It’s gone beyond liberalism, beyond leftism, beyond the Democrat party, just … beyond!
That’s the verdict from Albert Mohler, a famous name among Christians who serves as president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, a man “Time” called the “reigning intellectual of the evangelical movement in the U.S.” podcast creator, book author and member of “Who’s Who in America.’
And he was responding to claims from Gov. Andy Beshear of Kentucky that it is Christianity that prompted him to veto legislation that would have protected children from the mutilating chemicals and surgery of the transgender agenda.
Mohler responded, “Gov. Beshear doesn’t define his faith, except that it includes the Good Samaritan and the Golden Rule. You are looking here at two different rival religions. You have historic, orthodox, biblical Christianity, and you have theological liberalism and whatever it produces next.”
“Gov. Beshear doesn’t define his faith, except that it includes the Good Samaritan and the Golden Rule.
You are looking here at two different rival religions. You have historic, orthodox, biblical Christianity, and you have theological liberalism and whatever it produces next.” pic.twitter.com/td9abkLIOn
— Albert Mohler (@albertmohler) February 10, 2026
A Christian Post report, republished at the Washington Stand, explained the comments followed Beshear’s wild and theological errant comments on a television talk show.
There, he said, “Most of the decisions I make are based on that Golden Rule that says we love our neighbor as yourself, and that parable [of] the Good Samaritan that says everyone is our neighbor.
“And so, when I’ve taken actions like vetoing the nastiest piece of anti-LGBTQ legislation that ever came through my state, I described it in those terms. I said my faith teaches me that all children are children of God, and I didn’t want people picking on those kids,” Beshear said.
Beshear left the “anti-LGBTQ legislation” unidentified but Mohler suggested it was a plan that banned giving puberty blockers and opposite-sex hormones for minors while requiring students in public schools to use the bathroom that aligns with their biological sex.
The state legislature shortly later overruled Beshear’s veto.
Mohler said Beshear remains vague about spiritual truths “apart from the Golden Rule and the Good Samaritan.”
In fact, Mohler said Beshear is acting for one of “two rival religions.”
Mohler explained one, Christianity, is “consistent with creation order and Scripture and the history of the Christian church, and the other one, which, frankly, is a new religion. It’s cut the Bible down to size. It doesn’t begin with Genesis 1, evidently, just the Golden Rule and the Good Samaritan.”
Mohler said, “These days, it’s hard to be astounded by something absolutely ridiculous, or worse, coming from an officeholder when it comes to political office,” said Mohler. “And frankly, if you’re coming up with a catalog of stupid things said on programs like ABC’s ‘The View,’ you’d better get ready for a very long list. But I don’t care how long your list is, this one’s going to rank at the top of stupid.”
Beshear repeatedly has claimed his Christianity affirms his extremist political positions.
Beshear’s political agenda also has included expanding the killing of unborn children, and one time he claimed Mary, the mother of Jesus, was “an unwed teenager” who “people in those days would judge, would look down on, would pass legislation against.”
Mohler also is editor of “WORLD Opinions,” writes regular commentary on moral, cultural and theological issues and has been quoted in the New York Times, USA Today, the Washington Post and other publications.