WHITE HOUSE REJECTS APPEALS FROM INTERFAITH ALLIANCE MEMBERS
The continued attacks on religious freedom by the Trump administration and its allies pose one of the greatest threats to faith and freedom that our nation has ever seen. Individual staffers may come and go, but the assault on our fundamental rights continues.
Earlier this year, we asked members of Interfaith Alliance to tell President Trump why we need to protect religious freedom for allAmericans. Hundreds of you sent letters calling on this administration to change course.
You told personal stories about healthcare denied and children subjected to bullying and hate. You spoke up for the Johnson Amendment and the centrality of church-state separation in American life. You joined a resounding chorus demanding that the president protect the interests of all of us, not just a select few.
This letter confirms what many of us already knew – the Religious Right and the Trump administration are working hand-in-glove to dismantle many of the freedoms that have been a part of the American promise for nearly 250 years.
We will not be silent in the face of this president’s agenda. Right now, Congress is down to the wire to pass a funding bill by December 21. Funding for the president’s border wall is garnering most of the headlines, but a provision in the House version of the bill threatens to plunge houses of worship into the partisan political fray.
The Johnson Amendment prevents houses of worship from being turned into political tools. A majority of Americans – and clergy – support the Johnson Amendment but President Trump and congressional Republicans keep promising to kill it, opening the door to flagrant politicking from the pulpit.
Fight back today by contacting your members of Congress to tell them: Don’t politicize houses of worship to pass the funding bill.
Courtesy : http://interfaithalliance.org
