Scott Hogenson: Echoes of Nashville

Sometimes, coincidental events can be chilling. On Saturday, I received a phone call from someone I know who supports the LGBTQ agenda. He criticized his state legislature for drafting and debating several pieces of legislation regarding transgender issues involving surgical procedures on minors, bathroom use, affirming someone’s actual sex and more.

During the phone call, he repeatedly asked about which church my family attends, which struck me as odd. I didn’t give a direct answer, but eventually told him the denomination of our church. Later, he texted me a photo of a specific Presbyterian church and asked if it was the church we attended. I deflected the question and called him shortly thereafter, but he insisted again on knowing where my family worships.

A few days later, I learned about the Trans Day of Vengeance in Washington, DC, which promotes wider participation and offers an organizing guide for those new to transgender militancy. These events were disquieting, and when I spoke to a friend about them at church, he said, “That’s creepy.”

After returning home from church, I received an email from someone else who supports the LGBTQ agenda, in which he denounced my beliefs and my Christian faith, suggesting I had been “drawn into a cult.” He concluded by counseling me to “open my heart” and “understand people unlike yourself.”

Eighteen hours later, the Nashville shooting happened. The friend of a friend, a former pastor in Dallas, lost a nine-year-old child in the massacre. The events leading up to this tragedy were unsettling, but I am not suggesting they had anything to do with it. What we do know is that a young woman was so disturbed that she committed mass murder. While the nation grieves, the media are focusing on misgendering the killer instead of the horror of what happened.

Hatred of Christians and their faith takes many forms, as does intimidation of those who disagree with transgender ideology. Sometimes, this intimidation takes the form of creepy phone calls, angry emails, days of vengeance, or mass murder. These examples represent extremes on the LGBTQ intimidation scale, but they all have one thing in common: the demand for conformity. Now, the agitation is escalating.

State legislatures across the country are passing legislation to protect children from the risks of transgender ideology, including surgical procedures, bathroom use, affirming someone’s actual sex, and more. Bills are being passed and laws are being signed because people are speaking up and taking civic action. This is the American legislative process, and it’s working.

This terrifies the authoritarian Left, who are failing badly. Knowing this legislation sprouts from the voice of the people, the losing side tries to intimidate them into silence. If those who disagree with LGBTQ ideology can be frightened into keeping quiet, it benefits the

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