Eradicating Anti-Christian Bigotry

In this week’s commentary, Janet Parshall will discuss a new task forced designed to eradicate Christian bigotry in the federal government.

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Episode Transcript

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The president of the United States recently announced the establishment
of a task force designed to protect Christians. Let me
tell you about their first meeting.

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Here to unpack present day issues from a biblical perspective
is Janet Parshall.

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Last week, Attorney General Pamela Bondi hosted members of the
president's cabinet at the U.S. Department of Justice for the
inaugural meeting of the Task Force to Eradicate anti-Christian bias
in the Federal Government. The task force, which was established
by President Trump under Executive Order 14 202, was joined
by Christians who were unfairly targeted by the previous administration
for their religious beliefs. Three witnesses spoke before the task

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force to offer evidence of the increasing hostility against Christians.
Mike Farris, founder of Patrick Henry College and formerly head
of Alliance Defending Freedom, discussed how a church in Northern
Virginia was investigated and charged by the IRS for allegedly
violating the so-called Johnson Amendment, which prohibits churches from endorsing
political candidates. It should be noted that the IRS takes

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a pick and choose approach to who gets investigated. Doctor
Scott Hicks, provost and chief academic officer at Liberty University,
described how Liberty University and Grand Canyon University faced millions
of dollars in fines by the previous administration due to
the school's Christian worldview. Phil Mendez, a Navy Seal, also
testified of how he was relieved of duty for not

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taking the Covid 19 vaccine due to religious exemption requests
that were denied by the Department of Defense. FBI Director
Kash Patel discussed the impact of the anti-Catholic memo issued
by FBI Richmond, and reiterated the FBI's commitment to rooting
out any anti-Christian bias that could be directing decisions or investigations.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio raised several concerning allegations of bias,

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including some against Christian Foreign Service officers who preferred to
homeschool their children. In one case, a family was threatened
with an investigation for child abuse and curtailment if they
insisted on homeschooling. In another case, a family was referred
to the IRS, threatened with prosecution and investigated by Biden's
inspector general for insisting they homeschool their son. The secretary

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of HHS talked about progressive rules put in place that
make it harder for Christian parents to foster children, while
the secretary of education noted that teachers are being punished
regarding gender identity, education, and why their rights of conscience
and the rights of parents need to be protected. Multiple
other agency representatives offered numerous reports of anti-Christian bias embedded
in the federal government. I, for one, am pleased that

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such a task force has been formed. The First Amendment
protects Christians from discrimination and the law should be enforced.
But I am also keenly aware that in the end,
the battle isn't coming from Washington. It's emanating from the
camp of the enemy who still prowls, seeking whom he
may devour. He will stop at nothing to try and
discourage Christians from faithfully walking with Jesus. But greater is

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he who is in us than he who is the
temporary prince of this world. Those are my thoughts. I'm
Janet Parshall.

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