Ignore the libs and get married early

Published July 11, 2026 5:45am ET



Erika Kirk, the widow of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk, recently told graduates of a Christian college to get married young. And the New York Times lost its mind.

Jessica Grose, a “family, religion, education, and culture” opinion writer for the New York Times, watched Kirk’s commencement speech to Hillsdale College this May, and she did not like what she heard.

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