A new religious liberty order disappoints conservative Christians

ON MAY 4th, America's National Day of Prayer, Donald Trump sent a thank you note to the white evangelicals who overwhelmingly voted to make him the 45th president. It came in the form of a long-awaited executive order 'promoting free speech and religious liberty'. Its content, however, turned out to be rather feeble. One disappointed commentator called it 'woefully inadequate'; a noted religious scholar dismissed it as 'meaningless' and a 'betrayal'. On the other end of the ideological spectrum, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), which has fought the new president's moves against sanctuary cities and travel from Muslim countries, couldn't quite believe its eyes: 'We thought we'd have to sue Trump today', the ACLU tweeted. 'But it turned out the order signing was an elaborate photo-op with no discernible policy outcome.'What did everyone expect Mr Trump to do' On February 1st, someone leaked what seemed to be the initial plan to The Nation: a controversial move to allow religious people to exempt themselves from...Continue reading
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