INDIANAPOLIS – Indiana Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith is concerned that there is a “Pagan Conquest” currently in play whose plans it is to unleash “ritual child sacrifice—with glitter and hashtags.” Beckwith released the statement on social media on May 30 at 4:27PM. He describes in the post at “a state-corporate-pagan alliance” that plans to “reprogram society.”
On May 30 at 4:27 p.m., Beckwith posted on social media warning of what he described as a looming “Pagan Conquest” that aims to unleash “ritual child sacrifice—with glitter and hashtags.” He claimed there is a “state-corporate-pagan alliance” that seeks to “reprogram society,” using Pride Month as its vehicle.
Official photo of Lt. Governor Micah Beckwith. [State of Indiana
Beckwith adds on Facebook:
KEY EXPOSURES:
Child Targeting: Libraries hosting drag shows for toddlers, schools replacing math with 57+ gender ideologies, and corporations selling Pride-themed cereal/toys to normalize the unthinkable.
Institutional Surrender: Churches flying rainbow flags over communion tables, HR departments enforcing pronoun cults, and Disney/Nickelodeon pushing “Gomorrahn storytelling.”
Pagan Conquest: “It’s ritual child sacrifice—with glitter and hashtags. ‘Give us the children!’”
Beckwith also notes in his “PRIDE MONTH ALERT” post that “The Rainbow Beast Is Coming For Your Kids!” Beckwith went on to accuse government and corporate entities of waging “their annual siege on childhood innocence,” claiming this year’s Pride Month is “more aggressive than ever.”
For Beckwith, who has also served as a Christian pastor, Pride Month is not about LGBTQ+ visibility or rights but instead a coordinated agenda to upend society’s moral fabric. “This isn’t about ‘tolerance,’” he claimed. “They’ve swapped biology for ‘identity constructs,’ swapped scripture for Harvey Milk sermons, and swapped parental rights for government-sanctioned grooming.”
Beckwith ended his post by linking to Christian Independent Press which refers to the LGBTQ2SI+ movement as the “rainbow beast.” It also adds that “Pride Month, the holiest month in the calendar of Ba’al worship, is not content with simply your tolerance of them. Tolerance was the Trojan horse. The beast has now kicked down the gates, marched into the public square, and has begun licking its chops at your children.”
“There’s a reason they call it “Pride.” And there’s a reason God hates it,” they write.
Beckwith’s Pride Month panic is part of a pattern of public statements that blend far-right Christian nationalism with conspiratorial rhetoric. His bio emphasizes his religious leadership in Hamilton County and his resistance to COVID-19 vaccine mandates. “I wrote 1,400 religious exemptions,” he boasts, describing himself as a defender of Hoosiers’ freedoms.
In 2022, Beckwith, prior to his serving as Lt. Governor, resigned from the board of directors of Hamilton East Public Library after leading a “book relocation” initiative of LGBTQ+ books, sex education, as well as material he described as indoctrinating children with Marxist ideology. It prompted the Indianapolis Star to write, “ Beckwith, a pastor at Noblesville Campus of Life Church and self-described Christian Nationalist, led the charge.”
Pride Flag [Image Credit: MJTM
Beckwith’s recent defense of the Three-Fifths Compromise has arguably generated even more backlash. In a video posted in late April during debate over Indiana’s controversial Senate Enrolled Act 289—which seeks to curtail diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts in schools and government—Beckwith asserted that the compromise was a “great move” by America’s founders toward ending slavery.
The Three-Fifths Compromise, enacted in 1787, counted enslaved people as three-fifths of a person for the purpose of congressional representation—effectively reducing the influence of free Black populations while giving slave-holding states more power in Congress. Beckwith claimed that this provision actually limited pro-slavery states’ power and should not be viewed as dehumanizing.
“This is not a pro-discrimination or a slave-driving compromise,” he argued in the video. “It was actually just the opposite.”
That interpretation drew sharp rebukes from civil rights groups and historians. In a joint statement, the Concerned Clergy of Indianapolis, the Indiana Chapter of the National Action Network, and the Alliance of Baptists condemned Beckwith’s comments as “historical revisionism.” They pointed out that the compromise was about consolidating political power while denying enslaved people their full humanity and rights.
State Sen. La Keisha Jackson (D-Indianapolis), who raised the compromise during legislative debate, called the new DEI restrictions “a fight against racial equality” and criticized Beckwith’s historical framing.
Even Republican Gov. Mike Braun appeared uneasy. “I’m a believer that you better start thinking about what you’re saying before it comes out,” Braun said when asked about Beckwith’s remarks, though he stopped short of a full denunciation.
As calls for accountability mount, Gov. Braun has yet to publicly address either Beckwith’s social media post or his defense of the Three-Fifths Compromise. Meanwhile, critics argue that Beckwith’s blend of conspiratorial religiosity, Christian nationalism, and revisionist history underscores a deeper threat to civil rights and inclusive governance in Indiana.
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