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struggle4progress

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Thu Feb 6, 2020, 08:39 PM Feb 2020

The prayers the President isn't hearing

Opinion by Guthrie Graves-Fitzsimmons
Updated 3:48 PM ET, Thu February 6, 2020

... White, straight, rich, evangelical men are the only people whose prayers the Trump-Pence administration hears ...

Families impacted by his travel ban on mostly Muslim majority nations are praying for our nation to live up to its commitment to religious liberty ...

During the 2016 election, Trump ran on the promise of a "total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States" ...

The Jewish community is lamenting the rise in anti-Semitism ...

Just last month, the administration granted press credentials to an anti-Semitic news organization ...

... his administration has attempted to ban pregnant women, asylum seekers and working-class immigrants. Religious groups across the political and theological spectrum have spoken out in favor of welcoming the stranger ...

https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/06/opinions/trump-national-prayer-breakfast-graves-fitzsimmons/index.html

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