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The Presidential Commission on Religious Liberty met at the the Museum of the Bible this morning amid hymns, testimonies, and political rhetoric. President Trump cast Christianity as America’s core identity, noting that “We have to bring back religion in America. Bring it back stronger than ever before.”
Trump’s Religious Liberty Commission launches with Christian nationalist overtones, drawing criticism for lacking diversity and threatening church–state separation. Critics warn it weaponizes religious freedom to serve a narrow ideological agenda.
President Trump created a Religious Liberty Commission, declaring, “Let’s forget about [separation of church and state] for one time.”
Weekend Editor Eric O. Scott reviews the Trump administration’s first week of energy policy and the effects it is likely to have on the environment. Spoiler: it’s bad!
Oklahoma’s newly established Office of Religious Liberty and Patriotism may be paving the way for President Trump’s Agenda 47 rollout.