With 'Religious Freedom Day,' Trump Declares Open Season on LGBT People

\u201c\u201cPresident Donald J. Trump Proclaims January 16, 2018, as Religious Freedom Day\u201d https://t.co/bD3R2dJfyp\u201d

— Donald J. Trump (@Donald J. Trump) 1516131812

\u201cNEW: By proclamation, Trump declares today Religious Freedom Day to "celebrate the many faiths that make up our country."\nIt comes after Trump first signed an EO, last January, halting all refugee admissions & temporarily barring people from 7 Muslim-majority countries.\u201d

— Peter Alexander (@Peter Alexander) 1516109619

\u201c@porterguy1969 It's really freedom for evangelicals to be bigots.\u201d

— Peter Alexander (@Peter Alexander) 1516109619

\u201c#ReligiousFreedomDay Christian extremists do not understand what religious freedom means. They seem to want Christianity to rule the day everywhere: the courts, the schools, the culture. That's the opposite of religious freedom.\u201d

— HowEasyWeForget (@HowEasyWeForget) 1516126209

\u201c@ACLU "Today is the federal observance of evangelical Christians who voted for me Religious Freedom day."\n\nFixed it for you.\u201d

— ACLU (@ACLU) 1516126476

\u201c@WhiteHouse Christians: Hooray! We've been protected from business discrimination since the Civil Rights Act of 1964!\n\nGay Americans: Hey, can we get in on that?\n\nChristians: YOU WANT SPECIAL RIGHTS!!!\u201d

— The White House 45 Archived (@The White House 45 Archived) 1516127045

\u201c@WhiteHouse Yes! And no American should have another person's faith foisted upon them. Choosing no faith should also be protected.\u201d

— The White House 45 Archived (@The White House 45 Archived) 1516127045

\u201c@WhiteHouse \u201cThe government of the United States is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion.\u201d\n\u2014John Adams\u201d

— The White House 45 Archived (@The White House 45 Archived) 1516127045

\u201c@WhiteHouse Persecuting LGBT individuals under the guise of religion isn't an exercise of faith; it's pure, unadulterated discrimination.\u201d

— The White House 45 Archived (@The White House 45 Archived) 1516127045