How We Christians Squandered Our Influence Over Politics Throughout the West, and Why That’s a Disaster for Church and State, by John Zmirak

By John Zmirak, The Stream, Dec. 28, 2024

John Zmirak is a senior editor at The Stream and author or coauthor of 14 books, including The Politically Incorrect Guide to Immigration and The Politically Incorrect Guide to Catholicism. His newest book is No Second Amendment, No First.

Years ago I issued a warning: The U.S. must not follow the path of Western Europe in a profoundly crucial arena, and the Church must act decisively to help. Or at least stop making things worse.

The disaster I saw in Europe and foresaw in America was this: A total separation between patriotic, populist, reality-based political movements and principled Christian citizens. In Europe, the parties alive to the existential threat of non-Western immigration, political Islam, and globalist attacks on national sovereignty are mostly thoroughly secular. They’ve fallen completely silent on unborn life, the institution of marriage, and other social issues which are absolutely crucial, in the long run, to the survival of their countries. The foundation of their house is cracked and starting to crumble, but these conservative parties are no longer paying attention.

Why? Because the house is on fire, and structural reinforcement doesn’t seem as urgent as putting out the flames. When thousands of jihadists stupidly imported from war zones march through the streets of German cities demanding sharia, and hundreds of churches in France burn down after arson attacks, and British girls are trafficked by Muslim grooming gangs whom it’s literally a crime to complain about … arguments over abortion or the LGBTQ agenda tend to get pushed onto the margins. ..

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