Sam Brownback warned earlier this week that Christians must continue to fight for religious freedom in America even if they are achieving major political or legal victories.
Brownback, who resigned as Kansas governor in 2018 to serve as U.S. ambassador-at-large for international religious freedom under former President Donald Trump until 2021, emphasized the importance of standing up for religious freedom and the need for individuals to be proactive in defending their rights.
He suggested that American Christians are going to have to fight for their religious freedom if they hope to maintain it.
Brownback spoke of a time when he asked Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito if religious freedom will persist in the U.S., to which the Roman Catholic reportedly said, “You’ll have it in the law, but I’m not sure you’ll have it in the culture.”
Brownback said some Christians are beginning to face financial persecution as major U.S. banks have allegedly started “de-banking” religious organizations such as his National Committee for Religious Freedom.
Brownback said he is personally aware of a woman who heads a crisis pregnancy center and was recently denied Directors and Officers (D&O) insurance because the insurance company told her they did not approve of what she was doing.
He added, “you have a free constitutional right to exercise your faith, but we’ve got to fight for it.”