Amanda Tyler

This is disgraceful. Federal agents holding up clergy at rifle point for inquiring about their enforcement actions on church property. We are seeing the demise of democracy -- and of religious freedom -- before our eyes.

That is the language of a coup. Not a democracy.

Senator Alex Padilla is a good man and principled public servant.

The brazen and aggressive manhandling of Senator Padilla by the Trump administration is a sickening disgrace.

Anyone who assaulted the Senator should be held accountable.

No one is above the law.

President Trump’s latest travel ban is a dangerous and discriminatory policy that undermines religious liberty, disrupts families, and stigmatizes entire nations.

See the full statement from @amandatylerbjc.bsky.social here: loom.ly/ugBrUzE

In Texas, Christian right grows confident and assertive Emboldened by court rulings and election victories, the Christian right is outspoken as it pushes its moral views through the Texas Legislature.

Quotes from @amandatylerbjc.bsky.social, @markchancey.bsky.social, & yours truly in this excellent piece by @texastribune.org's @robertdownen.bsky.social on an emboldened #ChristianNationalism in the Texas legislature. www.texastribune.org/2025/03/17/t... 1/2

How Oklahoma’s Superintendent Set Off a Holy War in Classrooms Teachers, parents and pastors are mounting a mass resistance against Ryan Walters’ mandate to put Bibles in schools.

@amandatylerbjc.bsky.social nails it in this must-read from Hechinger:

What's wrong with Ryan Walters's plans in Oklahoma schools?

“It’s this merger of American and Christian identities, the idea that only Christians are true Americans.”

hechingerreport.org/how-oklahoma...

I loved this conversation with @faithfulpolitics.bsky.social. Thanks for having me on again!

Wonderful to meet you and I can’t wait to read your book!

I spent the day at an amazing conference — How to End Christian Nationalism — headlined by fellow Broadleaf Books author @amandatylerbjc.bsky.social, who wrote a compelling book with the same title.

The evangelical gun culture is inextricably intertwined with Christian nationalism.

A beautiful morning at the First Baptist Church in America! I’m excited to preach in the mother church for Baptists in the U.S. this morning.

Tyrants view educated citizens as their greatest enemy.

Slaveholders stopped the enslaved from learning to read. Nazis burned books. Dictators censor media.

That’s why Trump is attacking education, science, museums, and the arts – to prevent us from learning.

It's Fascism 101.

The disturbing arrest and detainment of Mahmoud Khalil should trouble everyone who cares about free speech in this country. The way that this action has been carried out so far threatens the rule of law and our democratic values, and is designed to have a chilling effect on dissenting voices.

I'm looking forward to this conversation with my friend and fellow justice seeker @revadamtaylor.bsky.social tonight. Register and join us live at 7 pm ET!

My statement on the Trump administration's attempt to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education.

Defunding and demonizing the government's faith-based partners will make its job harder (RNS) — Whether you are a person of faith or not, Musk’s actions should concern you because they threaten the bedrock principles of our democratic freedoms.

Following the concerning attacks this week on Lutheran social service organizations, I joined Jewish and Mormon faith leaders to sound the alarm on what this means for our pluralistic democracy and religious freedom. religionnews.com/2025/02/06/d...

This misguided initiative also distracts from the serious violations of religious freedom that have been perpetrated by this administration in the past two weeks: authorizing immigration raids in churches, defunding religious social service agencies, and attacking faith leaders who criticize them. 4

Today's action is consistent with inflaming the completely unfounded claims of rampant Christian persecution in a majority-Christian nation. 3/4

We have strong concerns that this new task force could be weaponized to enforce a theological conformity that will harm everyone’s religious freedom, including those of Christians. 2/4

Eradicating Anti-Christian Bias By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered:     Section 1.  Purpose

An administration that has spent its first two weeks scrubbing offices focused on understanding and overcoming bias launches a new program today, focused on rooting out "anti-Christian bias." Here’s my statement for @bjconthehill.bsky.social 1/4 www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

This order does not advance the educational needs of our country but is another example of the Trump administration making a grab for power that puts specific private interests over public interest and violates our constitutional order. (8/8)

The immediate impact of this order is unclear since the executive order requests plans from several different agencies where there are no federal school voucher programs. (7/8)

Religious education is best left to houses of worship and other religious institutions that are funded with the voluntary contributions of adherents of those faiths, free from federal funding and the accompanying strings. (6/8)

As people of faith, we celebrate our country’s freedom of religion and oppose attempts to entangle government in religious matters in this way. (5/8)

Public funds should be for public uses. The government should not compel taxpayers to furnish funds in support of religion, regardless of whether they adhere to that religion or not. (4/8)

Students across the country rely on public schools as the only education system where their freedom of religion and other civil rights are guaranteed. (3/8)

BJC adamantly opposes this executive order, which purports to divert taxpayer funds away from public schools and other federally funded programs to private schools, including to private religious schools. (2/8)

BJC opposes President Trump’s executive order purporting to divert public money to private religious schools BJC adamantly opposes this executive order, which purports to divert taxpayer funds away from public schools and other federally funded programs to private schools, including to private religious scho...

Today, President Trump issued a concerning executive order impacting religious freedom and funding for public schools. Here’s my statement 🧵(1/8) bjconline.org/bjc-statemen...

Trump's Response to Bishop's Sermon on Unity Is Un-American There’s a reason the Constitution's framers chose to separate religion from government control, and it’s served the US well.

I wrote for @opinion.bloomberg.com about what Bishop Budde's sermon and the response to it means for religious freedom in the U.S. today. www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

Bishop Mariann is an example to all faith leaders and to all Americans of the value of separation of religion and government. The independence of the church gives space to speak truth of power. We will only become an authoritarian country if we act like we already live in one.

Jimmy Carter’s Commitment to Religious Liberty Should Guide Us All "When it came to following Jesus, Carter walked the walk," writes Amanda Tyler.

I'm grieving the death of President Jimmy Carter. He was the epitome of a public servant who stayed true to his faith without imposing it on others through the power of his office. I wrote more about his legacy for the separation of church and state for TIME: time.com/7204048/jimm...