The first three weeks of the Trump administration have brought a flurry of executive policymaking but also three controversies about Christian teaching and its place in government.

The first incident took place at the Washington National Cathedral the day after President Donald Trump was sworn in for his second term. There, the Right Rev. Mariann Budde, an Episcopal bishop, lectured the president to his face about the illegal immigrants and gay and transgender people who are “scared” because he is president again. 

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