{"id":2423408,"date":"2025-04-14T16:03:01","date_gmt":"2025-04-14T20:03:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/faith-leaders-praise-trumps-holy-week-in-contrast-to-bidens-transgender-celebration-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-04-14T16:05:03","modified_gmt":"2025-04-14T20:05:03","slug":"faith-leaders-praise-trumps-holy-week-in-contrast-to-bidens-transgender-celebration-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/faith-leaders-praise-trumps-holy-week-in-contrast-to-bidens-transgender-celebration-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Faith leaders praise Trump\u2019s Holy Week, in contrast to Biden\u2019s Transgender celebration &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/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%2Ffaith-leaders-praise-trumps-holy-week-in-contrast-to-bidens-transgender-celebration-washington-examiner%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=2423408&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--><p>the article discusses a sharp contrast between the Holy Week celebrations organized by former President Donald Trump and the Biden governance&#8217;s designation of Easter Sunday 2024 as &#8220;Transgender day of visibility.&#8221; Prominent Christian leaders, including Pastor Greg Laurie and Evangelist Franklin Graham, have expressed their support for Trump&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-smacks-down-d-c-attendance-caps-on-churches-in-time-for-easter\/\" title=\"Judge Smacks Down D.C. Attendance Caps On Churches In Time For ...\">holy week<\/a> festivities, which include a special Easter dinner and worship service at the White House. These leaders emphasized the importance of honoring the resurrection of Christ, in stark opposition to the symbolism of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-courts-cowardice-allows-colorado-to-keep-persecuting-christians\/\" title=\"Supreme Court\u2019s Cowardice Allows Colorado To Keep Persecuting ...ians\">transgender celebration<\/a> under Biden&#8217;s administration.<\/p>\n<p>Trump&#8217;s Holy week activities feature prayer, Scripture readings, and musical performances, culminating in a dinner with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wow-stop-the-steal-arrivesthe-hour-of-action-video\/\" title=\"WOW! Stop The Steal Arrives\u2026The Hour Of Action[Video]\">faith leaders<\/a>. This event is portrayed as a commitment to defending and highlighting Christianity, contrasting with Biden&#8217;s proclamation that emphasizes inclusivity for transgender Americans.<\/p>\n<p>Graham critiqued the Biden administration&#8217;s previous approach to Easter, recalling last year&#8217;s declaration, and praised Trump&#8217;s efforts to support christian values. The article highlights the differing priorities between the two administrations concerning religious observances and public proclamations.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Faith leaders praise Trump&rsquo;s Holy Week, in contrast to Biden&rsquo;s Transgender celebration<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump\">Donald Trump<\/a>&rsquo;s celebration plans for Holy Week have received strong praise from prominent Christian leaders, highlighting a stark contrast with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/biden-administration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Biden administration\">Biden administration<\/a>&rsquo;s decision to declare <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/easter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Biden administration\">Easter<\/a> Sunday 2024 as &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/transgender\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Transgender\">Transgender<\/a> Day of Visibility.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Pastor Greg Laurie previewed this year&rsquo;s Holy Week observance in a message shared on social media.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/politics\/biden\/3333362\/former-top-biden-staffer-blames-campaign-gaslighting-age-concerns\/\">Former top Biden staffer blames campaign for &#8216;gaslighting&#8217; over age concerns<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/politics\/biden\/3299151\/biden-permanently-retire-james-carville\/\">Biden must &#8216;get out of the way&#8217; of Democratic Party&#8217;s future: James Carville<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/politics\/3267729\/year-in-review-the-view-interview-lost-election-kamala-harris\/\">Year in review: The View interview that lost the 2024 election for Kamala Harris<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve been invited to a special Easter dinner and worship service at the White House this week &mdash; alongside leaders like @Franklin_Graham and @Jentezen. We&rsquo;ll be praying, reading Scripture, and lifting up the name of Jesus,&rdquo; the California-based Harvest Church pastor said on social media.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;In a time when truth is blurred, what a contrast to see the resurrection of Christ honored &mdash; especially after last year&rsquo;s Easter was marked by &lsquo;Transgender Day of Visibility.&rsquo; Pray that we honor God and point people to Christ,&rdquo; Laurie <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/greglaurie\/status\/1911769697227612377\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"added\">added<\/a> on X.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I&rsquo;ve been invited to a special Easter dinner and worship service at the White House this week&mdash;alongside leaders like <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Franklin_Graham?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Franklin_Graham<\/a> and and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jentezen?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Jentezen<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>We&rsquo;ll be praying, reading Scripture, and lifting up the name of Jesus.<\/p>\n<p>In a time when truth is blurred, what a contrast to&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AwVJRFEYUz\">pic.twitter.com\/AwVJRFEYUz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Greg Laurie (@greglaurie) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/greglaurie\/status\/1911769697227612377?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 14, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>Evangelist Franklin Graham also expressed his appreciation for the event and pointed out the contrast between the administrations. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m thankful for President @realDonaldTrump and the White House Faith Office, and I look forward to being there this week,&rdquo; Graham said on X.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">1\/2 What a contrast to Easter last year at the White House when President Biden declared the most holy day of the year on the Christian calendar &ldquo;Transgender Day of Visibility.&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EsCl9ynrEO\">https:\/\/t.co\/EsCl9ynrEO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Franklin Graham (@Franklin_Graham) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Franklin_Graham\/status\/1911520103734108218?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 13, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>He <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Franklin_Graham\/status\/1911520103734108218\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"added\">added<\/a>, &ldquo;What a contrast to Easter last year at the White House when President Biden declared the most holy day of the year on the Christian calendar &lsquo;Transgender Day of Visibility.&#8217;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is another sharp contrast from the previous administration,&rdquo; White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said.<\/p>\n<p>Leavitt and other faith leaders were referencing the Biden administration&rsquo;s 2024 proclamation, which designated Easter Sunday &mdash; March 31, 2024 &mdash; as Transgender Day of Visibility.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Today, we send a message to all transgender Americans: You are loved. You are heard. You are understood. You belong. You are America, and my entire Administration, and I have your back&hellip; I, JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR., President of the United States of America&hellip; do hereby proclaim March 31, 2024, as Transgender Day of Visibility.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>According to the White House Faith Office, the Trump Administration&rsquo;s weeklong Holy Week celebration includes a video message from President Trump released on Monday and a special Easter dinner on Wednesday evening. The dinner will feature Christian hymns performed by the Marine Corps Band, a Christian opera performance by Charles Billingsley, and prayers and remarks by the president.<\/p>\n<p>The guest list includes pastors, priests, and other faith leaders, as well as Leavitt, the White House Faith Office, and members of the president&rsquo;s staff.<\/p>\n<p>On Holy Thursday, the White House will host a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">staff worship service led<\/a> by Pastor Paula White, Rev. Graham, pastors Laurie, and Franklin. The service will include prayer, scripture readings, communion, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-renews-promise-to-defend-christianity-in-us-during-holy-week-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"... to defend ...ianity in US during ... - Washington Examiner\">worship music performed<\/a> by an ensemble from Liberty University.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3378946\/white-house-renews-promise-to-defend-christianity-in-us-during-holy-week\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"WHITE HOUSE RENEWS PROMISE TO DEFEND CHRISTIANITY IN U.S. DURING HOLY WEEK\"><strong>WHITE HOUSE RENEWS PROMISE TO DEFEND CHRISTIANITY IN U.S. DURING HOLY WEEK<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;President Trump promised millions of Christians across the country that he would create a White House Faith Office, and he delivered on that promise,&rdquo; said Leavitt. &ldquo;The White House Faith Office has put together an extraordinary weeklong celebration for Holy Week ahead of Easter Sunday.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>President Biden&rsquo;s 2024 transgender proclamation prompted President Trump to issue an executive order on February 6 titled &ldquo;Eradicating Anti-Christian Bias.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Faith leaders commend Trump&#8217;s Holy Week plans, contrasting Biden&#8217;s Transgender Day<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2678,"featured_media":2423409,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Trump-and-Franklin-Graham.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[3620,5250,3634],"class_list":["post-2423408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-biden","tag-faith","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Trump-and-Franklin-Graham.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2423408","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\/2678"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2423408"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2423408\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2423412,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2423408\/revisions\/2423412"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2423409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2423408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2423408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2423408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}