Tag: National Prayer Breakfast

National Prayer Breakfast was a moment for leaders to show humility – Trump changed it

A heaping plate of partisan politics, sprinkled with religious faith, topped the menu at the 68th National Prayer Breakfast.

On the morning of Feb. 6, President Donald Trump surprised listeners by eschewing traditional themes of unity, humility and reconciliation. Instead he called out “dishonest and corrupt people” who tried to “destroy” him and “hurt” the nation.

And though he did not name Sen. Mitt Romney, who voted for one article of impeachment, and U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi, who steered the impeachment effort through Congress, the president lashed out at those who he believes use religion to justify hypocritical actions. Romney, a member of the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, said his religious faith prompted his vote, and Pelosi, a Roman Catholic, said she prays for the president. Continue reading.

Trump lauds religious adoption agencies for refusing service to same-sex couples

“We will always protect our country’s long and proud tradition of faith-based adoption.”

President Trump attends the 2019 National Prayer Breakfast. Credit: Chris Kleponis, Polaris

President Donald Trump openly endorsed discrimination by foster and adoption agencies, speaking at the National Prayer Breakfast Thursday morning.

After welcoming Chad and Melissa Buck, a couple from Michigan who he applauded for having adopted five children, he said, “Unfortunately, the Michigan adoption charity that brought the Buck family together is now defending itself in court for living by the values of its Catholic faith.”

“We will always protect our country’s long and proud tradition of faith-based adoption,” he added. “My administration is working to insure that faith-based adoption agencies are able to help vulnerable children find their forever families while following their deeply held beliefs.”

View the complete February 7 article by Zack Ford on the ThinkProgress website here.

Trump vows to ‘totally destroy’ restrictions on churches’ support of candidates

The following article by John Wagner and Julie Zauzmer was posted on the Washington Post website February 2, 2017:

President Trump speaks during the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington on Thursday. (Win Mcnamee/Bloomberg News)

President Trump vowed Thursday to “totally destroy” a law passed more than 60 years ago that bans tax-exempt churches from supporting political candidates, a nod to the religious right that helped sweep him into office.

Speaking at the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, Trump said he would seek to overturn the Johnson Amendment, which prohibits tax-exempt nonprofits — including churches and other houses of worship — from “directly or indirectly” participating in a political candidate’s campaign. Continue reading “Trump vows to ‘totally destroy’ restrictions on churches’ support of candidates”

Donald Trump gave a doozy of a speech at the National Prayer Breakfast

The following article by Chris Cillizza was posted on the Washington Post website February 2, 2017:

Donald Trump spoke at the annual National Prayer Breakfast in Washington on Thursday. It was, um, unorthodox. Using Genius, I annotated it. You can too! Sign up for Genius and annotate alongside me! To see an annotation, click or tap the highlighted part of the transcript.

TRUMP: Thank you, Mark. So nice.

(APPLAUSE)

Thank you very much, thank you. (APPLAUSE)

Thank you very much, it’s a great honor to be here this morning. And so many faith leaders — very, very important people to me — from across our magnificent nation, and so many leaders from all across the globe. Today we continue a tradition begun by President Eisenhower some 64 years ago. Continue reading “Donald Trump gave a doozy of a speech at the National Prayer Breakfast”