'Betrayed the central tenet of Easter': Reactions to Biden's Easter trans day proclamation
Raphael Warnock
During a Sunday interview with CNN’s Dana Bash, Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., criticized Johnson’s X post calling the day “abhorrent.”
The senator, who also serves as senior pastor of Atlanta’s Ebenezer Baptist Church, implied that Johnson finds trans-identified people “abhorrent,” adding that “[Johnson] ought to think about that.”
Warnock also said that the response from Republican lawmakers marks “just one more instance of folks who do not know how to lead us trying to divide us.”
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“This is the opposite of the Christian faith,” Warnock continued. “In a moment like this, we need voices, particularly voices of faith, who would use our faith not as a weapon to beat other people down but as a bridge to bring all of us together.”
Samantha Kamman is a reporter for The Christian Post. She can be reached at: [email protected]. Follow her on Twitter: @Samantha_Kamman
