David French: Blaming Christians for Orlando Attack is 'Bigoted'

In the days following the Orlando terrorist attack, some media and leftist political groups have put the blame on Christians.

In National Review, David French, a staff writer, wrote that the attack was a textbook example of Islamic jihadism.

Yet, somehow the massacre has put Christians on the defense.

"It's really one of the more remarkable things that I've ever seen," French told CBN News. "So no less than The New York Times editorial board wrote an entire editorial after Orlando, focusing on the challenges to gays and lesbians in our culture and did not mention ISIS, did not mention Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, did not mention the Orlando shooter's faith or motivations, but instead spent time talking about Greg Abbott of Texas, the governor of Texas, Pat McCrory of North Carolina, the governor of North Carolina, and the transgender bathroom controversy as if that had anything at all to do with a radical jihadist pledging allegiance to ISIS and killing members of the LGBT community. It had nothing to do with it at all."

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"It's taking the focus off of the actual enemy, who's killed real Americans and putting it on domestic political opponents who not only haven't killed anybody, they completely abhor and shun and condemn any and all acts of violence," French continued.

What is the motivation behind the finger-pointing at Christians? French believes politics are at play. 

"It's transparent domestic political score-settling; it's people who are obsessed, just obsessed with these LGBT issues in domestic politics, and will look at anything, anything that they can remotely twist and turn to try to shame their domestic political opponents," French said. "It's a remarkable moment in American history."

French calls putting the blame on Christians "bigoted."

"Number one, it's bigoted to presume that Christians had anything to do at all with a massacre that they condemn unequivocally, and it's bigoted to actually deny a Muslim man the moral agency to carry out the beliefs that he actually had," he said.

"So what's happening is The New York Times and others are condemning Christians for things that they don't believe and excusing jihadists for the things that they do believe," French continued. "It's an utterly bizarre circumstance."

How should Christians respond to the accusations? French told CBN News the best way for Christians to defend themselves in this atmosphere is with truth.

"Every time somebody tries to pin the blame on Christians or whatever atmosphere that they claim Christians create, just remind people that this is a man who pledged allegiance to ISIS, the perhaps foremost practitioner of the most strict form of Sharia law in the world -- an entity trying to re-establish a Muslim caliphate," French said. "(It) had nothing to do with believers in Jesus Christ."