Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick stood in the Oval Office last Friday afternoon and told the American people once again there should be no such thing as separation of church and state in America. Patrick, a Southern Baptist from Houston,…
Baptists know better than this
Baptists should not sit quietly while the federal government considers a report that would redefine religious liberty in the United States. The Presidential Religious Liberty Commission’s draft report deserves a direct Baptist response. It challenges church-state separation while advancing a…
Dan Patrick says separation of church and state is a lie
The idea that the U.S. Constitution promotes separation of church and state is patently untrue, according to the chair of President Trump’s Religious Liberty Commission. In fact, Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick described the concept as the “biggest lie that’s…
Coalition wants to block Religious Liberty Commission report
President Donald Trump’s Religious Liberty Commission has been assailed from the beginning as a front for advancing evangelical grievances, and now a coalition has sued to stop a forthcoming report from the body. The lawsuit, Interfaith Alliance, et al. v….
She’s a conservative who was kicked off Trump’s Religious Liberty Commission
Carrie Prejean Boller said she was stunned to learn the White House Religious Liberty Commission is more focused on supporting Israel than on protecting the faith freedoms of Americans. And it was just as astounding that commission leaders attempted to…
Whatever This Is, It Isn’t Anti-Zionism
If you ever wanted a succinct explanation for more than 2,000 years of vicious Christian antisemitism, all you had to do was to tune in to a meeting of the Trump administration’s Religious Liberty Commission last Monday.
What Carrie Prejean Boller tells us about Christian Zionism in the US
Carrie Prejean Boller, a former Miss California and a recent Catholic convert, was removed Wednesday from the White House’s Religious Liberty Commission after she made some controversial remarks about Jews and Israel in a hearing on antisemitism.
Religious groups sue to block Trump’s Religious Liberty Commission
A diverse coalition of faith groups sued the Trump administration Feb. 9 to challenge the legality and religiously narrow makeup of its Religious Liberty Commission. President Donald Trump established the commission in 2025 by executive order “to defend the religious…
Jeffress is a hypocrite testifying against Johnson Amendment
Robert Jeffress testified before the president’s Religious Liberty Commission this week how he and his downtown Dallas church have been persecuted, while failing to acknowledge his own persecution of other religious groups. The pastor of First Baptist Dallas publicized in…
Trump’s Religious Liberty Commission lauds Kirk, hears from Coach Kennedy
The evangelical Christian church in America is under attack, Jentezen Franklin told members of President Donald Trump’s Religious Liberty Commission at the start of their third meeting Sept. 29. “We’re under attack. It’s not coming. It’s here. Our family and…
Bring back religion? It never left
Dear President Trump, I have a hot flash for you: Religion never left America. What’s more, those of us who’ve practiced our respective religions faithfully for generations aren’t about to let you force your white “Christian” nationalism down the throats…
Trump says he’s bringing back prayer to schools
The president who famously said he’s never prayed to ask for God’s forgiveness claimed Sept. 8 he’s going to reinstitute prayer in public schools — a practice outlawed by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1962. Ever since the court’s ruling…