Pence visits Focus on Family amid change for religious right
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Vice-President Mike Pence’s visit Friday to Colorado to celebrate the anniversary of Focus on the Family came at a time of change for the religious right during the age of President Donald Trump.
Focus on the Family was once well-known for its involvement in politics. But under new leadership, it has dialed that back in an effort by younger evangelicals to withdraw from partisan culture wars.
At the same time, many older evangelicals have stayed the course, helping Trump become president and the religious right gain political power.
Trump’s win breathed new life into the older-school political approach that Focus on the Family once embodied.