Last week, President Donald Trump issued an executive order to deport foreign students who took part in pro-Hamas demonstrations in the aftermath of the October 7th attack in Israel. This order fulfilled what Secretary of State Marco Rubio promised at his confirmation hearing. While this plan is laudable, it glosses over a much larger problem: Many of these pro-Hamas students are Americans.
If the new administration aims to protect Jewish students from further harm on college campuses, it will have to face the ideological forces preying on our nation’s youth. To save our culture and the future of the American experiment, Americans need to go back to church.
Historically, there is a clear correlation between the loss of religion in America and the growth of social-political extremism — especially on college campuses. Since the 1960s, colleges have been hotbeds of student activism. Anti-Vietnam War protests and the sexual revolution rebelling against mainstream culture were just a few. Around that time, average church attendance began to decline across the United States. Disillusionment with mainstream institutions led to people seeking alternatives to what were normal pillars of society.
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