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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
Welbert Bauyaban

Christian Legal Movement Is 'Gone Astray' as MAGA Ties Deepen Under Trump After Warning, John Whitehead Says

John Whitehead warns that partisan ties are pushing the Christian legal movement away from universal religious liberty (Credit: @johnw.whitehead / Instagram)

John W. Whitehead, founder and president of The Rutherford Institute, says the Christian legal movement he helped pioneer has 'gone astray,' arguing that parts of the religious-liberty movement have become too closely aligned with right-wing politics and President Donald Trump's administration.

Whitehead founded the non-profit civil liberties organisation in 1982 and was an early figure in legal efforts to defend religious expression.

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