Tag: Donald Trump
The letter specifically decried the detention of migrant children and the separation of migrant families...
More than 300 faith leaders call on Trump, Republican delegates to change immigration policies
by: Jack Jenkins WASHINGTON, Aug. 25,2020 (RNS) — More than 300 faith leaders have signed a letter addressed to delegates to the Republican National Convention and President Donald Trump demandingRead More
Addressing a virtual gathering of the Progressive National Baptist Convention, a predominantly Black Protestant denomination...
Biden quotes Bible at Black church meeting, while Trump says his rival is ‘against God’
by: Jack Jenkins Aug. 6, 2020 (RNS) — On Thursday afternoon (Aug 6), President Trump declared in Cleveland that his Democratic rival, former Vice President Joe Biden, would create anRead More
A nation that still honors Confederate signs in public places signals its belief that Black people are less important than white people...
Opinion: Rejecting symbols of hate is more than symbolic
by: Kathryn Post (Jim Wallis) July 20, 2020 (RNS) — What’s been the message of Confederate monuments and flags? It depends on who you are. If you’re a Black teenagerRead More
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Letter from the Evangelical Immigration Table
Dear friends, Shortly after the Department of Homeland Security announced a new policy last week that would significantly harm international students whose colleges, universities or seminaries make the decision (inRead More
Clearly, Trump’s support has declined while Biden’s lead, about 5 percentage points in both April and May, jumped to nearly 14 percentage points in June.
Opinion: Surveys suggest protests, not pandemic, have lost Trump white evangelical support
by: Paul O’Donnell (Ryan Burge) June 24, 2020 (RNS) — The last few months have not been good for President Donald Trump. His administration’s response to the coronavirus pandemic hasRead More
So far, we've seen little evidence of a repentant president,
Opinion: The president, the pandemic and the limits of positive thinking
by: Paul O’Donnell (Mark Mulder) March 30, 2020 (RNS) — It’s fair to say that President Trump makes a lot of dubious statements — more than 16,000 of them overRead More
I have spent a lot of time over the last three years thinking about the evangelical embrace of Trump.
Opinion: The problem with the ‘reluctant Trump’ vote
by: Paul O’DonnellFeb. 18, 2020 (RNS) — In a much-discussed piece published last week (Feb. 10) by the National Review, Andrew Walker, an ethicist at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, challengesRead More
But throughout his presidency, Donald Trump has steadily moved from covertly racist rhetoric and policies to ones that are overtly so.
Opinion: Trump unmasked his racist campaign strategy — and Christians have choices to make