But Trump seemed certain that his executive order would help American churches. American religious groups are more divided on the second issue that Trump’s executive order touches on ― whether employers with religious objections to contraception should be required to provide it in health insurance plans for their employees. Thank you @POTUS @realDonaldTrump for a great evening last night and fulfilling another pledge today with your religious liberty exec order. “No one should conclude, of course, that this Executive Order solves the wide array of challenges we face on the religious freedom front. Amanda Tyler, executive director of the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty, called the order a “symbolic act, voicing concern for religious liberty but offering nothing to advance it.” “Worse, it is further evidence that President Trump wants churches to be vehicles for political campaigns,” Tyler said in a statement.

Source: Huffington Post May 04, 2017 19:22 UTC