It truly hurts my heart to see how deeply divided we’ve become over the very thing freedom promises: the right to speak, to believe, to share. Charlie Kirk stood boldly for freedom of speech, reminding us that disagreement is not destruction, and difference of opinion should never lead to violence.
Dr. King once said, “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” When a voice is silenced through hate, all of us lose.
Freedom means allowing space for opinions — even when we don’t agree. It means respecting that others may see the world differently. It does not mean tearing down, harming, or ending the life of someone because of what they believe.
The way Charlie’s life was cut short is unacceptable. It is a wound against freedom itself.
The Bible says, “If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has passed away, behold the new has come” (2 Corinthians 5:17). Because of Charlie’s faith and his freedom in Christ, he is now among the saints. And perhaps, in God’s great mystery, he and Dr. King are even now discussing things we will never fully understand until it is our time to join them.
May this Be Strong logo remind us all:
• Be strong in protecting liberty.
• Be strong in respecting one another.
• Be strong in rejecting hate and violence.
Because freedom without respect is fragile, and freedom without strength will not last.
4GIVEN 