Betsy DeVos has been confirmed as Secretary of Education, which has caused liberals to lose their minds over it.  There were protests and all night sit-ins to try to stop her from being confirmed, but it didn’t matter.

When you get down to the root of the matter, Betsy DeVos scares the hell out of liberals for 5 main reasons, which all pertain to her Christian values. USA Today published the following faith facts about Betsy DeVos:

1. DEVOS HAS ROOTS IN THE CHRISTIAN REFORMED TRADITION.

DeVos grew up in the Christian Reformed Church and graduated from schools affiliated with the tradition: Holland Christian Schools in Holland, Mich., and Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Mich.
The Christian Reformed Church, formed by Dutch immigrants settling the Midwest in the 1800s, grew out of Dutch Calvinism – splitting from the older Reformed Church in America in the 1850s. One of the churches’ disagreements was about education: The Reformed Church in America viewed schooling as the responsibility of the government, while the Christian Reformed Church viewed it as the responsibility of the family.

But, Abram Van Engen pointed out in Religion & Politics, the Christian Reformed Church says nothing about vouchers or charter schools, and it never has threatened public education.

Most recently, DeVos has been a member and elder at Mars Hill Bible Church, the non-denominational, evangelical Christian church founded by popular author Rob Bell in Grandville, Mich.

2. DEVOS SUPPORTS SCHOOL VOUCHERS — THE USE OF PUBLIC MONEY TO SEND CHILDREN TO PRIVATE SCHOOLS, INCLUDING RELIGIOUS SCHOOLS.

DeVos has supported expanding charter schools and school vouchers, both as an advocate and as a philanthropist. Vouchers allow students to take taxpayer dollars with them to private schools. That includes religious schools.

Vouchers are popular with conservative Christians, and Pence had expanded taxpayer-funded vouchers, as well as charter schools, when he was governor of Indiana.

3. DEVOS ALSO HAS FINANCIALLY SUPPORTED CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS.

A Mother Jones analysis found the Dick and Betsy DeVos Family Foundation had given nearly half of its donations from 1999 to 2014 – out of a total $100 million – to Christian organizations. That includes $8.6 million to religious schools such as Holland Christian Schools, the Grand Rapids Christian High School Association and the Ada Christian School.

4. DEVOS HAS SAID SHE WANTS TO “ADVANCE GOD’S KINGDOM” THROUGH EDUCATION.

In an oft-quoted audio recording of a 2001 gathering of Christian philanthropists obtained by Politico, DeVos and her husband, Dick DeVos, the former CEO of multilevel marketing company Amway, confirmed they share a Christian worldview that comes from the Calvinist tradition.

“Our desire is to … confront the culture in which we all live today in ways which will continue to advance God’s kingdom, not to stay in our own safe territories,” Betsy DeVos said.

Van Engen suggested this is less about “theocracy” and more about a “service-oriented vision of vocation.” As Dick DeVos immediately added in the interview, it would be easier only to work within Christian schools – those “safe territories.” But the couple are motivated by their worldview to be part of the world, not separate from it; to take a more systemic approach; to “drive better performance across all education,” he said.