly what happened with the shooter who killed and injured children at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis

And then again in the horrifying 2023 mass shooting at The Covenant School in Nashville.

It is insanity to argue the transgender identity has nothing to do with these crimes. The pattern is now undeniable.

Of course: It would be false to accuse all transgender persons of being tempted towards any such crime.

But it would be similarly foolish to say, “Pattern? What pattern? I don’t see a pattern. Problem? What problem? I don’t see a problem.”

We have to talk about this.

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Decent people were stunned and horrified by the assassination of husband, father, and conservative activist Charlie Kirk. But almost as disturbing was the celebration from so many quarters.

Fellow Americans—including many in “helping professions”—applauded the brutal slaying. And we’re left wondering:

How did it come to this?

Perhaps it shouldn’t be surprising as Judeo-Christianity has ebbed from our national bloodstream. According to Gallup, by 2023, 31 percent of Americans never attend a church. That’s compared to 21 percent of US adults who attend weekly. That’s down from 42 percent in 1970 and from 49 percent in 1955.

Everyone alive worships something. If it’s not a loving and merciful God, it will become the environment. Or money. Or radical politics. And as we saw last week, that doesn’t end well for anyone.

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Right now, the phrase “there are no words” has never been more poignant. And yet, we have seen a profligacy of words: some beautiful, some awful, and some words we’d like to hear but haven’t—particularly from those who created the diseased environment of parlance justifying violence.

Like to point to something that’s been particularly true of Charlie in recent years—and that is how much he bathed himself in and promulgated the books, language and life of his Christian faith.

Charlie’s political convictions were shared by many on the right—as he appealed to common sense and natural rights and natural law. But increasing his most resounding message to young men and women was of living a life dedicated to being a better person—a better man, a better woman, a better human being—with respect for and yielded-ness to God.

His dream that we could all be better individuals was a dream we could make our communities better places.

It’s a dream we should all take up.

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