CV NEWS FEED // President Donald Trump signed an executive order Feb. 6 that establishes a new task force aimed at addressing the “anti-Christian weaponization of government.”
Trump announced at the Feb. 6 National Prayer Breakfast that he would sign the executive order and that the “Task Force to End the War on Christians” will be headed by Attorney General Pam Bondi.
“The mission of this task force will be to immediately halt all forms of anti-Christian targeting and discrimination within the federal government,” the president said, “including at the DOJ, which was absolutely terrible. The IRS, the FBI, terrible, and other agencies.”
The President said the task force will also “work to fully prosecute anti-Christian violence and vandalism in our society and to move heaven and earth to defend the rights of Christians and religious believers nationwide.”
According to a White House memo obtained by the Washington Examiner, the task force will review the “activities of all departments and agencies to identify and eliminate anti-Christian policies, practices, or conduct.”
The goals of the task force will include identifying and addressing gaps in laws and enforcement that have allowed anti-Christian actions to persist, such as failures to fully enforce laws against hostility, vandalism, and violence directed at Christians.
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Additionally, the task force will recommend further presidential or legislative actions needed to “rectify past wrongs and protect Americans’ religious liberties.” An annual progress report will be submitted, along with a final report upon the task force’s conclusion.
“The previous Administration engaged in an egregious pattern of targeting Christians while ignoring violent, anti-Christian offenses,” the White House memo stated. “President Trump will not tolerate this abuse of government and is taking action to ensure that any unlawful and improper anti-Christian conduct, policies or practices are identified, terminated, and rectified.”
The memo brought attention to various instances of the Biden administration targeting Christians, including the Department of Justice bringing felony charges against pro-life Christians for peacefully demonstrating outside abortion facilities, while overlooking numerous attacks on Catholic churches, charities, and pro-life centers, according to the memo.
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Also cited in the White House announcement is a 2023 memo from the FBI that suggested that traditional Catholics posed a domestic terrorism threat, leading to calls for infiltration of Catholic churches as part of “threat mitigation” efforts.
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The order also accused Biden’s Equal Employment Opportunity Commission of attempting to compel Christians to affirm radical “transgender” ideology against their beliefs, while Biden’s Department of Health and Human Services sought to drive Christians out of the foster care system.
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