How an X Debate Reclaimed the First Amendment
Salvo 07.27.2026 5 minutes How an X Debate Reclaimed the First Amendment Owen Anderson Americans have become rusty at arguing about religion in public. When Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Pentagon officials briefly removed the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from a list of recognized faiths, Mormon commentators objected immediately, and evangelicals and Catholics jumped into the fray. The debate quickly outgrew the particulars of LDS doctrine and became a vigorous argument over the nature of God, the Trinity, revelation, authority, and the meaning of “Christian” itself.
- ▪Salvo 07.27.2026 5 minutes How an X Debate Reclaimed the First Amendment Owen Anderson Americans have become rusty at arguing about religion in public.
- ▪When Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Pentagon officials briefly removed the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from a list of recognized faiths, Mormon commentators objected immediately, and evangelicals and Catholics jumped int
- ▪The debate quickly outgrew the particulars of LDS doctrine and became a vigorous argument over the nature of God, the Trinity, revelation, authority, and the meaning of “Christian” itself.
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Salvo 07.27.2026 5 minutes How an X Debate Reclaimed the First Amendment Owen Anderson Americans have become rusty at arguing about religion in public. When Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Pentagon officials briefly removed the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from a list of recognized faiths, Mormon commentators objected immediately, and evangelicals and Catholics jumped into the fray. The debate quickly outgrew the particulars of LDS doctrine and became a vigorous argument over the nature of God, the Trinity, revelation, authority, and the meaning of “Christian” itself. Though some of it was rude, much of it was insightful. For many Americans, this felt unusual. We have grown accustomed to treating religious disagreement as something best kept away from the public square.
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