Love him or lump him, billionaire Elon Musk made a comment at a recent conference in Los Angeles that struck at the heart of a debate raging today in Quebec and the rest of the Western world, about so-called State neutrality and the place of religion in the public square. And in this, he seems to have understood what we've been saying for a long time at Quebec Life Coalition (QLC): if you remove Christianity from the state, you don't end up with a state without a religion, you just end up with a state with a different – and false, and dangerous – religion. 

This is what Musk said:
"If you take away religion, I think you get something in its place which is worse than what was there before. You get something destructive like the woke mind virus taking the place of religion. You get dystopian de facto religions that are self destructive."

Elon Musk is right on this point. He’s saying what any honest and informed person knows: a truly “neutral” state is impossible. Over time, something always takes the place of religion. Musk calls it the “woke mind virus.”

What used to be religious practices are now replaced by secular substitutes. Plenary indulgences are swapped out for carbon credits, priests are replaced by journalists, the devil becomes the “cisgender” white man, baptism is turned into vaccines, and God is replaced by Mother Earth.

Quebec, in running headlong away from Christianity (public prayer ban, anyone?), is only making things worse. The result is a much worse off society.

Musk concluded with the following thought: "We need some sort of revival of religion or coherent philosophy that people can get excited about."

Wow. That sums up the work of QLC since its inception in 1989 : bringing back true religion and a coherent philosophy of life to Quebec, through prayer, outreach, information, and action.

Prayer: From our flagship, twice yearly 40 Days for Life pro-life event, to our daily "Vigil 365" prayer vigil outside of Montreal abortion facilities, to our yearly pilgrimages over the summer to our Advent prayer campaign for the unborn, to the recently re-energized "Quebec Prays" province wide anti-prayer-ban initiative, we have been soaking this province's soil with prayer, to prepare the way for a Godly restoration;

Outreach: Our petition campaigns (like our bilingual petition asking the QC gov't to admit that post-abortion trauma truly exists), our social media activity and our news website, not to mention our regular Theovox news shows and, starting this fall, our new show, all contribute in waking people to the need for faith, family and life to be defended in La Belle Province;

Information: In addition to news, we also work to inform people about that "coherent" philosophy that Musk is alluding to. In fact, we translated a book --the Last Superstition by philosopher Edward Feser-- to demonstrate exactly how far gone Western societies have strayed from reason and faith and how to bring them back to sane thinking about faith, family and Life.

Action: Our March for Life in Quebec City, our other actions (press conferences against the public prayer ban, etc.) as well as our promotion of the annual Ottawa March for Life, are all ways we put our reasoned beliefs into action. And we don't stop at Marches, but we also help pregnant women in need with our "Enceinte, inquiète?" (Pregnant, worried?) pregnancy service.

We are doing, with the help of donors like you, the heavy lifting in Quebec, to bring about deep and lasting positive change to this province. We have begun a 3-week fundraising campaign to help fund our work going forward. Our goal for this 3-week, online fundraiser is 20,000$. We need your help, today (click here).

DONATE here, today.

With your generous donation, we will be able to continue our prayer, outreach, information, and action across this province, preparing the way for a turnaround that will not only benefit Quebecers, but all of Canada.

Thank you for your fidelity and generosity. Please give today.

For Life,

Georges Buscemi

P.S. In addition to our many dedicated volunteers, QLC has 5 full-time and 2 part-time employees. We are working to bring faith and a respect for Life And Family back to the province of Quebec, for the good of the whole country. Click here today to help us keep working hard for you and yours.

Secularism, according to our beloved Quebec government, is one of Quebec's "fundamental values". One might well ask how secularism is a foundation of Quebec, since it played no part in the founding or continuation of Quebec. What we expect from a foundation is that it played a part in the founding of the nation and that it continues to play a permanent role in maintaining the nation. Coming in the wake of the Quiet Revolution and its rejection of Catholicism, secularism has instead contributed to the disappearance of the French-Canadian Catholic people, who have become, in part, a people of unbelieving and infertile Quebeckers. Secularism, and the accompanying delusional feminism (which, by the way, suits men who want to have fun without having children), is more a factor in Quebec's decline and disappearance than one of its fundamental values. The current falling birth rate is proof of this.

The report of the Committee to Study Respect for the Principles of the State Secularism Act and Religious Influences, entitled "For an Even More Coherent Quebec Secularism: Assessment and Perspectives , August 2025", recommends, among other things, that the Quebec government makes public prayers subject to municipal control, withdraws all public subsidies from religious and pro-life organisations, and eliminates funding for private religious schools.

In response to this state atheism, which is increasingly showing its face behind the mask of secularism, we invite Quebeckers and Canadians to show that Christians praying in public is a fundamental value of Quebec and Canada by participating in the "Québec prie" and the "Canada Prays" initiatives.

Map showing the current locations of the Québec Prie and Canada Prays groups.

Created in 2022 as part of a global movement, this initiative was intended as a response to the closure of churches during lockdown and the exclusion of some Christians from places of worship. (Imagine if we were once again forbidden to pray inside churches and public prayer was banned, where would we pray?) With astonishing vitality, Le Québec prie has continued to exist ever since. As a new threat to Christianity in Quebec rears its head, we invite you to join one of these prayer groups, which meet every Wednesday at 6 p.m. Another good opportunity to show that Quebec and Canada are still Christian would be to take part in the Life Chain, which will take place on Sunday, October 5th. See below for information on the nearest chain or prayer group.

For Life,
Augustin Hamilton

P.S. Don't forget to sign our petition for the recognition of post-abortion syndrome in Quebec.

Québec prie and Canada Prays

Every Wednesday at 6 pm, Christians across Quebec are invited to gather in groups throughout the province to pray the Rosary publicly. We will not be driven from the public square like lepers!

To find a prayer group near you (they exist worldwide, including in Canada), visit: https://public-rosary.org/

There are also Telegram groups: for Canada https://t.me/CanadaPrays, and for Quebec https://t.me/lequebecprie.

Life Chain

The Life Chain is a peaceful, silent demonstration in which participants hold pro-life signs for one hour. Held in hundreds of cities on Sunday, October 5th from 2 to 3 p.m., this initiative is crucial to raising public awareness of the dignity of human life.

For more information, contact Brian Jenkins at (438) 930-8643.

The government of Quebec has just published a major report on “secularism” (Pour une laïcité québécoise encore plus cohérente: bilan et perspectives, August 2025--French only). It is essentially a 288-page plan to push religion further out of public life, with recommendations that could directly affect pro-life, pro-family, and Christian organizations.

Highlights:

• Abortion is explicitly addressed in several places. The term “anti-choice” (that is, “anti-choice-to-kill-your-unborn-child,” in other words pro-life) appears seven times in the document. On page 11, it even recommends “cutting off funding” for pro-life groups. It should be noted that Quebec Life Coalition (mentioned twice in the report, on page 193) has never received government funding, being in open opposition to the pro-abortion, secularist regime. What is really being targeted here are community-based pro-life organizations, such as pregnancy help centers or the Knights of Columbus, explicitly mentioned on page 192 of the report.
• Religious conscience rights will have less and less protection in health care, education, and the public service. Pro-life and Christian groups in Quebec will likely face increasing financial and legal pressure as religion is gradually pushed out of public funding and public visibility.
• Expanded ban on religious symbols: Beyond teachers and other authority figures, educators in daycares and subsidized childcare would be prohibited from wearing visible religious symbols.
• End of prayer rooms: CEGEPs and universities would no longer be able to set aside prayer rooms for students.
• Municipal control of public prayer: Cities would gain new powers to restrict or regulate prayer gatherings in public spaces (e.g., street prayers, vigils).
• Tightening of religious accommodations: Requests for schedule changes or exceptions for religious reasons could be refused much more easily.
• Cutting off funding: The government would gradually abolish tax exemptions and public subsidies for religious organizations, including schools and charities, unless they “secularize.”
• Defunding religious schools: Private religious schools would lose public funding unless they renounce their religious character.

And perhaps the most troubling, because it targets our children:

• New “right to secularism”: Every state employee would have the “right” to a secular workplace—thus opening the door to complaints whenever religion manifests itself in any form—and every child would now have the “right” to a secular education. But then, if every child in Quebec has this “right,” what happens if their parents are “terrible far-right religious extremists”—say, simply sincere pro-life Christians? Will child protection services have to intervene? Will homes be monitored to ensure no crucifix or statue of a saint enters the field of vision of these “poor children”? And what about regular attendance at Mass? If this right is taken literally, should we conclude that minors could no longer be admitted to religious worship, and that parents would be forbidden to initiate their children into their faith before reaching the “age of reason”? Asking the question is answering it.

This is nothing less than an explicit exclusion of religion and traditional morality from Quebec’s institutions and public (and eventually private) life.

At Quebec Life Coalition, we had already raised the alarm months ago—first with our petition against banning public prayer in Quebec (over 13,000 signatures), then with our Open Letter to JD Vance (and the accompanying report) on the repression of pro-life and Christian speech in Quebec and elsewhere in Canada. Now, with this report, the Quebec government is stepping on the gas.

Forget the pretty words “secularism” or “neutrality.” I now call it by its real name: State atheism. Every religion, including Christianity—the faith that founded and nourished Quebec for centuries—is now suspect. Parents who teach the faith to their children are suspect. Faith-based schools are suspect and cannot count on the Quebec state.

This, my friends, is persecution. And we must respond.

A few years ago, when the Quebec regime used covid as a pretext to close churches (while keeping pot shops and Costco open), Quebec Life Coalition joined a worldwide campaign of prayer against lockdowns and church closures, which we called locally Le Québec prie (Quebec Prays).

Today, another kind of lockdown is being prepared: not the closing of churches, but the locking down of society itself, by branding religion as a “disease” to be eradicated, and believers as “contaminated” to be quarantined.

That is why we are relaunching Le Québec prie:

Every Wednesday at 6 pm, Christians across Quebec are invited to gather in groups throughout the province to pray the Rosary publicly. We will not be driven from the public square like lepers!

To find a prayer group near you (they exist worldwide, including in Canada), visit: https://public-rosary.org/

There are also Telegram groups: for Canada https://t.me/CanadaPrays, and for Quebec https://t.me/lequebecprie.

Join a Le Québec prie group today to call on Heaven’s help to push back against Quebec’s pro-abortion State atheism.

(Photo: a Quebec Prays group in Beaumont, 2022.)

Keep Promoting Our Petition for Post-Abortion Support

The secularism (State atheism) report shows that Quebec’s pro-abortion regime hates that we speak about the harmful effects of abortion on women, falsely claiming that we spread “fake news.” Please keep promoting our petition for recognition in Quebec of post-abortion syndrome and for the creation of a real support program for women in distress. This psychological wound—very real—is still being ignored by our leaders and their compliant media.

👉 Sign the petition here
📄  Read the full supporting report here

Thank you for your continued support!

For Life,


Georges Buscemi
President, Quebec Life Coalition

40 Days for Life in Sherbrooke, Qc — September 24th-November 2nd

The 40 Days for Life consists of 40 days and 12 hours per day of sidewalk vigils, usually in the vicinity of an abortion facility, to witness on behalf of the unborn child to passers-by and to offer help to women who are considering aborting their babies. The 40 Days begins on September 24th and ends on November 2nd. More details to come.

For more information or to register, contact Brian Jenkins at (438) 930-8643.

I know two thinkers. The first claims that mass media are so often harmful that, in a healthy society, they should be abolished altogether — to prevent the population from being manipulated, deceived by illusions, and morally corrupted by bad examples.

The second acknowledges that media can indeed pervert if they transmit toxic content, but believes they can also be a powerful tool to uplift the morality and spirituality of a people. According to him, when used wisely, mass media can foster empathy, touch hearts, and inspire concrete action for justice and the common good.

A 2300-Year-Old Debate... Still Relevant Today

You may have guessed who they are: these two thinkers are long gone — they passed away over 2300 years ago.

The first, Plato, was deeply disillusioned by the corrupting power of the "mass media" of his time — namely, the theater and popular poetry, like the works of Homer. The scandalous and fantastical stories being told led him to conclude that in a well-ordered society, such media should simply be banned. One can imagine that, were he alive today, he would hold the same opinion — and with even more reason!

The second thinker, his illustrious student Aristotle, took a more balanced view. He believed that the arts (and by extension, the media) were not only useful but essential to the proper functioning of the state. He recognized their persuasive power but also saw their potential to elevate citizens morally and emotionally.

QLC Sides with Aristotle (and Good Media)

At Quebec Life Coalition, we believe Aristotle was right — in this debate, as in many others. (To learn more, check out The Last Superstition, a powerful book on Aristotle’s realist philosophy — translated into French by our team!)

As pro-God, pro-family, and pro-life citizens, we have a duty not only to criticize bad media, but also to support and create good media.

That's why QLC produces hundreds of news articles and commentaries each year, published on our website and social media. And it's why we've partnered with Théovox, a Christian channel that airs a high-quality weekly news show addressing topics like abortion, family, faith, and cultural issues. Théovox also assists us in organizing our annual March for Life in Quebec City.

But that’s not all: this fall, QLC will be launching its own show, with the help of Théovox — hopefully to be aired both on our channel and on theirs.

Discover Action Vitale (French-language media)

Still in our mission to promote good media, we strongly encourage you to subscribe to the YouTube channel Action Vitale, a Christian, pro-life, pro-family initiative founded by two young men in their early twenties.

Nearly twice a week, they publish bold, intelligent, and well-researched video commentaries on topics dear to us: from abortion to conservative politics to arguments for the existence of God.

🌽 Special Invitation: Action Vitale at the QLC Corn Roast! (Note: French-language event)

We’re excited to welcome Philippe Letellier-Martel, one of the co-founders of Action Vitale, to speak at our Annual Corn Roast this Saturday, August 23 at 12:00 PM, at the QLC offices (3330 Rivier Street, Montreal, QC H1W 3Z9).

Don’t miss this great opportunity for both intellectual engagement and fellowship!
📧 RSVP by replying to this email.
$15 for all-you-can-eat corn — free for children under 12

Keep Promoting Our Petition for Post-Abortion Support

Finally, don't forget to share our petition for official recognition of Post-Abortion Syndrome in Quebec and for the implementation of a true support program for suffering women. This real and documented psychological trauma continues to be ignored by our ruling class and their media allies.

👉 Sign the petition here
📄  Read the full supporting report here

Thank you for your continued support!

For Life,


Georges Buscemi
President, Quebec Life Coalition

Finally, it rained after a long dry period. Thanks to God, it is refreshing to see nature regaining its green color!

The Arthabaska-L'Érable by-election resulted in a comfortable victory for the PQ, followed closely by Éric Duhaime's PCQ, while the CAQ trailed far behind — a dramatic reversal in the CAQ stronghold. The population's disappointment with the ruling party is undoubtedly behind much of the shift in votes from the CAQ to the PQ and the PCQ. But how can we explain the collapse of the other parties? Perhaps we should see this as a rallying around the PQ to block the ‘right’ embodied by Éric Duhaime (no doubt despite himself), a rallying similar to that which took place around Mark Carney in the last federal election, not only to combat the American threat, but also to counter the Conservative Pierre Poilievre, accused of Trumpism by the mainstream media.

That said, whether it is the CAQ or the PQ that governs Quebec after the next general election, what difference does it make for unborn children and those who defend them?

I would like to commend the efforts of our colleague Arpad Nagy, who ran as an independent candidate in this election campaign to bring the pro-life message to the public arena. Here is a comment left by a voter under one of Mr. Nagy's Facebook posts, which I believe will help us reflect on the merits of his approach: "Congratulations on your candidacy! Thanks to you, I was able to do my duty as a good citizen, because a committed Catholic was running in my region! Thank you, and may the Lord protect and keep you!"

I invite you to sign our petition to the Quebec Minister of the Status of Women and the Minister of Health regarding the post-abortion trauma experienced by a large number of women, so that their ministries will recognise this reality and put in place a support programme for women who have been hurt by abortion. Such recognition could be the beginning of a more in-depth reflection on what abortion itself is. We have compiled the results of several scientific studies on the effects of abortion in a report to support the petition.

In addition to this petition, Campagne Québec-Vie invites you to participate in various pro-life events and actions that will take place this summer and during the autumn season: corn roast, Life Chain and 40 Days for Life.

Corn Roast — August 23rd

This annual event is a golden opportunity for pro-life advocates to gather, discuss, and get to know each other better. This year, we will have Philippe Letellier-Martel from Action Vitale as our guest speaker. This young pro-life activist has set up a YouTube channel with a colleague where he promotes pro-life and Christian apologetics. He also takes to the streets to ask passers-by for their opinions on abortion in order to open their eyes to this devastating scourge. The corn roast will be held on 23 August at the CQV offices at 3330 Rivier Street, Montreal.

Life Chain — October 5th

The Life Chain is a pro-life prayer and demonstration event that takes place for one hour, from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m., each year to bear witness to the sanctity of human life. For one hour, participants stand along a designated street holding signs with pro-life messages such as "Abortion kills children" and "Abortion hurts women". This event took place in more than 350 locations across Canada in 2024, including about 20 in Quebec. Such widespread participation is only possible thanks to the organisation of the chain by local people across Canada. CQV will hold a chain in Montreal along Décarie Boulevard, near the intersection with Jean-Talon Street and the Namur metro station. More details to come.

40 Days for Life — September 24th-November 2nd

The 40 Days for Life are similar in some ways to the Life Chain, but much longer. It consists of 40 days and 12 hours per day of sidewalk vigils, usually in the vicinity of an abortion clinic, to witness on behalf of the unborn child to passers-by and to offer help to women who are considering aborting their babies. The 40 Days begins on September 24th and ends on November 2nd. More details to come.

For more information, to register for one of these events, or to organize a local Life Chain, contact Brian Jenkins at (438) 930-8643.

For Life
Augustin Hamilton

The anti-life and anti-Christian persecution in Quebec and Canada is now a fact.

We’ve documented it extensively in our report and letter to U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance. It’s evident once again in the cancellation of Christian singer Sean Feucht’s concerts, and more recently, in the Quebec Superior Court’s decision to impose a 50-metre exclusion zone around abortion facilities.

This climate is fuelled by deep-rooted ideological bias. No matter how clearly and reasonably we explain that our arguments against abortion and other unnatural practices can be understood even without religious faith, it’s useless. The simple fact that we are believers disqualifies us from public debate.

In Quebec, full citizenship seems reserved for atheists or lukewarm believers. Sincere believers are labelled as the “religious far right,” a term used to justify our immediate exclusion from public discussion—no matter how rigorous or truthful our claims. It’s dishonest. A textbook ad hominem fallacy.

We even translated The Last Superstition into French—a book of Christian and pro-life apologetics that demonstrates how Christian faith is grounded in reason. But it doesn’t matter. If we, pro-life Christians, are the ones speaking, our words are automatically dismissed by the media, the intellectual class, and those who think like them.

Still, we persist! “Let the dead bury their dead.” We are here to defend life and to save the living, those still searching for truth.

That’s why we are launching a campaign on a subject as serious as it is ignored: post-abortion trauma. You’ll find here our letter to Ministers Martine Biron (Status of Women) and Christian Dubé (Health), calling on them to establish a post-abortion healing program and launch a public awareness campaign on this crisis.

Once again, our message may be ignored—simply because it comes from us. But this time, it will be much harder to sweep aside: we’ve attached a rigorous scientific report entitled The Consequences of Post-Abortion Trauma: A Neglected Public Health and Social Issue. The facts should speak for themselves—let those who have ears, hear!

With this letter and scientific report to the ministers, we’ve included a (bilingual) citizen petition.

👉 SIGN THE BILINGUAL PETITION HERE

I strongly encourage you to sign it—for the sake of the women of Quebec. Women who have been lied to, every step of the way: about what abortion truly is (the killing of an innocent child) and about its psychological and physical consequences. Even a quick glance at our report will convince you.

Thank you for signing—and especially, for sharing it with those around you.

For Life,

Georges Buscemi
President, Quebec Life Coalition

P.S. Just a reminder that our colleague Arpad Nagy is an independent candidate in the Arthabaska by-election.

Dear Ministers Proulx and Dubé,

We are writing to draw your attention to a serious but largely overlooked issue: post-abortion trauma among women in Quebec. Many women, following a voluntary termination of pregnancy, suffer in silence from psychological and physical distress. These post-abortion struggles—depression, post-traumatic stress, profound regret, health problems—remain hidden and downplayed. Yet they represent a public health and women's well-being emergency, which calls for your leadership.[1]

Currently, the experiences of thousands of women suggest that a significant proportion endure deep and lasting consequences after an induced abortion. Numerous peer-reviewed studies, published in respected medical and psychiatric journals, show an increased risk of mental health disorders following abortion. For instance, a 2013 Italian study concluded that “abortion is a risk factor for mental illness compared to childbirth.” Likewise, a 2011 meta-analysis in the British Journal of Psychiatry found that women who had undergone abortions faced an overall 81% higher risk of psychological issues compared to those who had not. This is not propaganda—it is the consensus in medical literature.

Why act now? Because these women remain invisible in our system. The topic is taboo: society struggles to admit that, for many, abortion is not the end of their problems, but the beginning of new and profound suffering. Out of fear of being judged, these women suffer alone, consumed by guilt and convinced they have “no right” to feel unwell after an abortion. It is our duty to break this silence.

As Ministers responsible for the Status of Women and for Health and Social Services, you have both the power and the responsibility to recognize this reality and respond. We appeal to your compassionate leadership on behalf of these forgotten women. Enclosed with this letter is an advocacy dossier detailing the consequences of post-abortion trauma, as well as a citizen petition requesting concrete action.

Ministers, we urge you to lead a true provincial awakening. By officially recognizing post-abortion trauma, informing the public, and establishing specialized support services, Quebec can become a leader in the compassionate care of women after abortion. This is a major human and social issue—one that affects the mental, physical, and even spiritual health of many Quebec women, as well as their families.

We sincerely hope you will heed this call. The women of Quebec need your support to heal from their invisible wounds.

Respectfully yours, with hope for your action in favour of women’s health in Quebec.

Georges Buscemi
President, Quebec Life Coalition

[1] This English-language document is a translation of the authoritative French-language document which can be found HERE. In case of doubt, please refer to the French-language document. To support each of the statements made in this communication, we have included a report entitled The consequences of Post-Abortion Trauma: An Unrecognized Public Health and Social Issue, based on a thorough review of scientific literature.

The recent decision of the Superior Court of Quebec confirming the bubble zones surrounding places where abortion is practiced is another sign of the moral state of Quebec: according to Quebec justice and state, it is prejudicial that pro-life offers help close to the abortion centres—as if it might be prejudicial to respectfully suggest not to abort one’s child.

Another sign of Quebec’s moral decadence, which began with the Quiet Revolution, is the treatment of the American Christian singer who came on a musical tour to evangelize Canada. Certainly, the wave of cancellation that Sean Feucht suffered because he is pro-life and opposed to LGBT ideology does not only concern Quebec, but the hostility shown towards him was very particular during his visit to Montreal.

Thus, not only is abortion officially promoted, but the expression of pro-life opinions, or even the performance of pro-life people, are censored, even prohibited.

Unfortunately for Quebec, the path it has taken, that of the culture of death, can only lead to its disappearance. Many of our opponents do not understand that we are not working against them, but in their interest.

Quebec, instead of returning to common sense, rejects the warnings given to it and sinks further, if possible, into the rejection of God and morality.

Even if saving Quebec seems impossible in human terms, we will continue to work, even if it was only to save the few souls that we can reach.

Moreover, the message we convey is addressed to anyone who wants to hear it, even if the Quebec we know were to disappear, what has been sown will not fail to bear fruit.

One can also hope that God will perform a miracle and convert hardened hearts. In any case, we will continue our work.

A little reminder of the commitment of our colleague Arpad Nagy in the Arthabaska by-election as an independent candidate.

Finally, we have finished translating our report on the persecution of Christians in Canada! You can read it here.

For Life,
Augustin Hamilton

P.S. If you feel like it, you can donate to help us in our mission.

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The recent decision by the Superior Court upholding the legality of “buffer zones” around abortion clinics in Quebec is deeply disappointing, though not surprising. Sadly, it confirms a growing trend toward progressive illiberalism observable throughout Canada.

Alarming Proliferation of Buffer Zones in Canada

Initially limited to abortion facilities, these “buffer zones” are now spreading to other contexts: schools, daycares, places of worship, and various community sites (Toronto, Vaughan, Calgary, Ottawa). This expansion reflects a retreat of freedom of expression, indicating that authorities no longer consider this freedom as fundamental, but rather as conditional—perhaps even bothersome.

The Emblematic Case of Sean Feucht

Recent events involving Christian artist Sean Feucht clearly illustrate this trend. Several of his concerts in Canada, notably in Quebec City and Halifax, were canceled under the pretext of security concerns and “hateful” views—simply due to his pro-life stance, support for Trump, and criticism of LGBT ideology. This points to a climate of growing intolerance toward any public expression of Christian or conservative convictions.