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If I’m wrong about Erika Kirk, my conscience is clear. My intent stayed clean. I erred on the side of Scripture, which treats the mistreatment of widows as a serious offense before God. But if you’re wrong, and you spent this season demonizing a grieving widow, manufacturing suspicion, and...

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