{"id":1672,"date":"2020-09-04T12:09:33","date_gmt":"2020-09-04T16:09:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/christnewstoday\/?p=1672"},"modified":"2020-09-17T10:14:56","modified_gmt":"2020-09-17T14:14:56","slug":"eric-trump-my-father-will-always-protect-god-faith-and-religious-liberty-in-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/christnewstoday\/2020\/09\/eric-trump-my-father-will-always-protect-god-faith-and-religious-liberty-in-america.html","title":{"rendered":"Eric Trump: &#8220;My Father Will Always Protect God, Faith, and Religious Liberty in America&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Eric Trump, son of President Donald Trump, celebrated this week after having a successful campaign event in North Carolina. At the event, called &#8220;Evangelicals for Trump: Praise, Prayer and Patriotism&#8221;, Eric Trump focused on how Democrats will take away religious liberties that is father is proud to protect.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was absolutely disgusted two weeks ago during the National Democratic Convention&#8230;where they say the pledge of allegiance&#8230;but they forgot two words: &#8216;Under God&#8217;. I would have rather them not say the pledge at all,&#8221; Eric discussed during his speech.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You look around and the Democratic party has become the party of the athiest&#8230;they have a crusade against Christ.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Eric also had some concerns about the erosion of values in America and how those effects families, saying that it stems from &#8220;a lack of Christ&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What does that say about the nuclear family? We need more of that, and we need more people going to church as a family together on Sunday,&#8221; Eric Trump shared with rally-goers.<\/p>\n<p>The event, held in City Church in Huntersville, North Carolina, was filled with supporters for the three-hour event. Along with Eric&#8217;s speech, several other faith leaders, including the president&#8217;s faith advisor Pastor Paula White, also made an appearance.<\/p>\n<p>After the event, Eric wrote <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EricTrump\/status\/1301626342841167873\">in a tweet<\/a>, &#8220;Amazing afternoon with hundreds of Evangelicals in the great state of North Carolina! My father will ALWAYS protect God, faith and religious liberty in America!!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FCBS6Albany%2Fvideos%2F248914819592803%2F&amp;show_text=0&amp;width=560\" width=\"560\" height=\"314\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eric Trump, son of President Donald Trump, celebrated this week after having a successful campaign event in North Carolina. 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