Founders' Faith as Desecration Lens

The article shows how invoking the religious convictions of founding figures (here, John Witherspoon) recasts modern disputes over monuments, protest, and so‑called 'desecration' as questions of moral dignity rather than mere politics. That reframing can shift which actors are heard (clergy, historians) and which remedies seem legitimate (ceremony, removal, or censure). — If widely adopted, this framing could change how courts, legislatures, and media adjudicate conflicts over public symbols by moving debate from legality and history into moral theology.