Ex-Trump lawyer claims religious freedom only applies to Christians

Mark Rogers

by Mark Rogers, Facebook, May 5, 2026 - For those who foolishly think 'Christian Nationalism' is a liberal myth, here is a prominent Republican media figure named Jenna Ellis who worked in the White House. She is promoting the incredibly unconstitutional (and even more un-American) idea that religious freedom in America only applies to Christians. 

The fact that the Framers didn't specify such an idea should have been more than enough for Ms. Ellis. Her classes in American History in Jr. High and High School, and in college should have educated her. Her class in Constitutional Law should have tipped her off to the stupidity of this position.

But... NO. Here she is endorsing the sort of hateful stupidity that Western Civilization has sought to put behind us since the end of the Wars of Religion in the 17th Century. For 400 years, America and other nations have worked to build pluralistic societies based on Western Ideas. This sort of madness is aimed at reversing that progress. 

It would be comforting to think Ms. Ellis was only a freakish outlier, but, sadly, that is not true. More and more we see calls for giving preference to Christianity in law and even enacting laws based on extremist interpretations of Christian Scripture. 

And denying equal rights to practitioners of Islam and Hinduism and Buddhism won't be the end. What is to stop these ayatollahs from deciding that Mormonism isn't 'Christian?', or Christian Science? Or Methodism? 

People spreading hateful nonsense like this need to be confronted. In today's hyper-partisan America, extremist ideas have a bad habit of finding promoters among con men and cynical opportunists and not bright people who like simple, if really bad, ideas. And then they start spreading... like cancer. Best to introduce the chemo of Truth before they metastasize.

Mark Rogers has long been active in Republican Party politics and is an astute observer of political trends and events and Republican politics.  He is well known as a successful Republican campaign manager and political consultant. He has also served in government and the non-profit sector. He is currently exiled from the Republican Party. He lives in Nashville.

 

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