Tag: Bibles

Maddow Blog | Oklahoma official mandates Bibles in public school classrooms

It was just last week when Republican officials in Louisiana approved a policy mandating Ten Commandments displays in every public classroom in the state. The U.S. Supreme Court had already struck down a nearly identical policy in 1980, but GOP policymakers in the state decided to give government-sponsored religious promotion another try anyway. A week […]

Greg Locke reacts to trailer full of bibles burned in Wilson County near church

Police and emergency crews responded to a trailer fire in Wilson County early Sunday that contained bibles, according to the Wilson County Sheriff’s Office. Investigators believe the trailer, located at the intersection of Old Lebanon Dirt Road and Chandler Road near Global Vision Bible Church led by Pastor Greg Locke, was intentionally set on fire […]

Sen. Raphael Warnock slams Trump for selling Bibles

Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., on Sunday excoriated former President Donald Trump over the $60 Bibles he is selling in partnership with country music star Lee Greenwood. Warnock, who serves as senior pastor at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, condemned Trump for selling the Christian holy text at a high price during an interview on CNN. […]

Trump’s $60 Bibles ‘a spit in the face of people that really believe’

The spectacle of Donald Trump selling $60 Bibles is “a spit in the face of people that really believe”, the Rev Al Sharpton said, amid widespread backlash over the presumptive Republican presidential nominee’s latest moneymaking scheme. Related: Seth Meyers on Trump selling Bibles: ‘His slimiest cash grab yet’ “Blasphemy certainly comes to mind,” Sharpton told […]

Trump hawks special ‘God Bless the USA’ Bibles for $60

Patriotic, prayerful and rightwing Americans are being offered the chance to purchase – for a mere $59.99 – a Bible endorsed by Donald Trump, in the latest example of the former US president touting wares to the American public. Related: Among the exvangelicals: Sarah McCammon on faith, Trump and leaving the churches behind In a […]