The assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk has understandably prompted intense reactions from people across the political spectrum, some productive and some not. But perhaps the bravest and most noble reaction comes from Kirk’s widow, Erika.

Calling upon her Christian faith, Erika Kirk declared before a massive audience at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona that she forgives the killer.

“I forgive him because it was what Christ did and is what Charlie would do,” she said. “The answer to hate is not hate. The answer we know from the gospel is love and always love. Love for our enemies and love for those who persecute us.”

Whether someone has religious convictions or not, that is a show of strength rarely seen in the thin-skinned, perpetually hostile political climate of

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