The GOP must honor Charlie Kirk’s pro-family legacy with more than words
October 1, 2025
“Get married. Have children. Build a legacy. Pass down your values. Pursue the eternal. Seek true joy.” This quote from Charlie Kirk was a touchstone at his Arizona funeral last month, and it was emblematic of an important truth that he had come to embrace in his too-short life.
Yes, he believed in the conservative causes of freedom, the free market, “America First,” and free speech. But, in the wake of his marriage and the birth of his two children, Kirk, the founder of Turning Point USA, the nation’s largest conservative youth organization, had come to realize that there were some things in life more important than the right’s present preoccupations — such as getting married and starting a family.
