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Fresh off their wedding, George Farmer and Candace Owens speak at Liberty University about their whirlwind engagement, the fight for Brexit, and the dangers of modern feminism. George explains why Brexit represents the latest battle against tyranny, comparing the European Union's undemocratic structure to outsourcing sovereignty. Candace discusses her Blexit movement, challenging media narratives about race in America, and shares how feminism nearly robbed her of the joy she now experiences in marriage. The newlyweds also address marriage as partnership, with George explaining his decision to leave London for D.C. through the lens of Christ's sacrificial love for the church. Jerry and Becki Falwell join the conversation, discussing attacks from the press, the politicization of Christianity by Democratic candidates, and Melania Trump's treatment by fashion magazines.

September 6, 2019

A Whirlwind Romance Built on Shared Values

George Farmer and Candace Owens appeared at Liberty University convocation to share their story as newlyweds, stepping in after Nigel Farage had to cancel due to political demands in England. Jerry Falwell introduced the couple, noting he and Becki had sat with them at Candace's wedding just days earlier, calling it one of the most elegant and classy weddings they had ever attended.

George Farmer introduced himself as born and raised in London, educated at Oxford University where he studied theology, and involved in both finance and politics over the past decade, particularly with the Brexit movement. He explained how he met Candace in December at a speech in London, and after just two weeks, he knew she was the one.

The proposal story drew laughter from the audience. George called Candace via FaceTime from an airport before boarding a flight to South Africa. His opening line: "I need to tell you something in case this plane crashes." After alarming Candace about the plane's safety, he confessed his love and asked her to marry him. They had not yet had their first kiss or even gone on a proper first date. Candace said yes, then spent hours worried about whether his plane would actually crash since he had no WiFi.

Understanding Brexit: The Fight for National Sovereignty

George Farmer explained Brexit using an analogy for American students. He asked them to imagine all the countries of North and South America forming a union of nations. While it sounds lovely in principle, the problem arises when countries like Bolivia and Argentina can tell America what to do on crucial points of disagreement. "It's a bit like outsourcing your sovereignty," George said. "It's like saying to a group of nations that America will be subservient to a higher national body."

He described the European Union as so undemocratic that if it were its own country, it wouldn't be allowed into the European Union. George argued that for the last hundred years, Britain and America have been fighting side by side against tyranny. "Trump and Brexit represent the latest fight against tyranny," he said. "Tyranny is always subtle. It comes in common forms like dictatorship and Nazism, but it also comes in the form of elected officials who have no accountability to you and I."

George pushed back against media narratives calling Brexit and Trump racist or dangerous, describing it instead as "liberal spin that so much of the world is buying right now." He said Brexit is fundamentally about restoring choices and sovereignty to individuals of the United Kingdom versus an undemocratic European Union.

Blexit: Challenging Narratives About Black America

David Nasser asked Candace about her Blexit movement, noting that when Britain voted for Brexit, he knew Donald Trump was going to win the presidency because of the forgotten man and forgotten woman being ignored by the establishment.

Candace explained that rather than having intellectual discourse about why America voted for Trump and Britain voted for Brexit, the media spins it as "America is having a rise of racism and white nationalism all over again." She said people are "mining your Black history and past pain so they can sling mud at other people," which she found harmful to Black America.

She pointed to the Black Lives Matter movement in 2016, which pushed the narrative that Black people couldn't even go outside without being gunned down by racist police officers. When Candace looked at the actual numbers, she found that 16 unarmed Black men were shot by police officers that year, which equates to 0.00004% of the Black population. White men and Hispanic men were shot at higher rates, and police officers were 18.5 times more likely to be shot by a Black man than the other way around.

"With Blexit I wanted to challenge the narrative, consider what Trump asked us, which is Black America, what do you have to lose? And in my opinion, the answer was absolutely nothing," Candace said.

The Scam of Modern Feminism

Candace shared how she was forced to take a Feminism 101 class in university and developed the perspective that it was cool and relevant to be "one of those girls" who says "I don't need a man, I'm never going to get married." She remembered telling a girlfriend that whoever marries her better know she's not cooking and cleaning. This narrative is constantly fed to young women as freedom, she said, but marriage is portrayed as bondage.

"I couldn't think that is more false as I sit on this stage today," Candace said. She challenged the audience to think of the ultimate feminist they know and ask one question: Do you think she is happy? She mentioned Chelsea Handler as an example, someone who says she doesn't need a man, has no children, has no husband.

Candace recounted a conversation with someone older who told her that if you don't break free of feminism when you're young, "when you wake up one day you'll realize it was a scam." The woman said she was 55 with no kids and had to take pills to keep her happy. "If there is one thing I would have done differently in life, I wouldn't have fallen for feminism," the woman told Candace.

"I stand on this stage, I'm married, I'm happy, I love my husband, I can't wait to have kids. I think that's a blessing," Candace declared to applause.

Marriage as Partnership and Sacrifice

David Nasser asked George about the dynamics of their relationship, noting that George is leaving all his friends in London and Europe to come to D.C. because of Candace's career and upcoming book. He asked George to talk about masculinity and being willing to give up his ambitions and career to support his wife.

George responded by grounding his answer in theology: "Marriage is a partnership. It's an incredible relationship. The strongest example of marriage that the world has ever seen is Christ loving the church. If Christ loved the church like a husband should love his wife as Paul writes, then the sacrifice Christ made for his bride was to lay down his life for the eternal wealth of the soul and for eternal salvation. So moving countries really isn't much of a sacrifice compared to that."

He explained that in many ways it's not a sacrifice at all, but a joyous, wonderful partnership. "What Candace is doing is incredibly important for the saving of Western civilization in many ways and for what is happening in America right now is right on the front line, it's very current, it's incredibly relevant. So coming over here is a completely logical and sensible step."

George identified the real problem in society and particularly in marriage as selfishness. People say they've had a year of something they didn't really enjoy, so they give it up and get divorced. "If you can't work through problems together in a marriage, what hope do you have to work through problems in your real life? There's so many challenges in life and you need a strong partner at all times to share that experience with."

The Left's Manipulation of God and Faith

Jerry Falwell shared how in the 1980s, his father was accused by liberals of wanting a theocracy where the Bible was the constitution. He said his father simply wanted to protect unborn life and believed traditional families were good for the country. Now he hears Democratic candidates like Pete Buttigieg asking what God would think about driving cars and spewing exhaust into the air, and Nancy Pelosi saying similar things about not letting immigrants come across the border.

"It's the same ones that were accusing us of that," Jerry said. He explained that the country wasn't formed as a theocracy but to get away from that, because the Church of England was controlled by the King who appointed the Archbishop and used the church to enrich the government. That's what Thomas Jefferson meant by separation of church and state—he didn't want the government ever controlling the church.

Candace responded that Democrats use God like they use Black America. "It's whatever they think they can say that is going to elicit a response." She said there's no question they have been hostile towards God, Christians, and particularly mocking Vice President Mike Pence for saying he puts the Lord first.

"The reason for that, and George you can jump in here, is that in order for a government to grow, which is what they want, they need to break down the family and they need to make sure that people believe in nothing but themselves. They want narcissism, atheism. It becomes easy for you to turn to government and to man to solve all your problems and that brings us to a socialist platform," Candace explained.

George added that atheism and socialism have a lot of twin history together. "If you look at the ultimate example of it, Communist Russia, the state was set on destroying the church, God, the family unit. That is what the Left wants today. They'll invoke any language or rhetoric they can to further their ends. They'll use God when it's convenient and they'll throw him out the window whenever they don't need him."

Protecting the Church from Political Manipulation

Candace emphasized the importance of maintaining the purity of the church, particularly speaking to Black audiences with her Blexit movement. She pointed to Margaret Sanger, founder of Planned Parenthood, who had a strategy to go to churches to teach people that abortion was a choice and their reproductive rights. Sanger wrote in a letter that Black people would believe this, and said, "We can never get it out that we want to exterminate the Black race. Let's go through the churches to get this idea out there."

"We have to be very careful, we have to make sure the church is always protected and the ideas are pure," Candace said. She noted that Jesse Jackson was pro-life early in his career, calling abortion "the genocide of the human race," though people like to bury that fact despite it being readily available on the internet.

"That sort of reeducation I try to get people to refocus on the issues. I'm unapologetically pro-life. That is my stance," Candace declared.

Becki Falwell on Pro-Life Issues and Media Treatment of Melania Trump

Jerry mentioned that Becki did her first TV interview the day before and did a great job. She shared what she said as a mother and grandmother about Governor Ralph Northam's comments about infanticide.

Becki said President Trump has done more about the pro-life movement than any president in history, particularly by appointing two conservative judges. She told Lara Trump, who just had a little girl named Carolina, "Can you imagine after you give birth to her, our governor, which is embarrassing, said that after you give birth, the mother has a right to lay the baby to the side comfortably, he said comfortably, while the mother decides whether to murder the baby or not. How barbaric is that."

Becki also discussed how Melania Trump has been treated by fashion magazines. She did research on how many magazine covers Michelle Obama has been on compared to Melania. "She is not getting the admiration and respect, for the incredible role model, she is not getting the respect and admiration from women for her grace and dignity and how she carries herself."

She highlighted Melania's Be Best campaign to help students and her work to address the opioid epidemic. "It's amazing what she has done. Everybody knows somebody that has been affected by that and lost a friend or loved one. What she has done she is not getting any credit for. Fake news."

A Wedding That Was a Worship Service

David Nasser spoke about attending the wedding, describing it as more than just a ceremony. "We sang Amazing Grace, we sang 'Be Thou My Vision.' They asked three people from Worship Collective to come and lead that. It was a worship service. The pastor preached out of Genesis, the gospel. It was more than just a ceremony to participate in. It was a worship service for all of us."

He prayed that the same way they started is the same way they keep going, growing in their walk with the Lord. The convocation ended with the newlywed shoe game, where George and Candace answered questions about each other by holding up shoes, with the audience winning Walker's Shortbread cookies to be distributed at community groups.

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