WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order aimed at protecting the religious freedoms of Americans and ending the “anti-Christian weaponization of government.”
Trump signed executive action, titled “Eradicating Anti-Christian Bias,” on Thursday afternoon after speaking at the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, D.C. The order condemns the Biden administration for its “egregious pattern of targeting peaceful Christians, while ignoring violent, anti-Christian offenses.”
“The Biden Department of Justice sought to squelch faith in the public square by bringing Federal criminal charges and obtaining in numerous cases multi-year prison sentences against nearly two dozen peaceful pro-life Christians for praying and demonstrating outside abortion facilities,” Trump’s order states.
It continues: “Those convicted included a Catholic priest…