Victor Marx, Religious Expression and University Funding

Victor Marx is a Christian Republican from Colorado Springs running for governor of Colorado. But he says he is not running to “be an evangelist” or to evangelize the state. “I’m becoming governor to uphold our Constitution and to make our state safe again,” Marx, a high-profile Christian ministry leader and first-time candidate, said during an Oct. 21 virtual press conference for student journalists organized by FoxTalk. He claimed that Colorado’s motto, “Nil Sine Numine,” Latin for “Nothing without Providence or Deity,” is inherently Christian and the Founding Fathers wrote Christianity into the Constitution. The phrase comes from Virgil’s “Aeneid,” an ancient Greek epic poem. Colorado’s first territorial governor chose the motto. Marx faces long-shot odds against Democratic Attorney General Phil Weiser, whom even some high-profile Republicans expect will win handily. Colorado has not elected a Republican governor in 20 years.

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