‘Eradicate Anti-Christian Bias’: At National Prayer Breakfast, Trump Vows to Foster Faith
President Donald Trump addressed members of Congress and faith leaders Thursday at the National Prayer Breakfast, promising to make America faithful again.
Trump pledged to make America “more faithful to our God than ever before,” even as the United States is currently suffering a crisis of faith.
The Silent Generation, those born from 1928 to 1945, identified as Christian by 84% in a Pew Research Center poll conducted from 2018 to 2019. More than 3 in 4 (76%) baby boomers (born 1946 to 1964) did as well.
That number has declined in subsequent generations of Americans. Only 49% of millennials (1980 to 1994) identify as Christian. By comparison, Generation Z (1995 to 2012) appears to have stabilized in its irreligiosity. Generation Z is much less religious than their grandparents, while at the same time they are not significantly less religious than millennials.
Trump promised to sign an executive order directing Attorney General Pam Bondi to create a task force to “eradicate anti-Christian bias.” He has already fulfilled part of that promise by pardoning Christian pro-lifers convicted in the prior administration under the Freedom to Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act, one of whom was in attendance at the breakfast. (Read more from “‘Eradicate Anti-Christian Bias’: At National Prayer Breakfast, Trump Vows to Foster Faith” HERE)
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