[Grem] Six Trump promises on pro-life issues, traditional marriage and Christian liberty

[Emoke Greschik]

 President Trump takes office: Here are six key promises he made on
abortion, marriage, and liberty

https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/watch-six-promises-on-
life-family-and-religious-liberty-trump-made-that-rev
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Here is a list of the top life-and-family promises Trump made while on the
campaign trail.
*1. Trump promises to appoint pro-life judges*.........
Trump *confirmed in* an Oct. 27, 2016

* interview with EWTN
<http://www.ncregister.com/daily-news/raymond-arroyos-interview-with-donald-trump>
that he was going to appoint judges who are pro-life:2. Trump promises to
defund Planned Parenthood*

After a 2015 video investigation uncovered evidence of Planned Parenthood's
involvement in the illegal sale of aborted baby body parts, Trump promised
on various occasions that if elected, he would defund the abortion giant.
“*Planned Parenthood **should absolutely be defunded.* I mean if you look
at *what's going on with that, it's terrible,*” he said.  *3. Trump
promises Christians can 'trust' him to defend 'traditional marriage’*

Christians were dismayed *in 2015 when the Supreme Court ruled in its 2015
Obergefell decision that two people of the same sex could ‘marry’ one
another.* While* Trump has* wavered in his position on the ruling
<https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/trump-i-will-appoint-pro-life-justices-but-gay-marriage-is-settled-law>,
at one point calling it “settled law,” he h*as also promised Christians
that they can “trust him” to defend traditional marriage. *
.....
*4. Trump promises religious liberty*

*People of faith *across America* have been **outraged by the numerous
instances of* *Christian bakers, wedding photographers, florists,
professors, counselors, health-care workers, media personalities,
professional sports players, bed-and-breakfast owners, mayors, printers,
politicians, foster parents, fire chiefs, magistrates and police* *fined
and/or losing their jobs for refusing to compromise their beliefs when
challenged by adherents to homosexual ideology. *

During his Sept. 9, 2016 speech
<http://www.politico.com/story/2016/09/full-text-trump-values-voter-summit-remarks-227977>
at the Value Voters Summit, *Trump promised to “protect and defend”
religious liberty. *

“*So let me say this right up front: [In] a Trump administration, our
Christian heritage will be cherished, protected, defended, like you’ve
never seen before. Believe me. I believe it. *And you believe it. And you
know it. You know it. And that includes religious liberty – remember,
remember,” he said.
*5. Trump promises to repeal Johnson amendment*

Donald Trump promised that if elected president, he would repeal *the 1954
Johnson amendment. That law bans* *charities and churches that have
tax-exempt status **from **engaging in “political campaign activity*.”
Pro-life and pro-family leaders say the law *stops them from* *
communicating their message and fully serving as leaders in the pulpit. *

*Stated Trump *during his Sept. 9, 2016 speech
<http://www.politico.com/story/2016/09/full-text-trump-values-voter-summit-remarks-227977>
at the Value Voters Summit: *“The first thing we have to do is give our
churches their voice back. It’**s been taken away. The Johnson amendment
has blocked **our pastors and ministers and others from speaking their
minds from their own pulpits. If they want to talk about Christianity, if
they want to preach, if they want to talk about politics,* they’re unable
to do so. If they want to do it, they take a tremendous risk that they lose
their tax-exempt status.”

“*All religious leaders should be able to freely express their thoughts and
feelings on religious matters. And I will repeal **the Johnson amendment **if
I am elected your president, I promise*. So important,” he added.
*6. Trump promises to repeal Obamacare*

Life and family leaders have vigorously protested Obama’s health reform law
for forcing employers, including Catholic colleges and hospitals, to pay
for contraception, including abortifacient “emergency” contraception, and
sterilizations. *Even* C*atholic communities of nuns, such as the Little
Sisters of the Poor, **were forced, contrary to **their religious beliefs,* *to
provide contraception and abortifacients to their staff.*

T*rump calle*d *Obamacare “disastrous”* *and promised to repea*l *it. *

“We’re also going to repeal and replace disastrous *Obamacare which gives
the government control over* *the lives of everyday citizens*…*It is a
disaster. It’s a disaste*r, and everybody knows it. And it’s going to die
of its own weight anyway, but we’re going to get rid of it and we’re going
to replace it with some great, great alternatives – much better health care
at a much lower price,” he said.
*‘We’re going to have real progress’*

*Priests for Life National Director Father Frank Pavone stated *in a recent
interview with LifeSiteNews *that the pro-life cause will "make significant
progress" under a Donald Trump presidency. *

Pavone said that members of the pro-life movement should look at the Trump
administration with a "we," not an "us-them," mentality.

"It’s not just about promises that [he and his team] made. It’s about a
common commitment that we have along with them," he explained. "*We each
have responsibilities: the elected and those they serve, to carry out our
common commitment to defend life, freedom, family, and America. So we need
to be working alongside" each other.”*

Pavone *urged people fighting to defend life and family to continue to pray
and act.*

"The battle does continue," he said. "We have to make sure that everyone
who was mobilized to pray during the election continues with those
prayers....and everyone who was mobilized to act continues to act."

“We’re going to have real progress," Pavone predicted. "This was a real
victory and it’s going to lead to real results."
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