Research
Trump’s Executive Orders: What Do They Mean and How We Can Fight Back
Interfaith Alliance is monitoring and responding to the Trump administration’s executive actions related to our policy areas. We must stand strong and speak out knowing that interfaith activism is a powerful counterforce to extremism.
This research illustrates what these executive orders mean and how we can push back. We will offer an overview of each order and share talking points for debunking them. This page is a compilation of our resources on Trump’s executive orders, and we hope it provides a helpful resource for educating ourselves on how these changes will affect the law and our communities.
Healthy Boundaries Between Religion and Government
- Executive Order 14205: Establishment of the White House Faith Office
- Executive Order 14202: Eradicating Anti-Christian Bias
- Executive Order 14291: Establishment of the Religious Liberty Commission
LGBTQ Freedom
- Executive Order 14187: Protecting Children From Chemical and Surgical Mutilation
- Executive Order 14183: Prioritizing Military Excellence and Readiness
Reproductive Freedom
Countering Hate
- Executive Order 14188: Additional Measures to Combat Anti-Semitism
- Executive Order 14173: Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity and Executive Order 14151: Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing
- Executive Order 14168: Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government
- Executive Order 14173: Removing Discrimination and Discriminatory Equity Ideology From the Foreign Service
Public Schools
- Executive Order 14214: Keeping Education Accessible and Ending COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates in Schools
- Executive Order 14201: Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports
- Executive Order 14190: Ending Radical Indoctrination in K-12 Schooling
- Executive Order 14191: Expanding Educational Freedom and Opportunity for Families
- Executive Order 14242: Improving Education Outcomes by Empowering Parents, States, and Communities
Anti-Censorship
- Executive Order 14224: Designating English as the Official Language of the United States
- Executive Order 14290: Ending Taxpayer Subsidization of Biased Media
Anti-Authoritarianism
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Trans Rights and Religious Freedom
Over the past few years, we have witnessed an alarming increase in prejudice against transgender people and attacks on the LGBTQ+ movement. This prejudice has manifested in several ways: bathroom bills denying access based on gender identity, denial of medical care for critical health services, and alarming rates of hate crimes and violence. Unfortunately, much of this rise in hatred has been fueled by religious rhetoric. To explain why the pro-democracy faith movement proudly supports trans people and all members of the LGBTQ+ community, we offer answers to some of the most commonly asked questions about religious freedom and the trans rights movement in the United States.
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What is Happening with the Johnson Amendment?
Answers to commonly asked questions about the Johnson Amendment and the IRS legal filing arguing that religious leaders could endorse political candidates in houses of worship without losing their tax-exempt status, officially breaking with more than seventy years of legal precedent prohibiting churches and nonprofits from officially endorsing political candidates.