Karoline Leavitt dismisses 'Christian nationalism' concerns amid Trump's prayer push

Michie said:

WASHINGTON — White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt pushed back Tuesday against critics who would assert that President Donald Trump's initiative urging weekly group prayer for the United States is an example of Christian nationalism.

Trump introduced the White House's America Prays initiative during his hour-long address at the second hearing of the White House Religious Liberty Commission, which was held Monday at the Museum of the Bible in the nation's capital.

The initiative calls for Americans of faith to unite in prayer in groups of "at least 10 people to meet each week for one hour to pray" for the nation as it approaches the 250th anniversary of its independence in 2026.

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I am glad we have a President who will promote prayer to God , as a good thing.

It's a distraction from Trump withholding the Epstein files, as well as his general malfeasance and incompetence.

FireDragon76 said:

It's a distraction from Trump withholding the Epstein files, as well as his general malfeasance and incompetence.

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I thought that was a distraction from something not being reported in the news that involves billions of dollars. Though that's usually the case.

His urging people to attend prayer groups isn't Christian Nationalism. Elected officials aren't supposed to pretend that faith doesn't exist and that they don't have faith. Faith has a place in the square of public debate and that isn't Christian Nationalism. Believing that Christians should automatically win every debate in the public square because our faith is somehow supposed to have preference over the decisions of the majority in America would be an outcome of Christian Nationalism.

Signing an executive order requiring people to attend weekly prayer groups would be something that Christian Nationalists might applaud, but an authoritarian leader who doesn't practice faith might do something like that for political reasons so even that inherently wouldn't be. Christians approving of that executive order despite its unconstitutionality would be.

The real threat of Christian Nationalism isn't to our country - the threat is to the church. The belief that to be a Christian you must support a certain political party or certain secular political positions adds to and distorts the gospel and is a heresy that is slowing seeping its way into and invading the church.