At Sunday morning church services around the country, conservative religious leaders found the same word to describe Charlie Kirk, the podcaster and political activist killed on Wednesday: martyr.

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Kirk himself often invoked similar language, calling the 2024 election a spiritual battle. Although Kirk started his career as a more secular conservative who highlighted the separation of church and ...