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Folks
who
were
paying
attention
didn’t
really
need
Project
2025
to
know
the
direction
Trump
and
the
far
right
were
planning
to
take
the
country
in.
Back
in
2022,
it
was
obvious
theocracy
was
approaching.
And
whether
it
was
labeled
Integralism
or
White
Christian
Nationalism,
it
was
pretty
clear
that
conservative
Christianity
would
be
taking
a
hold
in
the
White
House
under
a
Trump
presidency.
The
only
real
question
was
how
strong
the
hold
would
be.
Considering
Trump
just
casually
mentioned
a
Christian
task
force
housed
in
the
White
House,
it’s
gonna
be
pretty
strong.
Anti-Christian
bias
in
the
FBI?
Maybe
Trump
is
partial
to
some
information
in
a
secret
dossier
that
the
public
isn’t
privy
to,
but
the
FBI
has
skewed
Christian
for
a
very
long
time.
There
might
be
some
debate
over
if
the
right
“types”
of
Christian
are
filling
the
ranks,
be
they
Mormon
or
Catholic,
but
unless
there’s
some
secret
Zoroastrian
front
calling
all
of
the
shots,
whatever
anti-Christian
sentiment
happening
in
the
government
is
likely
coming
from
other
Christians
squabbling
over
doctrinal
differences.
What
does
the
anti-Christian
violence
and
vandalism
he’s
talking
about
even
look
like?
Did
it
look
like
Dylann
Roof
shooting
up
a
Black
church
and
putting
out
his
White
pride
manifesto
before
the
cops
took
him
to
get
Burger
King?
Or
a
Black
church
in
Texas
getting
slurs
spray
painted
and
summarily
burned
down?
Or
are
those
examples
too
“DEI”
for
God
to
come
into
the
picture?
This
isn’t
to
say
that
there
aren’t
legitimate
state
v.
faith
conflicts
where
Christians
are
often
on
the
losing
side,
but
forgive
me
for
assuming
that
Quakers
being
drafted
despite
their
pacifism
or
Jehovah’s
Witnesses
being
forced
to
say
the
Pledge
of
Allegiance
aren’t
at
the
forefront
of
the
discrimination
the
task
force
will
be
chasing
down.
Let’s
not
forget,
this
is
Trump
we’re
dealing
with.
It
is
much
more
likely
that
the
“real”
anti-Christian
violence
the
Faith
Office
chases
down
will
consist
of
people
being
“too
afraid”
to
say
“Merry
Christmas”
instead
of
“Happy
Holidays”
or
having
to
go
through
all
of
the
trouble
of
getting
to
the
Supreme
Court
before
you
can
discriminate
against
gay
people.
Funnily
enough,
there
should
be
a
very
familiar
example
of
anti-Christian
bias
involving
Trump.
I
know
that
these
last
few
weeks
have
felt
like
the
last
few
months,
but
do
you
remember
shortly
after
he
was
sworn
in
as
Trump
Coin
Manipulator
in
Chief
and
sat
for
a
sermon
at
Washington
National
Cathedral?
You
know,
the
one
where
the
pastor
asked
him
—
one
of
the
most
powerful
men
in
the
world
—
to
take
to
heart
Jesus’s
message
and
show
mercy
to
the
vulnerable?
He
wasn’t
too
happy
about
that:
The
“so
–
called
Bishop”
has
a
name.
She
is
Mariann
Budde.She
had
the
audacity,
in
a
House
of
God,
to
implore
Trump
to
have
mercy
on
LGBTQ
youths.
She
further
asked
him
to
understand
that
all
immigrants
are
not
criminals.Sounds
like
something
a
man
named
Jesus
might
do.
pic.twitter.com/37gkhMzfmc—
Sis
(@ResisterSis20)
January
22,
2025
While
the
United
States
has
no
state
language
or
religion,
you
don’t
have
to
live
here
long
to
know
that
they
are
English
and
Christianity,
respectively.
With
that
in
mind,
there
needs
to
be
a
bright
line
to
make
sure
that
“anti-Christian”
doesn’t
slip
into
anti-everyone
else.
What
is
the
anti-Christian
“violence”
and
“vandalism”
we
need
protection
from?
Is
it
anti-Christian
for
a
swearing
President
to
opt
out
of
putting
their
hand
over
the
Bible?
Upside
down
Bible
photo-ops?
What
are
the
consequences
for
such
transgressions?
Will
hosting
book
readings
by
drag
queens
be
deemed
“anti-Christian”
because
they
don’t
honor
God?
Who
will
be
the
arbiter
of
what
does
and
doesn’t
sufficiently
honor
God?
Paula
White?
Will
Klan
rallies
be
protected
by
the
First
Amendment
while
protesting
a
Klan
rally
would
get
the
Faith
Office
sent
after
you
because,
at
the
heart
of
it,
the
Klan
is
and
has
always
been
a
Christian
group?
We
used
to
have
a
strong
First
Amendment
that
would
nip
questions
like
this
in
the
bud
and
protect
members
of
a
religious
minority
from
the
tyranny
of
whatever
faithful
were
in
power.
Now,
all
we
seem
to
have
are
thoughts
and
prayers.
Earlier:
Whatever
Happened
To
Separation
Of
Church
And
State?
Yuge
Fan
Of
Adultery
And
Greed
Praises
Christian
Nationalism
Chris
Williams
became
a
social
media
manager
and
assistant
editor
for
Above
the
Law
in
June
2021.
Prior
to
joining
the
staff,
he
moonlighted
as
a
minor
Memelord™
in
the
Facebook
group Law
School
Memes
for
Edgy
T14s.
He
endured
Missouri
long
enough
to
graduate
from
Washington
University
in
St.
Louis
School
of
Law.
He
is
a
former
boatbuilder
who
cannot
swim, a
published
author
on
critical
race
theory,
philosophy,
and
humor,
and
has
a
love
for
cycling
that
occasionally
annoys
his
peers.
You
can
reach
him
by
email
at [email protected] and
by
tweet
at @WritesForRent.