{"id":2184629,"date":"2024-02-23T08:00:02","date_gmt":"2024-02-23T13:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/yes-biden-has-worked-tirelessly-to-shame-silence-and-demoralize-faithful-christians\/"},"modified":"2024-02-23T08:04:03","modified_gmt":"2024-02-23T13:04:03","slug":"yes-biden-has-worked-tirelessly-to-shame-silence-and-demoralize-faithful-christians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/yes-biden-has-worked-tirelessly-to-shame-silence-and-demoralize-faithful-christians\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden&#8217;s efforts to undermine faithful Christians are relentless"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fyes-biden-has-worked-tirelessly-to-shame-silence-and-demoralize-faithful-christians%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2184629&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"article-content\">\n<blockquote>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Left&#8217;s \u2064Attack on Christians<\/h2>\n<p>&#8220;The\u2062 left is\u2063 trying to shame Christians, to silence you, demoralize you, and keep you out of\u200d politics. But Christians cannot afford\u2062 to sit on the sidelines \u200din this fight. \u2063&#8230; Ultimately, the\u2063 radical left is coming after \u200dall of us, because they know \u200bthat our allegiance is not\u200b to them \u2014 \u2063our allegiance is to our\u2064 country and to our \u200cCreator.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The remarks from \u2063former President Donald Trump during the National Religious Broadcasters Convention on Thursday will \u2064likely generate \u200bscoffs and eye rolls from members\u200c of America\u2019s\u200b corrupt \u200cmedia. But for millions of faithful Christians throughout the country, the former president\u2019s\u2064 comments contain bold truths the left will brush \u2063aside\u200d as\u2063 \u201cconspiracy \u200ctheories.\u201d That is, since taking office, President Joe Biden and his regime apparatchiks are hellbent on persecuting\u2064 conservative Christians who defy their extremist agenda.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2-long d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-325444553\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1379703300879-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-80d3825d655f273e0dc1de3d3077262c fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-80d3825d655f273e0dc1de3d3077262c\"><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Weaponization \u200dof Government<\/h2>\n<p>Despite casting himself as a devoted Catholic, Biden has\u200b presided\u200d over \u2064what \u200dhas arguably been the most antagonistic administration toward faithful Christians in the modern era.<\/p>\n<p>In January 2023, for \u200bexample, the FBI issued a memo revealing that the agency\u2019s field office \u200din Richmond, Virginia, was tasked \u200bwith\u200d investigating the alleged threat of \u201cwhite supremacy\u201d among Catholics who attend Latin Mass. As Evita Duffy-Alfonso previously wrote in these pages, the memo said the FBI \u201cmay potentially mitigate\u201d the \u200csupposed \u201cthreat\u201d of \u201cRadical-Traditionalist Catholics\u201d with \u201c\u2019tripwire \u2063and source development,\u2019 which means further infiltration\u2062 into Catholic communities using various kinds of informants.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While FBI Director Christopher Wray \u200bclaimed during congressional testimony that \u2064the memo\u2062 was \u201ca single product by a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fbi-director-says-he-was-aghast-at-agency-memo-targeting-radical-traditionalist-catholics\/\" title=\"FBI Director shocked by memo targeting 'Radical Traditionalist Catholics'.\">single field office<\/a>,\u201d House Republicans\u200d later uncovered that multiple FBI field offices were involved in the document\u2019s creation, including those in \u200cLos Angeles and\u2063 Portland.<\/p>\n<p>But \u200bthe Biden administration\u2019s weaponization\u2062 of government agencies against \u2063Christians doesn\u2019t stop there. \u2063The Department of Justice (DOJ) has egregiously attempted to\u200d imprison Christians for\u200b publicly\u2062 expressing their faith.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-d734fa46f47f213ed7dd0d475e7675e4 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-6\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-d734fa46f47f213ed7dd0d475e7675e4\"><\/div>\n<p>In \u200bOctober 2022, the agency charged six pro-lifers under the unconstitutional \u200cFreedom of Access to Clinic\u2063 Entrances (FACE) Act. Their crime? Peacefully praying, reading the Bible, \u2062and singing hymns in the hallway of an abortion facility in Nashville, Tennessee. A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/virginia-doctor-who-conned-women-into-hysterectomies-sterilizations-for-insurance-money-gets-60-years-in-prison\/\" title=\"Virginia Doctor Who Conned Women Into Hysterectomies, Sterilizations For Insurance Money Gets 60 Years In Prison\">federal jury convicted<\/a> these individuals last\u2063 month. Participants \u2063such \u2062as \u2062Paul Vaughn\u200b could face up to 11 years in prison and $260,000 in fines should his likely decision to appeal the charges fail.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Biden\u2019s Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and other agencies have been busy harassing the largest Christian college in America. In December,\u200d the \u200bFTC filed a lawsuit against Grand Canyon University, alleging the \u2063school, \u201cits marketer Grand Canyon Education, Inc.\u200b and \u200dits president and CEO Brian Mueller \u2026 used deceptive advertising and engaged in illegal telemarketing,\u201d according to\u200c Fox Business. The lawsuit \u200bcame several weeks\u2063 after \u2062the Biden \u200bDepartment of Education fined GCU $37.7 million\u200b for allegedly lying to \u201cover\u200b 7,500 former and current students about the cost of\u2064 its doctoral\u2063 programs\u200b over several\u200c years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mueller previously told The Federalist he believes the administration\u2019s targeting of GCU is \u201cobviously political\u201d and an \u2064act of \u200bretaliation for \u200bthe university suing the Education \u200bDepartment over its nonprofit status.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Biden\u2019s \u2062Foul Mouth<\/h2>\n<p>In addition to signing \u200blegislation that \u2063assists leftist lawfare against Christians and religious\u2063 organizations that uphold the true meaning of marriage, Biden has also used his presidency as\u2063 a bully pulpit to condemn court \u2063decisions \u2063defending religious freedom.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-7de43f0995e34efb9e7c40e2b0c4300e fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-10\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-7de43f0995e34efb9e7c40e2b0c4300e\"><\/div>\n<p>For example, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled last year that\u2063 the government \u200ccannot\u200d force \u200dAmericans and private businesses to provide services\u2064 (i.e. personal\u2063 expression) that violate their religious beliefs, such \u200das the traditional view that marriage is\u2062 between one man and one woman. In an attempt to\u2062 undermine, Biden issued a \u200cstatement attacking the court and affirming his belief \u2064that the state should be able to\u2064 force religious \u2064worshippers to violate\u2064 their \u2064sincerely \u200bheld beliefs to cater to radical LGBT activists.<\/p>\n<p>Funny how\u200b Biden \u200bwasn\u2019t\u200c as \u2062interested in \u200busing his\u200c platform \u200dto \u2063draw \u200battention to the \u2063horrific shooting \u2062at a Christian school in \u2064Nashville last year, in which\u200c a woman pretending to \u200dbe a man\u200d killed three\u2063 children and three adults. Biden not only declined to visit the \u200dfamilies of the victims, but it\u2019s also unclear if the president even bothered to call these families to offer his\u2062 condolences.\u2063 Worse, \u2064in the \u200baftermath of \u200cthe shooting, the White House attempted\u2063 to victimize \u2062the shooter by\u200b claiming the so-called \u201ctrans community\u201d \u200cwas \u201cunder attack.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While the FBI and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/president-trump-pledges-orderly-transition-of-power\/\" title=\"President Trump pledges orderly transition of power\">local law enforcement<\/a> have kept the shooter\u2019s\u200c manifesto hidden from the \u2064public, alleged pages\u2063 from the document released \u200cin November\u2063 indicate the trans-identifying shooter targeted \u200bthe Christian Covenant\u2062 School children because they are white.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">History Repeats Itself<\/h2>\n<p>Biden\u2019s actions are egregious but not surprising. Throughout Scripture, Jesus makes clear that Christians will be persecuted for following him, for the world \u201chated [him] before it hated [us]\u201d and we \u201care \u2063not of the world\u201d (John 15:18-19).\u200b Christians are guaranteed suffering, whether in our private\u200b lives or from an authoritarian government attempting\u2063 to \u2062squash Americans\u2019 religious freedoms.<\/p>\n<p><strong>[RELATED: Don\u2019t Let The \u2018Christian Nationalist\u2019 Slur Shame You Into Hiding Your Faith]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Biden and his regime\u2019s\u200d ongoing war against Christians is just history repeating itself. Those who follow God and His\u2062 Word will be targeted, harassed, \u2064attacked, and worse. Whatever barbaric\u200b actions the administration may \u2064take next, it\u2064 is incumbent upon all\u200b Christians to pick\u200c up their crosses and follow Christ, for his graciousness is greater \u2062than the suffering endured in\u2063 this world.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> \u200cHow has the Biden administration been accused of targeting \u2064conservative Christians and their beliefs?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  \u2062The Left&#8217;s Attack on Christians<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The \u200cleft is trying to shame Christians, to\u2063 silence you, demoralize you, and keep you out of politics.\u200c But Christians cannot afford to sit on the\u200b sidelines in this fight. &#8230; Ultimately, the radical \u200cleft is coming after all of us, because they know that our allegiance is\u2063 not\u2062 to\u2064 them \u2014 our allegiance is to our country and to our Creator.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The remarks from former President Donald Trump during\u200c the National Religious Broadcasters Convention on Thursday will likely generate scoffs \u2062and eye rolls \u2064from members\u200d of America\u2019s corrupt media. But\u2062 for millions \u2064of faithful Christians throughout the country, the former president\u2019s comments contain bold truths the left \u200bwill brush aside as &#8220;conspiracy theories.&#8221; That is, since taking office, President Joe Biden and his \u2062regime\u200d apparatchiks are hellbent on persecuting conservative Christians who defy their extremist agenda.<\/p>\n<p>Weaponization \u2062of Government<\/p>\n<p>Despite\u2064 casting himself as a devoted Catholic, Biden has presided \u200dover what has arguably been the most antagonistic administration toward faithful Christians in the modern era.<\/p>\n<p>In January 2023, for example, the FBI issued a memo revealing that the agency\u2019s field office in Richmond, Virginia,\u200d was tasked with investigating\u200c the alleged threat of &#8220;white supremacy&#8221; among Catholics who attend\u200c Latin Mass. As \u200cEvita Duffy-Alfonso previously \u200dwrote in these pages, the memo said the FBI &#8220;may \u200cpotentially \u2062mitigate&#8221; the supposed &#8220;threat&#8221; \u2062of &#8220;Radical-Traditionalist Catholics&#8221; with \u2063&#8221;&#8216;tripwire and\u2062 source development,&#8217; which means further\u200c infiltration into Catholic communities using various kinds of informants.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>While FBI Director Christopher Wray claimed \u200dduring congressional testimony\u2062 that the memo was &#8220;a single \u2062product by a single field office,&#8221; House Republicans later\u200b uncovered that multiple \u200cFBI field offices were involved in the document\u2019s creation,\u2063 including \u2063those in Los Angeles and Portland.<\/p>\n<p>But \u2064the Biden \u200dadministration&#8217;s weaponization\u200c of government agencies against Christians doesn\u2019t stop\u200b there. The\u2063 Department of Justice (DOJ) has egregiously attempted\u200c to imprison Christians for publicly expressing \u2063their faith.<\/p>\n<p>In October 2022, the agency\u2064 charged six pro-lifers under the unconstitutional \u2064Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act. Their crime?\u200b Peacefully\u2062 praying, reading\u2063 the Bible, and singing hymns in\u2063 the hallway of an abortion facility in Nashville,\u2064 Tennessee. A federal jury convicted these individuals last\u200c month. Participants\u2064 such as Paul Vaughn could face up to 11 years in prison and\u2064 $260,000 in fines should his likely decision to appeal the \u200ccharges fail.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Biden\u2019s Federal Trade Commission \u2063(FTC) and other agencies have been busy harassing the \u2064largest Christian college in America. In December, the FTC filed a lawsuit\u200c against Grand Canyon University, alleging \u200dthe school,\u200c &#8220;its marketer Grand Canyon Education, Inc. and its president and\u2062 CEO\u2063 Brian Mueller &#8230;\u2063 used deceptive \u200badvertising and engaged in illegal telemarketing,&#8221; according \u2063to Fox Business.\u2063 The lawsuit \u200bcame several weeks after the\u200d Biden\u2063 Department of\u2062 Education fined GCU $37.7 million for allegedly \u2062lying\u2062 to \u2064&#8221;over 7,500 former and current students about the\u200d cost of its doctoral programs over several years.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Mueller previously told The Federalist he believes the administration&#8217;s targeting of GCU is &#8220;obviously political&#8221; and an act of retaliation for the \u200duniversity suing the Education Department over\u2064 its \u200cnonprofit status.<\/p>\n<p>Biden\u2019s Foul Mouth<\/p>\n<p>In addition to signing legislation that assists leftist lawfare against Christians and religious \u2063organizations that uphold the true\u2062 meaning of marriage, Biden has also used his presidency as\u200d a bully pulpit to condemn\u2063 court decisions\u200d defending religious freedom.<\/p>\n<p>For example, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled last year that the government cannot force Americans \u200cand private businesses to provide services (i.e. personal\u200d expression) that violate their religious beliefs,\u200d such\u2064 as the \u200dtraditional view that marriage is between one man and one woman. In an attempt to\u2063 undermine, \u200cBiden issued a statement attacking \u200dthe court and affirming his belief that the state sh<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To God. As Christians, we must resist their attempts to shame and silence us. We cannot remain passive in this battle. The radical left&#8217;s agenda threatens everyone, as they understand our loyalty lies with a higher power. It&#8217;s time for us to stand up, unite, and defend our faith and values<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":539,"featured_media":2184630,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/49555358257_8220685c97_k.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2184629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/49555358257_8220685c97_k.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2184629","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/539"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2184629"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2184629\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2184630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2184629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2184629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2184629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}