The Shining City’s Superman: By Alisa Harris

“It was clear on day one of our homeschool speech class that our instructor, the head of the county Republican party, was training us up to be GOP operatives. And it was clear in the final days of the class that I was up to the challenge.”

TeenPacters Speak Up: Part Nine, I Am Ashamed Of TeenPact

“Ministry leaders like me assessed these black sheep as rebellious and obstinate, definitely not TeenPact staff material. In truth, they simply saw through the B.S. rather more quickly than I did. I was in charge of TeenPact. I told my staffers all these things myself and instructed them to say such things to their students.”

A Tool In Someone Else’s Culture War: Philosophical Perspectives’s Story, Part Two

“We’ve been parroting a Republican platform and the great things about homeschooling since we were toddlers. Any negative or critical commentary was marked as ‘rebellious,’ and unacceptable, especially when it was directed at homeschooling itself. The options were, repent, or get out.”

Burn In Case Of Evil: Cain’s Story, Part Three

“Nearly every time we get together, conversations devolve into arguments about politics because their identity as conservative Republicans is almost as important as their identity as Christians. They insult my beliefs by saying that they are just a phase–when I am living in the ‘real world,’ I will surely be conservative.”