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Motivated by the teachings of islam and they are islamic terrorists and we need to say what it is. >> shannon: i want to ask you as well about the presidents religious executive order that came out days ago. i heard mixed reaction from within the religious community. some people grateful to see something done, others wanted it to go much further. what do you think about what you saw? >> i would say 80% is better than nothing. and so i think we are moving in the right direction and i appreciate t...

Done an the issue of religious freedom by this administration? >> the johnson amendment has to be repealed by congress but he has instructed the i.r.s. not to go after christians or religious organizations that speak out on religious issues. i hope congress would repeal it. its crazy to try to shut the mouths of churches that congress is so afraid that churches may speak out. this is also a double edged sword in many ways. a lot of churches that would speak out on another issue maybe different t...

Liberty in america. just this week president trump signed an executive order for this freedom. joining me is jerry falwell, jr. this week in the rose garden on the national day of prayer, the president signed an executive order following through with his pledge that he was going to put own end to any discrimination against religion in terms of the political candidates and the ability of some of the churches to be able to state what their positions are. how big a deal is this? >> its a huge deal ...

It would have made universities, non-profit, and it would have made them susceptible to political action committees. the johnson amendment has been used since the 50s to bully and intimidate patsr pass towards and leaders of non-profits to not speak their niernld and its un-american. donald trump was the first president in decades that came up with the idea of getting rid of it it was his idea 100%, and im so proids my president. judge jeanine: what do you say to people who say the pulpit should...

To hire people thats against their conscience are state and local laws. i dont think he could have signed an executive order that would eliminate those bad laws from places like california. thats something that people who live from have to deal with. but he did all he could in an executive order. he restored the free speech rights of non-profits, churches, universities. it many funny, the johnson amendment was never used against the ivy league schools when they supported one candidate over the o...

Require religious organizations to hire people thats against their conscience are state and local laws. i dont think he could have signed an executive order that would eliminate those bad laws from places like california. thats something that people who live from have to deal with. but he did all he could in an executive order. he restored the free speech rights of non-profits, churches, universities. it many funny, the johnson amendment was never used against the ivy league schools when they su...

Clues us in here. >> this financial threat against the faith community is over. no one should be sensoring sermons or targeting pastors. >> reporter: under the federal tax code, the johnson amendment says the irs can investigate churches and they can potentially lose tax exempt status if they engage in politic. trumps executive order intends to weaken that law but only congress can repeal it. during his campaign, trump cold catholic television channel ewtn he was upset that the law was preventin...

Opportunities. and so, you know, the narrative on this is really -- is off quite a bit and i just want to really be careful about using religious freedom. >> sissy, when you hear what she is talking about and what the fears are, not just in the lgbtq community but in others based on this religious freedom executive order, what could you say? what could you say to president trump to make sure that, you know, as a christian that everybody is protected in their own right? would you -- would you go ...

Require religious organizations to hire people thats against their conscience are state and local laws. i dont think he could have signed an executive order that would eliminate those bad laws from places like california. thats something that people who live from have to deal with. but he did all he could in an executive order. he restored the free speech rights of non-profits, churches, universities. it many funny, the johnson amendment was never used against the ivy league schools when they su...

Trump because the way he even sort of talks about -- well, the way he speaks to evangelicals is sort of unique for a republican. this is donald trump back in july talking about getting rid of this infamous johnson amendment that not a lot of people pay attention to, but this is donald trump. >> weve been looking at this for years but we never think about it. you know, and its like they got used to it. its like something they wouldnt have brought up. but i brought it up. were going to get rid of ...