Kandiss Taylor’s Views on Religion and Government
In a recent episode of her show “Jesus, Guns, and Babies”, Christian nationalist and GOP activist Kandiss Taylor made controversial statements about the role of religion in government. The show is broadcast on a network owned by Stew Peters, known for his antisemitic conspiracy theories.
Kandiss Taylor, a self-proclaimed flat-earth and conspiracy theorist, ran for governor of Georgia in 2022 but did not succeed. Despite her poor performance in the primary, she refused to accept her defeat. In 2023, Taylor became a Georgia GOP district chair and started expressing increasingly radical views, even advocating for the public execution of those who oppose her beliefs.
During her recent show, Taylor argued that the U.S. Constitution is based on common law, which she claims is rooted in the Bible. According to her, this means the United States “was founded on Jesus Christ.”
“The idea behind the whole document was that the church runs the state,” Taylor stated. “The church is we the people. We are the church … and so we run the state. But the state, the government, has no control over the church.”
She further commented on religious freedom, saying, “And everybody is like, ‘Then you gotta let Satanists come in and you gotta let witches come in, and you’ve gotta let Muslims and Hindus,'” she continued. “No. No, we don’t. No, we don’t because America is founded on God almighty, Creator God, Yahweh, Elohim. That is what we’re founded on and I don’t have to honor your religion. I don’t have to give you freedom of religion. Freedom of religion is there for us to worship Jesus. It’s not for you to come force anything else upon me.”
“So we have that all wrong,” Taylor declared. “We’ve had tolerance. We’ve been politically correct. And at what point are we going to say, ‘No, we’re not going to be’? You can do whatever you want to the comfort of your home. You can do whatever you want to, but don’t come into my government and bring any of that trash in there.”
She concluded with a strong statement: “We shouldn’t be electing anyone in government—local, state or federal—that is not a Christian.”
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