#Trump energizes #conservative #Christians with new #religious policies
In his first half-year in office—amid his tariff campaign, govt-slashing moves & immigration crackdown— #Trump has also repeatedly delivered for conservative Christians, who form the bedrock of his #Republican support.
While he has made overtures to #Jewish, #Muslim & other #religious groups, his Christian supporters have been among his most high-profile surrogates & appointees.
#law #ChurchAndState
https://apnews.com/article/trump-evangelicals-christian-conservatives-religious-freedom-1532250eb2fe620e4341b1b033123276
The #Trump admin has green-lit political endorsements from the #pulpit & encouraged #religion in the federal workplace. Trump has established faith-focused entities with numerous influential #Christian appointees. He’s energized supporters with assaults on #cultural & #academic targets long seen as *liberal bastions*. His admin & his #SCOTUS appointees have expanded areas for #religious exemptions & expression in the public square.
“We’re bringing back religion in our country,” #Trump contended at a Rose Garden event on the National Day of #Prayer in May.
His *faith adviser*, pastor Paula White-Cain, proclaimed that in his admin, #faith “has been brought back to where it always belongs, & that is center.”
#law #SeparationOfChurchAndState #ChurchAndState #Evangelism #NewApostolicReformation #NAR
Critics say he’s eroding the #SeparationOfChurchAndState.
“The ones celebrating this are the ones leaning toward this #ChristianNationalist bent, this ideology that #Christians should have dominion over the #UnitedStates #government,” said the Rev. Shannon Fleck, executive director of Faithful America, a progressive #Christian group.
#Trump #law #ChurchAndState #Evangelism #NewApostolicReformation #NAR
“A president with a true #Christian agenda would be most concerned with uplifting those in our country who have been cast aside,” she said. “The most vulnerable among us are not #billionaires. Those most vulnerable among us are not these manipulators of #Christianity that are seeking nothing but #power.”
#Trump #law #SeparationOfChurchAndState #ChurchAndState #Evangelism #NewApostolicReformation #NAR
That person was #Biden - a lifelong vocal Catholic.
And the American evangelicals crapped all over him because the other side offered tax cuts and power.
(Note: actually, there's a lot of those people. Biden was just one)
