Kirk rejected the separation of church and state, calling it a “fabrication,” and pushed the integration of Christianity into conservative political action. The Constitution specifically prohibits the melding of church and state. This is NOT a "Christian" nation. It is a nation of varied religions, all of which we are permitted to practice (or not) as we choose.
Kirk repeatedly stated that women should prioritize motherhood over careers, asserting young women are suffering because they are encouraged to focus on jobs over families. He criticized birth control, claiming it makes women “angry and bitter” and that females over 30 “aren’t attractive in the dating pool,” comments labeled as misogynistic. He also believed wives should submit to their husbands in all things.
I am neither a wife nor a mother. As such, I have had to work in order to maintain myself. For many years, I used birth control and I was neither angry nor bitter and as for females over 30 not being attractive in the dating pool, I disagree. Looks shouldn't be the ultimate criteria for attraction. As far as submitting - women are not chattels.
Kirk was a prominent anti-LGBTQ activist, frequently voicing opposition to LGBTQ rights and policies. What other people do in the privacy of their bedrooms is of no concern to anyone else. The LGBTQ community is comprised of human being just like heterosexuals and, as such, are entitled to the same consideration and fair treatment.
On gun violence, he said, "I think it’s worth it to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the second amendment to protect our other God-given rights. That is a prudent deal. It is rational." Good to know he died for his beliefs.
I'm sure Kirk held other beliefs with which I would take issue. Frankly, though a young man, his thinking is archaic and his beliefs about women, homosexuals, race and religion are not conducive to a free society. I often wonder if men with his outlook find walking on their knuckles painful.
He was young and his views were still evolving. I suspect that very few 45 year-old political activists and influencers believe exactly the same things that they did 15 years ago.
But politically, he means nothing to me. Here in Britain, I don't think many people outside of the chronically online Right had even heard of him before the assassination.
