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Sunday’s attack on the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Grand Blanc Township, Michigan, was a gutting act of evil that left families grieving and a community scarred. Law enforcement confirmed multiple worshippers were shot and the building was deliberately set on fire during a service, turning a house of prayer into a scene of horror. The swift and deadly nature of the assault left the suspect dead at the scene and worshippers and first responders picking up the pieces.
According to investigators, the assailant rammed a pickup through the church doors, opened fire with an assault-style weapon, and used gasoline to set the chapel ablaze before officers stopped him in a shootout. Authorities have identified the suspect as 40-year-old Thomas Jacob Sanford, a former Marine, and they are combing his home and devices for answers as the community demands why this happened. Federal agents have been deployed to the scene as the FBI leads the probe, treating the attack as a targeted act of violence against worshippers.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told Fox hosts that preliminary FBI information indicates the shooter “hated people of the Mormon faith,” a chilling assertion that, if true, spotlights the growing epidemic of religious-targeted violence in America. President Trump and other leaders rightly framed this as an attack on Christians and worshippers, not just another headline to be swept into the next news cycle. We must call this what it is: a brazen strike at religious liberty and social order in our towns.
Make no mistake: this carnage didn’t arise in a vacuum. For years the left and our censored cultural institutions have fomented contempt for faith and tradition while soft-on-crime policies and hollow empathy for dangerous ideologies leave communities exposed. When houses of worship become vulnerable, it’s a sign our leaders have failed to prioritize basic public safety and the fundamental right to gather and pray. America’s faithful deserve protection, not lectures about gun bans that ignore rage, ideology, and the rot in our institutions.
Hardworking Americans and law-abiding communities will expect action, not platitudes. We should be demanding immediate steps: secure entrances and trained security at vulnerable congregations, full support and funding for local police and task forces, thorough mental-health interventions for veterans in crisis, and a clear-eyed confrontation with ideologies that preach violence or hatred. Our liberties depend on leaders willing to defend the innocent and punish those who target them, regardless of political fashion.
As the FBI finishes its forensics and the truth comes out, conservatives stand with the families, the worshippers, and the officers who ran toward danger. We will call for justice, transparency, and accountability — and we will not allow this to be normalized or erased by partisan spin. Pray for Grand Blanc, support its rebuilding, and demand that Washington stop treating faith communities as collateral damage.
