‘Christian nationalism’ or a ‘needed’ correction?: World reacts to Trump’s ‘anti-Christian bias’ task force

February 10, 2025

President Trump’s plan to create an ‘anti-Christian bias’ task force within the federal government is drawing praise and criticism from various sides of the political landscape.

The Christian Post reports that Trump announced the new presidential commission during the National Prayer Breakfast last week in Washington, D.C.

Evangelical leaders and advocates for religious liberty responded positively to Trump’s announcement while attorneys for progressive secular legal organizations accused the president of engaging in “Christian nationalism.”

Trump pointed to the Biden administration’s vigorous prosecution of pro-life activists under the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act (FACE) as evidence of open anti-Christian bias within the federal government.

The president signed an executive order on Thursday appointing newly sworn-in Attorney General Pam Bondi to lead a task force whose job will be, “to immediately halt all forms of anti-Christian targeting and discrimination within the federal government, including at the DOJ.”

Trump added, “In addition, the task force will 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 the Christian Post, Andrew Seidel, a lawyer with the Freedom From Religion Foundation, dismissed the idea that Christians are being persecuted by the federal government, saying, “Christians are still the majority in this country. They are overrepresented in Congress and almost every other government body.”

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