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Evangelist Franklin Graham took to Twitter this week chastising Democrats for omitting the phrase “so help me God” from witness oaths, and singling out a Tennessee representative who said God doesn’t belong in Congress.

The Trump administration has come out against the Equality Act, which could face a floor vote Friday and would add sexual orientation and gender identity to the list of protected classes in non-discrimination laws.

The attempt to remake our country into a secular wasteland continues unabated. Even the U.S. House of Representatives has begun leaving God out when swearing in witnesses. For example, a video of such an omission is beginning to make the rounds.

The U.S. ambassador to Israel said this week that Israel is “on the side of God.”

The Texas Senate appears to be fast-tracking a religious liberty bill that Democrats in the Texas House killed last week with a procedural maneuver. House Bill 3172 appeared to be on its way to passage until Democratic Representative Julie Johnson raised a point of order that ultimately removed the bill from the calendar without debate or a vote.

In a commencement speech delivered at Liberty University Saturday, Vice President Mike Pence told thousands of students that they should “be ready” for an increase in personal attacks on their faith.

In a statement on Friday, nearly 100 conservative leaders requested that the White House oppose the Equality Act, which many organizations say seriously threatens religious freedom.

Montana’s Democratic governor vetoed a bill Wednesday that would have protected babies who survive abortion, saying it interferes with “deeply personal medical decisions.”

The Arizona Senate this week passed a resolution calling pornography a “public health crisis,” two months after the state House approved the same text.

Two Hoschton, Georgia politicians were asked to resign on Monday after making racist comments about a black job candidate.