They Said What (October 2026)

You could take everything from me, but you can’t take my God. I’m willing to be martyred for the faith.

Pastor Sarah Lucas of Foundations For Nations Church, located in the Wind River Indian Reservation in Wyoming, after disparaging the Northern Arapaho Tribe members and stating that Jesus and Christianity are the only way. “He’s enough,” she had said. “It’s not Jesus plus. It’s Jesus everything. He’s everything.” The tribe wants Lucas off the reservation for her remarks. “Our traditions deserve the same dignity and respect as any other faith,” said tribe member Christian Wassana.

The Friendly Atheist, 7-20-26

If Kamala [Harris] had won the presidency, there would have been basically zero evangelicals in the White House administration. . . Our vision of what the intersection of theology and politics should be, our theopolitical vision, is closer to getting a hearing.

Doug Wilson, the extreme pastor who believes the United States should be a Christian theocracy and that women shouldn’t be allowed to vote, in a wide-ranging interview with NPR.

NPR, 7-7-26

My job is to get you into heaven, not Harvard.

Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy, talking about how he doesn’t want his daughter to attend Harvard University because of its “woke” background and policies.

New York Times, 8-25-26

Oh, it’s just “Obey God.”

Jennifer Hegseth, wife of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, about the only Hegseth family rule. It has recently been divulged that she breaks security protocol by attending many Pentagon meetings. She and her family attend Christ Church Washington D.C., which is part of Doug Wilson’s Community of Reformed Evangelical Churches, which claim the U.S. is a Chrisian nation and advocate that only the head of household should vote. Jennifer, who had an 18-year career at Fox News, met Pete there when he joined Fox as a contributor in 2014. Pete, on his second marriage with children, Jennifer in her first marriage with children, began an affair that led to divorces and their current marriage.

New York Times, 8-23-26

America needs to shut down all mosques and ban Islam. Bet you won’t repost this.

Dave Ament, mayor of New Berlin, Wis., in an Aug. 16 Facebook post he made private after an outcry. He also shared on social media text that said, “If you vote for a Muslim for elected office in this country, you are a TRAITOR. You can’t convince me otherwise.”

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 8-25-26

Every single Muslim holding public office in America is a Trojan horse, and a threat to both national security and our republic. We refuse to be silent.

Rep. Nancy Mace, seemingly responding to U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed’s Democratic primary victory in Michigan. Mace was named FFRF Action Fund’s “Theocrat of the Week” on Aug. 14.

X, 8-7-26

I’m trying to focus on doing as much of God’s work as possible right now. And if that leads to the end times, OK.

Vice President JD Vance, in an interview with podcaster and evangelical Christian influencer Bryce Crawford. Vance was named FFRF Action Fund “Theocrat of the Week” on Sept. 11.

YouTube, 9-6-26