There is a particular kind of political stupidity that disguises itself as toughness — the kind that swings a sledgehammer at the foundation of one’s own house in order to frighten away the neighbors. Conservatives who are now calling for a ban on Muslim public prayer in the United States are engaging in exactly this kind of self-defeating bravado. The impulse is understandable. The cultural anxieties are real. The concern about Islamist ideology in Western nations is well-documented and entirely legitimate. But the remedy being prescribed would kill the patient along with the disease. If we allow government the power to ban Muslim prayer in public, we have handed that same government the power to ban Christian prayer in public — and given the trajectory of this culture, we should have no illusions about which direction that axe eventually swings.

The argument for banning Muslim public prayer has a surface-level logic that appeals to those who are watching, with growing alarm, the deliberate Islamization of the public square. They are not wrong to be alarmed. But they are wrong about the solution.

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There is a moment in every legislative fight when the machinery of procedure either serves the people or becomes an excuse for cowardice. We are in that moment now. The SAVE America Act — legislation that Republicans campaigned on and that the American people voted to see enacted — sits hostage to the filibuster, that hallowed Senate tradition that has, once again, transformed majority-rule governance into a veto wielded by a determined minority.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune has acknowledged the core problem plainly enough: four Republican senators remain opposed to eliminating the filibuster. Four. Not fourteen, not forty — four. That is not a wall. That is a door with a single deadbolt. The only question is whether Thune has the will, and the skill, to find the key.

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America is a Christian nation. Our very founding testifies to this eternal truth. From the Pilgrims crossing the Atlantic in search of religious liberty to the Continental Congress opening its sessions in fervent prayer, our forebears understood that true liberty flows from dependence upon Almighty God. To be genuinely America First, we must honor our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ as the cornerstone of our national identity. In these treacherous political and cultural landscapes—where secularism, moral decay, and anti-Christian beliefs have become normalized—we dare not forget that our blessings as the greatest nation on earth come directly from the hand of Providence.

As we stand on the threshold of America’s 250th anniversary in 2026, a profound opportunity presents itself: the chance to rededicate our nation as One Nation Under God. President Trump has proclaimed a “Year of Celebration and Rededication” and called for the National Jubilee of Prayer, Praise, and Thanksgiving on May 17, 2026, on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. This gathering, part of the broader Freedom 250 and America Prays initiatives, invites believers from every state to come together at sunrise for worship, testimonies, music, and a powerful national moment of prayer—echoing the very prayers that sustained our founders 250 years ago.

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