November 02, 2023
In this week's episode of Defending Faith, Family, and Freedom with Gary Bauer, senior vice president of public policy at the James Dobson Family Institute, Bauer celebrates the election of Rep. Mike Johnson as the new Republican Speaker of the House. In his acceptance speech, Speaker Johnson stated his strong agreement with the founders where they wrote in the Deceleration of Independence that our freedoms come from God, not government. Since this speech the Speaker was interviewed by Sean Hannity at Fox News, where Hannnity asked Rep. Johnson about his political philosophy. “Go pick up a Bible off your shelf and read it. That’s my worldview. That’s what I believe,” Johnson replied. This isn’t sitting well with the mainstream media or Democrats in Washington, D.C., who are caterwauling that the new Speaker wants to turn America into a Christian theocracy! Bauer reminds listeners that this is nonsense and that Speaker Johnson’s beliefs are solidly in alignment with the vast majority of the Founding Fathers, and even those of religious skeptic Benjamin Franklin, who said in a speech near the end of his life, “I have lived a long time, sir, and the longer I live the more convincing proofs I see of this truth—that God governs in the affairs of men.”
